Building / Remodels
When you are ready, please kindly work with the Architecture Review Committee for New Builds or Renovations to your property. Always keep in mind that after your plans have been approved you MUST complete the work in one year, or you can contact the ARC for an extension.
Kona Paradise Owners Association
Plans Submission Procedure and Process For
New Home Construction and Remodeling/Renovation
1. Contact the ARC via Buildium or kppoabod@gmail.com to arrange for their receipt of two sets of Preliminary Plans. These plans will be reviewed, marked as appropriate to indicate that which is necessary for inclusion for eventual ARC approval, and one set will be returned so that the necessary additions can be made to the original plans to ensure that all subsequent sets of plans indicate KPPOA requirements.
2. Make sure that all KPPOA requirements as stipulated in the KPPOA CC&R’s are indicated on the original plans. Below is a brief checklist of the major items:
____ a. Minimum house square footage on one level of 1200 SF excluding lanai and garage
____ b. Garages and carports not having entrances facing the street shall have the side facing the street walled. All storage facilities opening from a garage or carport shall have their own enclosing doors. Every residence shall have a minimum of a 2-car off-street parking area, one of which shall be roofed (carport or garage), with a minimum storage area of 100 cubic ft.
____ c. A Topo (topographic map) is required. This is due to the CC&R regarding the maximum height of structure may be not more than 18 feet from the highest point of natural elevation within the perimeter of the structure. This must be indicated and dimensioned on the plane in the preliminary plan. Benchmarking of the will be done by ARC during the final approval process before grading or building.
____ d. Appliances must be within the walls of the house, garage or carport so as not to be in open view.
____ e. Water catchment tank must be at least 10,000 gallons with tank roofed and skirted.
____ f. All sub floor framing must be skirted.
____ g. Metal roofs must be painted
____ h. No grading whatsoever, including fill, is allowed until the home plans have been approved by the ARC in step 4; and that all construction activity is to be confined to the parcel for which the approval is granted.
____ i. Every effort should be made to construct a driveway such that its elevation at the parcel’s roadway property line interface is the same as the pavement elevation at that juncture. In areas of extreme property elevation change, either up-slope or downslope, the ARC may approve an intrusion into the KPPOA roadway area of up to seven feet from the owner/KPPOA property line for purposes of starting a driveway ramp either upward or downward as necessary. Please keep in mind that this remains to be KPPOA property for whatever usage it may deem necessary in the future. All driveways must be site approved by the ARC before the final driveway surface is installed.
3. After original plans have been updated to indicate compliance to KPPOA CC&R’S make application for County of Hawaii Building Permit.
4. Submit two complete sets of the approved and stamped plans along with a check for $300.00 the ARC for New Home plans approval. No fee is required for Remodeling/Renovation. The check should be made payable to Kona Paradise Property Owners Association. Both sets of plans will be stamped and signed with one set being returned to the property owner. The second set will remain on file with the KPPOA ARC. House construction will be completed within one year from the date of pouring of foundation or setting of footings as the case may be. Written requests for extension may be made to the Architectural Review Committee.
5. Upon the receipt of new house plans for final approval by the Kona Paradise Board ARC a visual inspection of the potential house site will be done to determine the highest natural point of land within the perimeter of the new home. After a determination has been made a concrete benchmark referencing the high point elevation shall be made by an ARC member in an area of the property that will not be disturbed by the construction of the house.
See our POA Documents tab for complete procedures. "2024 New Build Remodel Packet"
