12-05-2012, 06:48 AM
Kelena,
I have found the feds to be pretty unwilling to consider grandfathering in pollution of groundwater and rivers, which I think is indicative of how they will handle ocean pollution too. When I owned my 800 sq. ft. 3 bed/1 bath craftsman bungalow built in the 1930s on a very large lot (plenty big enough to handle the septic system) I was forced to pay as much as was proposed for Kapoho homeowners to hook up to the sewer. This was for a house next to a train switching yard and major expressway, not an ocean front vacation rental. I had the option of paying in full for a discount, paying over time at 6% interest, or paying when the house sold, I did not have the option of choosing to not hook up. One man and his sister lost the home they were both born in to the county because they refused to hook up, this was later overturned by the state supreme court but by then their home had been bulldozed and turned into an apartment complex. The need for sewers there was caused by the county permitting construction of big apartment complexes in an area with no sewers, but the fact that my little house on a huge lot did not cause the problem did not grandfather it in. So I doubt the feds will look at Wai Opea that way either.
It will be interesting to see what happens next, I would still buy a place to live down there if I was retired and could afford it, it is as close to heaven as I'll ever get.
Carol
I have found the feds to be pretty unwilling to consider grandfathering in pollution of groundwater and rivers, which I think is indicative of how they will handle ocean pollution too. When I owned my 800 sq. ft. 3 bed/1 bath craftsman bungalow built in the 1930s on a very large lot (plenty big enough to handle the septic system) I was forced to pay as much as was proposed for Kapoho homeowners to hook up to the sewer. This was for a house next to a train switching yard and major expressway, not an ocean front vacation rental. I had the option of paying in full for a discount, paying over time at 6% interest, or paying when the house sold, I did not have the option of choosing to not hook up. One man and his sister lost the home they were both born in to the county because they refused to hook up, this was later overturned by the state supreme court but by then their home had been bulldozed and turned into an apartment complex. The need for sewers there was caused by the county permitting construction of big apartment complexes in an area with no sewers, but the fact that my little house on a huge lot did not cause the problem did not grandfather it in. So I doubt the feds will look at Wai Opea that way either.
It will be interesting to see what happens next, I would still buy a place to live down there if I was retired and could afford it, it is as close to heaven as I'll ever get.
Carol
Carol
Every time you feel yourself getting pulled into other people's nonsense, repeat these words: Not my circus, not my monkeys.
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Every time you feel yourself getting pulled into other people's nonsense, repeat these words: Not my circus, not my monkeys.
Polish Proverb