09-08-2010, 08:13 AM
KathyH - exactly! There are some many different formulas that it takes knowing the specifics (TMK for location, current zoning, lot size) to start. And now DWS is getting involved too!
As for the guest house - yes you can have garage/carport etc but if it is standalone - the 500 SF applies but again I swear things change daily there... and different person... different answer in planning..
I have started emailing them so I have their email response as proof!
Edited to add: I found this today while I was looking for catchment tank setback issues.
"Section 25-4-9. Guest houses.
One guest house may only be established on a building site that is at least seven thousand five hundred
square feet in area. A guest house shall not exceed five hundred square feet in gross floor area, shall not be
more than twenty feet in height, and shall not have a kitchen."
http://www.hawaii-county.com/countycode/chapter25.pdf
As for the guest house - yes you can have garage/carport etc but if it is standalone - the 500 SF applies but again I swear things change daily there... and different person... different answer in planning..
I have started emailing them so I have their email response as proof!
Edited to add: I found this today while I was looking for catchment tank setback issues.
"Section 25-4-9. Guest houses.
One guest house may only be established on a building site that is at least seven thousand five hundred
square feet in area. A guest house shall not exceed five hundred square feet in gross floor area, shall not be
more than twenty feet in height, and shall not have a kitchen."
http://www.hawaii-county.com/countycode/chapter25.pdf