09-10-2010, 09:32 AM
Wao,
I did read your post carefully. What I would like to see are some references to the specific Planning process for this island grounding your discussion, and less about experiences on the mainland. I found a revision of the General Plan's section on RESORT zoning that dates from shortly before the condo and SFR building began.
This section of the General Plan discusses the rationale for Resort zoning (short version, it's all about promoting tourism), then discusses each district of the island's existing resort zoning and visitor facilities, talks about the vision for the future, and discusses potential course corrections.
The doc section isn't dated, but internal references are as late as 2001. At the same time, it was written before the Hyatt had sold to Hilton. It was Hilton in 2002. So circa 2001, which is useful to the present discussion because this version of the plan reflects the state of Resort zoning as it enabled the building out of the Hualalai, Waikoloa, Mauna Lani, and Mauna Kea resorts.
http://www.co.hawaii.hi.us/general_plan_...Resort.doc
For benefit of folks on dial-up, I will reprint some of the relevant sections here.
Question on what you wrote about pools:
I did read your post carefully. What I would like to see are some references to the specific Planning process for this island grounding your discussion, and less about experiences on the mainland. I found a revision of the General Plan's section on RESORT zoning that dates from shortly before the condo and SFR building began.
This section of the General Plan discusses the rationale for Resort zoning (short version, it's all about promoting tourism), then discusses each district of the island's existing resort zoning and visitor facilities, talks about the vision for the future, and discusses potential course corrections.
The doc section isn't dated, but internal references are as late as 2001. At the same time, it was written before the Hyatt had sold to Hilton. It was Hilton in 2002. So circa 2001, which is useful to the present discussion because this version of the plan reflects the state of Resort zoning as it enabled the building out of the Hualalai, Waikoloa, Mauna Lani, and Mauna Kea resorts.
http://www.co.hawaii.hi.us/general_plan_...Resort.doc
For benefit of folks on dial-up, I will reprint some of the relevant sections here.
Question on what you wrote about pools:
quote:You didn't specify what you meant by deep. I was thinking deeper than three feet, but perhaps you meant deeper. While I have seen many swimming pools in this area, the pool where I know the owners who built it is four feet deep. There was no safety fence built and removed. The house and pool are legally permitted. Not sure about the exact date it was built, but maybe 2002-04. The pool is not readily accessible to roaming small children due to the topography of the site.
It was deep/infinity pools without obstructing surrounding safety fences that was cited… not just an “infinity pool”. Also, what you might see in an Ag zone with regard to a missing safety fence about a deep pool would be a reflection of a fence that was removed after the final sign off or a pool not deep enough to require a safety fence or perhaps a pool installed before the safety requirement was added to the zone and code.