02-21-2006, 03:42 PM
Aloha Naomi,
What some folks do is get a legal permit for an "efficiency" dwelling (i.e. a garage with a kitchen and bathroom) and live in there while they build their new house. To get a permit for the new house after your efficience dwelling is built, get a "change in use" permit for the "efficiency dwelling" i.e. no more kitchen in the garage, but the bathroom can stay, and then you will have the permit for your residence.
Having a non-permitted structure on your property (the garage) would cause complications in getting a final on your house permit. It would NOT be okay with the inspectors and would require a different permitting process for the garage permit since it would require a permit for an "as-built" structure.
(At least, that has been the case on other properties, I don't know precisely how it would go with yours.)
A hui hou,
Cathy
What some folks do is get a legal permit for an "efficiency" dwelling (i.e. a garage with a kitchen and bathroom) and live in there while they build their new house. To get a permit for the new house after your efficience dwelling is built, get a "change in use" permit for the "efficiency dwelling" i.e. no more kitchen in the garage, but the bathroom can stay, and then you will have the permit for your residence.
Having a non-permitted structure on your property (the garage) would cause complications in getting a final on your house permit. It would NOT be okay with the inspectors and would require a different permitting process for the garage permit since it would require a permit for an "as-built" structure.
(At least, that has been the case on other properties, I don't know precisely how it would go with yours.)
A hui hou,
Cathy
Kurt Wilson