Government beach road from Hawaiian beaches to fou

[Kahunascott]

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Originally posted by csgray

Virtually all the subdivisions in Puna are "private" which means they were large blocks of land developed by platting them out, bulldozing roads (more or less depending on the developer) and then lots ranging from 7000 square feet to 3 acres were sold to individuals with no public investment or ownership in any infrastructure. In most other places a developer may pay for all or part of the infrastructure like roads, parks, and sewers, but then those improvements are signed over to the local governmental body and become "public".

In Puna and Ka'u these subdivisions were initially marketed on the mainland and in Japan as a way to "own a piece of Paradise", so a subdivision several miles from the ocean ends up named Black Sands Beach. I saw an early advertising flyer for Hawaiian Acres that referenced a golf course, riding trails and stables. In many cases, the developers of these lots and Hawaii County didn't think anyone would ever actually try to live in these subdivisions, so no provisions were made to provide services. Some of these subdivisions even had no mechanism for road maintenance, while others like HPP were set up in such a way that the home owners' association is strictly limited to charging fees for road maintenance but cannot charge residents for other services like running water lines, park construction or maintenance. Hawaiian Beaches/Shores/Recreation Estates had 3 or 4 different developers which is why HSRE has piped water, a park, and CCRs and the others don't. This situation makes for a unique patchwork of jurisdiction over things like roads, Hawaii county only recently passed new rules authorizing the cops to do traffic enforcement in private subdivisions for offenses like speeding.



Carol
Not True,
Hawaiian Beaches/Shores/Recreation all have piped water.

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