HILO — Fee increases and rule changes are being proposed for many uses of state small boat harbors and facilities.
The Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation is seeking approval from the state Land Board this Friday in Honolulu to initiate the rule-making process and hold public hearings on its proposal. A staff submittal says notices were sent to affected parties starting a year ago, and that fee increases are “long overdue.”
The fee and rule changes include:
— Increasing fee for use of state boat launching ramps for recreational or fishing purposes from $40 a year to $75 a year.
— Increasing monthly dry storage rates to $3 per foot of vessel or trailer length, whichever is greater. Fee is currently $1.15 per foot for paved areas, and $1 for unpaved areas. Vessels stored for less than 16 calendar days would be charged a reduced rate of 50 percent, with a minimum charge of $50. No charge for stays less than 7 days. A monthly fee of $1.50 per square foot would be charged for other equipment, with a reduced rate for shorter stays.
— Requiring a person seeking approval for dry storage to have, in addition to a valid use permit to moor in a state small boat harbor, a vessel registered with the department, have a properly registered and inspected trailer if the vessel is trailered, and have a properly insured vessel.
— Increasing empty boat trailer fee to $100 from the current rates of $15 and $20.
— Replaces Schedule A and B mooring rates with new categories: “Catwalk” and “Tahiti Moor.” At Wailoa small boat harbor, the rates would be a minimum $9 per foot for “Catwalk” and $5 per foot for Tahiti Moor categories.
— Offshore mooring and anchoring rates would be $5 per foot on a state buoy, anchor or cable, and $3 per foot on permittee’s own buoy or anchor.
The proposal can be viewed at: https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/J-3.pdf.
Email Tom Callis at tcallis@hawaiitribune-herald.com.
If you don’t like more fees and taxes, get rid of Democrats.
Unfortunately new Democrats are a fact of life like termites, misquotes, and other parasites. They swarm in, embed themselves, do massive damage in a short period of time. By the time everyone catches on the damage is done. Life has changed. Taxes and fees are permanently up, laws are in place to protect the people who ravaged the community, services are low because there was not enough of other peoples money to go around. Maybe worst of all is that after the swarm the young folks are stuck with a massive government retirement plan that is carefully legislated in a way that the future generations are in hock. In other words we are ******.
California and Oregon have been hollowed out already so now all these parasites are coming to Hawaii and Washington and applying their craft there.
Prerty soon we will have to put a quarter in the drinking fountain. DemoRATS love your money. So far in two years Harry $kim has made $340,000. With his raise. What’s in it for us? Absolutely NOTHING. Keep voting for tax raising a-holes.
does this mean, i do not have to sell my boat , and i can take it off the market ? i hope with some of this money , they can open Pohoiki Bay to the fishermen and women . if that proves to be a impossibility..then the name should be changed to…harry kim beach park…no fishing allowed.