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What are the options for living on your land without waiting for a long building and permitting process? If you're just interested in a very small and simple off-grid home, could you put up some kind of prefab (or even mobile) structure with composting toilet, solar/propane and catchment? Build to code if possible, and then permitted later? Does that work? Just wondering how to avoid paying rent for months or more, seems kind of pointless if you already own your land...
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We built our 800 sq.ft. cabin and moved into the shell and dried in roof with siding, windows and doors including cess pool in 4 weeks. Permitted the next year as built.
It takes; $,organization,planning (contractor) and at least 2 experienced carpenters who will show up.
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Interesting. I'm not 100% sure about living in a cold frame
but you gather all the options and find one that works, right?
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A lot depends on how far out you are and who your neighbors are.
If you are in the middle of nowhere with neighbors that don't care, more than likely you'll be fine. For the most part the County doesn't "patrol" Puna looking for violations. If they get complaints, they are obligated to give you a visit sooner or later and then you can have problems.
Lay low, be neighborly, but don't be lazy. Get your "real" structure built and permitted ASAP.
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When you have your own land and properties then it is better to build a house rather than to live on rent..However it's very tough task to build an house.spending too much money is not a feasible option for all...
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Mobile homes aren't allowed. Yurts are very fast to build, and permittable, and look far more lovely than a box IMHO. The permit process will take a while for anything you build that you want to permit. The series of inspections and processing take the longest amount of time.
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Look at HR2646 very carefully. It doesn't directly address "habitation" but you could theoretically create all the required infrastructure.
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Infrastructure, like the septic or cesspool as long as it's installed by a licensed contractor and built to engineered specs. Standard water catchment, site prep, drive, housepad, electric poles, etc. Is that what you mean by infrastructure? I don't have the codes in front of me. Can you copy paste the section you're referring to Kalakoa?
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Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer or developer.
My understanding is that a "septic/cesspool" permit is granted, and inspections performed, by State DoH, and that said permit is issued in conjunction with other permits.
Any building intended for "habitation" must be connected to a "permitted wastewater system" in addition to meeting its own code requirements.
HR2646 allows "agricultural operations" on 3 or more acres to be constructed without issuance of County permits. There are some limitations on overall size (max 1000sf per building, max 20-foot span, etc) but County is not involved; you simply notify them after completion (as a "courtesy").
One could theoretically invoke HR2646 to build an "agricultural processing facility" which includes a "permitted wastewater disposal". Using these buildings for "habitation" might still be a violation of some code or other, but this violation would not include the very expensive fines for "unauthorized wastewater disposal".
The HR2646 exemptions do not include plumbing or electrical work, which must still be performed by licensed professionals and inspected by County. I believe there is a state-level exemption for any electrical system "under 30 volts" (as implied by NEC chapter 75) but I have yet to find the exact code -- a small solar system with DC lighting would certainly qualify, not sure what happens if you connect an inverter to that.
