The land immediately adjacent to many lakes, rivers, and oceans is prime real estate. Resorts and condominiums advertise if a rental comes with a view even if only a sliver of actual water can be seen. If you own a property adjacent to any of these land features you understand you pay a premium for your location. A block removed and your costs are far lower.
Hawaii generates a great amount of money from the structures with views of the ocean. Exclusive resorts line up next to each other with beaches that stretch down to the water. The beaches come with umbrellas, lounge chairs, and often a bar. What these resorts, hotels, and homes cannot do is restrict your use of the beach and access to the beach between their buildings and the water. In Hawaii, everyone, land owner, renter, or not, must have free access to the water and the sand.
Those making big money off ocean views are not above causing problems. Here is what they did near our location in Kapaa. Rather than provide a view, some spiteful owner decided to pay for a giant fence that ran for hundreds of yards. Doors and a path provided access. What is weird is that the area beyond the fence was pretty much just a field of weeds. Not Aloha at all.
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