North Shore property owner offers to take down concrete barrier poured on Sunset Beach

SUNSET Seashore (HawaiiNewsNow) – A North Shore home operator who poured concrete on the berm behind his Ke Nui Road home has been granted additional time by the town to remove the barrier.

Friday was the initial deadline set by the Section of Permitting and Arranging for Josh Van Emmerik to eliminate the concrete or deal with prosecution and fines for developing the barrier without having constructing permits or shoreline variances.

But Van Emmerik’s legal professionals questioned for, and have been granted, a 60-day extension right after they instructed the condition Section of Land and Organic Methods that he would take out the barrier by mid-December.

The group has been pressuring him to get it down given that early October.

“It was naturally a outrageous factor to do,” claimed North Shore resident Denise Antolini. “It’s not even operating, and I’m sure that’s motivating him as effectively.”

“I comprehend probably why he did it, but the seashore belongs to all of us,” mentioned North Shore Community Board Chair Kathleen Pahinui. “It’s community have faith in. And you just simply cannot be altering the beach front since of your house.”

But Van Emmerik’s officer to remove the concrete will come with a request. In a letter obtained by Hawaii Information Now, Van Emmerik’s attorneys questioned the DLNR to approve an emergency barrier, like a so-termed sand burrito, for a single 12 months, immediately after he takes down the wall.

“I found it to be very, very disappointing, due to the fact it seems to be proposing a continuation of methods that never function, and also no true using of obligation for the seriously outrageous behavior of this landowner,” stated Antolini.

There’s been no final decision nevertheless from the land board. But it yet another scenario just down the seashore, the board accredited a settlement around a seawall that was illegally rebuilt five many years ago on a Sunset Seashore residence belonging to James and Denise O’Shea.

“The O’Shea’s will get rid of and dispose of the new seawall by December 31st, 2024,” Michael Cain, administrator of the state Business office of Conservation and Coastal Lands told the land board.

“The O’Shea’s will be liable for a fantastic of $50,000, plus $2,500 in administrative charges,” he ongoing as he thorough the settlement for the board.

“There’s a entire bunch of these scenarios that are effervescent at distinctive details, so we need to locate a superior solution than litigation,” mentioned Antolini.

Van Emmerik’s attorneys declined even further comment on the letter to the condition. There was no speedy phrase on what the DLNR programs to do with Van Emmerik’s ask for.