01-05-2013, 05:14 AM
The difference between Ag and Residential sized/designated lots come from years ago.
Pre-state hood, a lot of large tracts of land was subdivided, into these subdivisions we have today. The developers new the best way of doing it cheaply was to provide "Agricultural" designations, because (1) they require less infrastructure during development, and (2) it was keeping with Hawaii countys "agricultural" ideal.
So the lots in some of these subdivisions were pretty small, like Nanawale.
Then a few of the first residences decided to form an association, which really anyone can. They drafted up rules to make certain conditions, even sizes of houses, etc., knowing too well that the lots are too small to techinically hold a pig-farm, which would of been allowed on ag land if there was no CCRs.
That is why you have ag zoning on small lands. It was cheap for the developers because not lot was required, but you have CCRs to protect what can go on so too many neighbors are not upset with each other.
I know of a few "associations" in hilo, and they are legal, that actually have only 4 lots on them. The neighbors got together and did a formal agreement about what can actually happen on their lot so as not to upset the next.
Pre-state hood, a lot of large tracts of land was subdivided, into these subdivisions we have today. The developers new the best way of doing it cheaply was to provide "Agricultural" designations, because (1) they require less infrastructure during development, and (2) it was keeping with Hawaii countys "agricultural" ideal.
So the lots in some of these subdivisions were pretty small, like Nanawale.
Then a few of the first residences decided to form an association, which really anyone can. They drafted up rules to make certain conditions, even sizes of houses, etc., knowing too well that the lots are too small to techinically hold a pig-farm, which would of been allowed on ag land if there was no CCRs.
That is why you have ag zoning on small lands. It was cheap for the developers because not lot was required, but you have CCRs to protect what can go on so too many neighbors are not upset with each other.
I know of a few "associations" in hilo, and they are legal, that actually have only 4 lots on them. The neighbors got together and did a formal agreement about what can actually happen on their lot so as not to upset the next.