05-18-2022, 01:53 AM
I applaud any efforts intentional or otherwise that slow housing development
From the HTH article:
Commissioner Matthias Kusch was sympathetic to criticisms of Public Works, but he said the public seems to prefer strict regulation.
The only problem I have with all of this is transparency. If slowing construction is an actual policy, then make a clear statement to that effect, so that everyone knows the game plan. What we have instead are broad general rules that make it sound as if anyone can build a house or start a business, when we all know that's not exactly true. Nowhere in the code does it explain that it can take 2-3 years to turn a restaurant into a different restaurant, or that it can take 1-2 years to issue permits for residential construction.
Meanwhile, population growth has exceeded the capacity of our roads, grocery stores, government offices. We can't run the county on vegetable gardens and aloha.
From the HTH article:
Commissioner Matthias Kusch was sympathetic to criticisms of Public Works, but he said the public seems to prefer strict regulation.
The only problem I have with all of this is transparency. If slowing construction is an actual policy, then make a clear statement to that effect, so that everyone knows the game plan. What we have instead are broad general rules that make it sound as if anyone can build a house or start a business, when we all know that's not exactly true. Nowhere in the code does it explain that it can take 2-3 years to turn a restaurant into a different restaurant, or that it can take 1-2 years to issue permits for residential construction.
Meanwhile, population growth has exceeded the capacity of our roads, grocery stores, government offices. We can't run the county on vegetable gardens and aloha.