Honolulu Hawaii Play New Game to Get a House Built

[Snattlerake]

Honolulu has such a red tape infused process to get building permits they have created an online game.

Game: How Long Does It Take To Get A Permit From Honolulu?

Civil Beat built a game to allow players to step into the shoes of a DPP permit applicant and gain a sense of the challenges and choices that appear throughout the process.

www.civilbeat.org

Scroll down after hitting the start button.

 

[rickm]

Well you have to be careful where you build cause it might cause the island to tip on its side.

 

[Aku]

That was interesting.

The only thing really necessary is for the Municipality to require a signed release from the homeowner, saying that when the Islands sink back into the ocean, homeowner won't sue the City.

 

[beardking]

Believe me, it's not just Honolulu that has such a long, arduous and convoluted process. I've submitted projects across the entire country (although, not in Hawaii, oddly enough) and I've found MANY municipalities that are just about as painful and some worse (I'm looking directly at you, New York City). Then there is Enid, OK. Literally the only city I've ever submitted a project to the building department and not received a single comment. Shortest permitting timeline I have ever gone through. And this was really shocking because this was a conversion from a Johnny's Char-Broiler to a Chili's. Those types of projects normally get all sorts of review comments.

 

[Snattlerake]

Believe me, it's not just Honolulu that has such a long, arduous and convoluted process. I've submitted projects across the entire country (although, not in Hawaii, oddly enough) and I've found MANY municipalities that are just about as painful and some worse (I'm looking directly at you, New York City). Then there is Enid, OK. Literally the only city I've ever submitted a project to the building department and not received a single comment. Shortest permitting timeline I have ever gone through. And this was really shocking because this was a conversion from a Johnny's Char-Broiler to a Chili's. Those types of projects normally get all sorts of review comments.

You'd think that all the 'Bugs" had been worked out so the cookie cutter project were smooth sailing but Noooo! Every municipality has to stick their thumb in someone's eye, or pocketbook.

 

[beardking]

You'd think that all the 'Bugs" had been worked out so the cookie cutter project were smooth sailing but Noooo! Every municipality has to stick their thumb in someone's eye, or pocketbook.

The good thing about that is municipalities doing that is what keeps my mortgage paid.

 

[OHJEEZE]

My vote is to make permits optional!

I mean I would not want to deny someone from having their permit and inspections.

But at the same time I have no reason to want to make a donation to the local grubbermitt!