04-28-2015, 12:30 AM
Wao, just to say i enjoyed your thoughts and share many of them. building codes have evolved into a mammoth like much of our government. Under the claim of public safety they have bent to the electrical, plumbing, contractors unions. i am not saying some codes shouldn't be in place, but the resulting novel of codes is really a sad joke on the public. an example would be that a home owner builder cannot sell his property for a certain period of time after completion. or the new solar water if you live under a canopy of trees in the rain forest. I did go through the process and did find all the inspectors very polite and in some cases even helpful. but i had some issues i had to bend to that had no bearing on safety what so ever. but i found quite intriguing your thoughts on land use, especially since HA was conceived while still a territory, not even a state.