08-19-2019, 02:13 PM
Yeah would be nice to not have people scrambling to get permits through before the deadline. Hopefully the dust settles soon and the county can draft up similar amendments like Maui and Kauai. The zone 1 tropical exemption doesn’t seem too horrible. In fact it seems that many people tend to build like that anyway. Some of the takeaways that I got were if you don’t have air conditioning, have paddle fans in the bedrooms and living room, operable windows on exterior walls of bedrooms, a latch for keeping bedroom doors propped open and large eaves to prevent direct sunlight through windows then the only major change I see the cool roof. I’ll be interested in seeing what becomes available for roofing and windows that satisfies the requirements. Who wants a bright white roof? LOL