05-19-2008, 05:58 AM
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Originally posted by MarkP
I admit I haven't looked at the specific proposals closely enough, but I do still see a problem with the state expecting you to farm a 1 acre parcel of lava while simultaneously preserving it. Of course many of these subdivisions would not have been developed in the first place if the planners had really given a damn about anything except taking the money and running. We are also one of the few places in the US where you can legally use a cesspool. As I understand it, cesspools are just not an environmentally sound way to dispose of sewage but there doesn't seem to be the will to require anything else.
Mark, I am not sure which side of the regulatory fence you are on.
I own Ag lots and I ripped and rolled 1/2 acre of my 12 acres to plant coffee. Coffee is happy and I used a sction of the land where the Native forest was not thriving as well as adjacent areas. I did this out of choice. There is very minimal requirement on the level of Ag. use that is required on these lots. These 1-3 acre lots really should be zoned Rural Residential.
I think that septic tanks are a good but expensive idea. You can't just rip the Pahoehoe, throw in leach line and cinders. There needs to be a level of soil, which percs at the proper rate, for the effluent to anaerobically break down. The rainfall also becomes an issue, as it can push the effluent down before it has had time to properly decompose. Otherwise the septic tanks are a self delusion.
I am concerned and curious about how the water tables on BI work and what the impact of cess pools is.
I am a tree-hugging developer. As I said, there must be balance.
Aloha, Dan