White Elephants on Rampage: Take Careful Aim Conservation District lands were set aside as an attempt to balance growth in certain areas of the state against the public’s need to protect resources. The value of those resources can be economic … Continued
The request of David Fazendin to build a house on a ridgeline of Mount Olomana, in Windward O`ahu, has received much publicity lately. Just how large a house he will be able to build, and where, are questions unsettled as … Continued
Here is a guide to some of terms that frequently crop up in discussions of Conservation District use. It is based on Title 13, Subtitle I, Chapters 1 and 2 of the Administrative Rules of the Department of Land and … Continued
The Department’s Administrative Rules set forth guidelines for classifying lands into each subzone. This summary is drawn from the copy of the rules (§13-2-11 through §13-2-15) distributed to the public by the Office of Conservation and Environmental Affairs at the … Continued
The merits of the application, not the applicant, are to be taken to account by the Land Board in deciding CDUAs. But to anyone trying to understand the Engelstad case, personality may be of more than passing interest. According to … Continued
The application of Indonesian businessman T.P. Liem to build a house on Hawea Point, Maui, provides an excellent illustration of the problems that emerge from a permissive interpretation of Land Board policy with regard to development in Conservation District lands … Continued
Mahalo! Before all else, Environment Hawai`i expresses its gratitude to the Commission on Water Resource Management. The commissioners’ concern with ensuring that the plan will address all needs, great and small, has put residents of the state in the Commission’s … Continued
The Honolulu Board of Water Supply says O`ahu residents should cut back. The daily newspapers exhort us to go easy on the lawn sprinklers, put a brick in the toilet tank, and make sure the faucet is not running as … Continued