09-21-2012, 05:40 AM
Excellent point: is it a "home" or an "investment"? Ultimately everything is illegal in the eyes of the State (or County), it's just a matter of whether they've chosen to enforce (which is approximately "whether you've irritated them and/or their friends").
Most of downtown "old Pahoa" is one big code violation, but it's all conveniently "grandfathered", so it must be okay just the way it is... until some (rich) tourist does a slip-n-fall on the rickety wooden sidewalks, which will all be replaced with shiny new concrete at taxpayer expense, even though it was all "just fine" before.
Most of downtown "old Pahoa" is one big code violation, but it's all conveniently "grandfathered", so it must be okay just the way it is... until some (rich) tourist does a slip-n-fall on the rickety wooden sidewalks, which will all be replaced with shiny new concrete at taxpayer expense, even though it was all "just fine" before.