04-10-2015, 05:33 PM
I would think my submitting my cesspool permit as part of the building permit package would have removed me from the crowd of "people trying to pull one over" on the building department. But having been told that storing a wheelbarrow qualifies as storing flammable material, I will be installing a 5000 gal water tank to comply. Better too much water than not enough, or so I'm trying to convince myself. As to whether or not we deserve the agricultural designation, that's not a battle I'm willing to participate in. I grow all my own vegetables, coffee and tea, and hope to be able to someday keep goats for my home cheese making. If agricultural is supposed to mean that is how I make my living, no, I will never qualify. If it means I am self sustaining, I am already there living in an apartment on Oahu with my community garden, and hope to transfer that to the Big Island when I retire.