12-29-2014, 03:21 AM
Kalakoa and all
Speaking as a property owner with one of the rare Special Use Permits SUPs so a legal business can operate from my home...
I want to stress how well Kalakoa speaks the truth when writing
The rezoning processes simple: file some paperwork (including SMA/CMA, traffic study,archaeology research,etc), pay a fee, notify all other landowners that are "close enough", post a sign. At somepointtherewill be a hearing,at which the public may testify for/against. SUP process is very similar.
Further that only the very patient and well funded can afford the time and costs.
From start to finish my SUP took about 1.5 years and $35,000. The high cost was due to the fact my simple home based business required the installation of a 2nd septic system to support a 5 bedroom home.
Therefore, the building department is one barrier you are missing. To get approval to install a new septic required updating all blueprints, and stamps of approval from an engineer on Oahu. That lovely building department forced us redraft the plans three times since new areas were not properly "clouded to easily see what revision will be" and previously final approved work did not correctly match initial construction.
We waited months each time plans were resubmitted only to be subjected to the most nasty government official actions thwarting our business.
All this to just operate a legal bed and breakfast.
We were required by State of Hawaii to stop serving breakfast since the commercial grade kitchen to prepare guest food cannot be used by the owner.
A second kitchen was not possible per County of Hawaii.
The combination of the State Health Department and County Building Department are by far the most serious road blocks for the development of small localized businesses that would provide local jobs.
Note: And you were right about needing to be well connected. Guess who was the mortgage loan officer that provided construction loans to officials in the County Planning Department. Nothing illegal occurred. Just information on how to proceed. Were it not for these contacts and help they gave to understand the process, we would have given up.
Speaking as a property owner with one of the rare Special Use Permits SUPs so a legal business can operate from my home...
I want to stress how well Kalakoa speaks the truth when writing
The rezoning processes simple: file some paperwork (including SMA/CMA, traffic study,archaeology research,etc), pay a fee, notify all other landowners that are "close enough", post a sign. At somepointtherewill be a hearing,at which the public may testify for/against. SUP process is very similar.
Further that only the very patient and well funded can afford the time and costs.
From start to finish my SUP took about 1.5 years and $35,000. The high cost was due to the fact my simple home based business required the installation of a 2nd septic system to support a 5 bedroom home.
Therefore, the building department is one barrier you are missing. To get approval to install a new septic required updating all blueprints, and stamps of approval from an engineer on Oahu. That lovely building department forced us redraft the plans three times since new areas were not properly "clouded to easily see what revision will be" and previously final approved work did not correctly match initial construction.
We waited months each time plans were resubmitted only to be subjected to the most nasty government official actions thwarting our business.
All this to just operate a legal bed and breakfast.
We were required by State of Hawaii to stop serving breakfast since the commercial grade kitchen to prepare guest food cannot be used by the owner.
A second kitchen was not possible per County of Hawaii.
The combination of the State Health Department and County Building Department are by far the most serious road blocks for the development of small localized businesses that would provide local jobs.
Note: And you were right about needing to be well connected. Guess who was the mortgage loan officer that provided construction loans to officials in the County Planning Department. Nothing illegal occurred. Just information on how to proceed. Were it not for these contacts and help they gave to understand the process, we would have given up.
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