03-09-2014, 12:41 PM
ItÔs all at risk, even outside the high level lava zones. Shoot, Waikiki is extremely vulnerable to a tsunami. Parts of Hilo are super flood prone. Earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, megatsunamis, lava inundation, my house is at risk too.
In California people build on fault lines that are predicted with near certainty to have a strong quake within 30 years. They still issue building permits. You apply for a permit, you assume whatever risks arise, and you insure what you can (or donÔt).
The County uses a grandfathering system. You canÔt tell people who bought land where permits were being issued that they cannot pull a permit. Can you imagine the outcry?
Fugitive dust is a Health Dept. citation, in my experience, and that is State, not County. Is the County citing HPP for fugitive dust? The fugitive dust law applies to grading and construction everywhere on the island. It is not a law made by the infrastructure police.
(IÔm not taking any position on the HPP citation. But there are standards that are broad and across the board, and that is something to consider when you choose to buy cheap land. Will you have hidden expenses because of that?
No one held a gun to anyoneÔs head and forced them to buy dirt cheap land, and there is a reason for the saying "you get what you pay for."
In California people build on fault lines that are predicted with near certainty to have a strong quake within 30 years. They still issue building permits. You apply for a permit, you assume whatever risks arise, and you insure what you can (or donÔt).
The County uses a grandfathering system. You canÔt tell people who bought land where permits were being issued that they cannot pull a permit. Can you imagine the outcry?
Fugitive dust is a Health Dept. citation, in my experience, and that is State, not County. Is the County citing HPP for fugitive dust? The fugitive dust law applies to grading and construction everywhere on the island. It is not a law made by the infrastructure police.
(IÔm not taking any position on the HPP citation. But there are standards that are broad and across the board, and that is something to consider when you choose to buy cheap land. Will you have hidden expenses because of that?
No one held a gun to anyoneÔs head and forced them to buy dirt cheap land, and there is a reason for the saying "you get what you pay for."