11-03-2008, 08:20 AM
Please do not beat me up on this information I bring to you. I am only acting as the messenger to help clarify.
The cliffs in HPP are private property. Hawaii county has claried this issue for oceanfront property owners in HPP. Below is an excerpt from a letter written to an oceanfront property owner who was having issues with homeowner liability insurance. The letter was issued in 2005.
"Furthermore, 115-5 does not provide that the 40-ft shoreline setback area is a public access corridor. To date the County of Hawaii has not established lateral public access along the seacliffs of HPP by either easement or condemnation. Therefore, the area mauka of the shoreline on privately held lots are private property."
There is much confusion among locals and frankly, HPP oceanfront property owners on this issue. The good news, to my knowledge, most of the property owners do not mind occasional walkers or fishers.
Susan
The cliffs in HPP are private property. Hawaii county has claried this issue for oceanfront property owners in HPP. Below is an excerpt from a letter written to an oceanfront property owner who was having issues with homeowner liability insurance. The letter was issued in 2005.
"Furthermore, 115-5 does not provide that the 40-ft shoreline setback area is a public access corridor. To date the County of Hawaii has not established lateral public access along the seacliffs of HPP by either easement or condemnation. Therefore, the area mauka of the shoreline on privately held lots are private property."
There is much confusion among locals and frankly, HPP oceanfront property owners on this issue. The good news, to my knowledge, most of the property owners do not mind occasional walkers or fishers.
Susan
Susan