HONOLULU (KHON2) — The City is warning that an effort to save money could end up costing homeowners big time.
A hefty fine was recently levied against a business owner for illegal construction activity on Oʻahu.
Honolulu’s Department of Planning and Permitting reduces permitting backlog
The City and County of Honolulu said it is seeing an uptick in illegal construction activity that included a recent case where someone forged a professional engineer’s stamp on building plans. They were fined $10,000 and ordered to stop work.
“And it can be anywhere within that project. It could be even during it where things start to go wrong and you start to notice it as a homeowner,” said Building Industry Association of Hawaiʻi CEO Roseann Freitas…