11-14-2013, 01:55 PM
Granting the "Hawaiian community" its own special building code is a form of discrimination.
I suspect that the "Hawaiian community" did not lobby for these codes. For that matter, the "true" Hawaiians consider themselves sovereign and therefore outside the scope of Federal/State/County regulation, so have no use for building codes.
In any case ... there's a certain irony: a "traditional" thatched-roof building made of poles tied with cord can actually be 100% legal, but a recycled schoolbus is somehow out of the question -- and you'd better not connect two wires together, or get that big swimming pool from Walmart, because you're obviously not smart enough to avoid hurting yourself and others. Oh, and if you see shoddy workmanship and/or safety issues anywhere in town, that's okay -- it's either permitted work by licensed professionals, or it's grandfathered, don't worry about it.
I suspect that the "Hawaiian community" did not lobby for these codes. For that matter, the "true" Hawaiians consider themselves sovereign and therefore outside the scope of Federal/State/County regulation, so have no use for building codes.
In any case ... there's a certain irony: a "traditional" thatched-roof building made of poles tied with cord can actually be 100% legal, but a recycled schoolbus is somehow out of the question -- and you'd better not connect two wires together, or get that big swimming pool from Walmart, because you're obviously not smart enough to avoid hurting yourself and others. Oh, and if you see shoddy workmanship and/or safety issues anywhere in town, that's okay -- it's either permitted work by licensed professionals, or it's grandfathered, don't worry about it.