Council bill seeks to ease permit restrictions for ag lot owners

[HiloJulie]

“At the Board of Appeals, they said that the director, Pause had been right in canceling all my permits, because my permits had been issued in error,” he explained.

A sad story, but it's not just Hawaii where this has happened.  If the permit was initially issued in error, you're essentially fawked.

I suspect he'd be OK and left alone living in the place as an unpermitted dwelling, except for the issue of it being located in a "shoreline management area".  That sounds quite problematic.

But then, the County becomes 100% liable for all costs incurred by all parties involved that are expended from the time of issuance until it’s determined that the permit was issued in error. 

If I were this guy, I’d sue the county for at least 2 million!