05-03-2019, 04:21 AM
no new (permitted) construction in the rift zone
By this standard, no new construction on Kauai, or along that gulch in Hilo, etc. They're all disaster-prone areas where investment is at far too much risk for to be subsidized by public funds.
I see the problem as a failure of "one-size-fits-all". The full permit-license-fee-inspection overhead is probably useful in high-density residential (R or faux-R Ag) areas. It's overkill for low-density agricultural areas, lava fields, etc. Why can't we have sensible requirements that are suited to the places they apply? Give people the freedom to choose, with clear understanding (acknowledged by registration, paying a fee, receiving a certificate) of the possible risks, and leave the public money out of it.
By this standard, no new construction on Kauai, or along that gulch in Hilo, etc. They're all disaster-prone areas where investment is at far too much risk for to be subsidized by public funds.
I see the problem as a failure of "one-size-fits-all". The full permit-license-fee-inspection overhead is probably useful in high-density residential (R or faux-R Ag) areas. It's overkill for low-density agricultural areas, lava fields, etc. Why can't we have sensible requirements that are suited to the places they apply? Give people the freedom to choose, with clear understanding (acknowledged by registration, paying a fee, receiving a certificate) of the possible risks, and leave the public money out of it.