HONOLULU A Hawaii city council has passed a bill to restrict the size of monster houses.
HONOLULU — A Hawaii city council has passed a bill to restrict the size of monster houses.
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported Thursday that the Honolulu City Council passed a bill by a 9-0 vote Wednesday that sets maximum density for detached dwellings.
The council bill says homes cannot have a floor area ratio of 0.7, meaning a floor area greater than 70% of a house lot’s size. Houses with floor area ratios greater than 0.6 would need to be owner-occupied and meet additional rules.
Monster houses often go up quickly, defy building rules and dwarf other homes in older residential neighborhoods.
Critics say they overburden parking and are used as illegal rentals or other nonconforming businesses.
The Building Industry Association of Hawaii says new regulations may create additional delays in obtaining permits.
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Information from: Honolulu Star-Advertiser, http://www.staradvertiser.com
Hawaii government needs to be spending time explaining and figuring out how they are going to pay for all of the unfunded retirement liabilities they have promised all of the retired state workers and teachers;
we owe billions in retirement benefits with no way to pay them; big homes, pay big taxes…..
you never hear them talking about that issue;
RK