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• _ten ��Ii,�i COUNTY OF HAWAII _* ,rE•OF •M+'� STATE OF HAWAII ORDINANCE NO. 1S 1.14 BILL NO. 108 (DRAFT 7) AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 25, ARTICLE 1, ARTICLE 2, ARTICLE 4, AND ARTICLE 5, OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2016 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO SHORT-TERM VACATION RENTALS. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: SECTION 1. Findings and Purpose. The short-term rental of residential units, as an alternative to traditional resort and hotel accommodations, is an emerging trend in the visitor industry that continues to grow in popularity. The purpose of this ordinance is to manage the impacts of these short-term vacation rentals by: 1) defining where this use will be allowed; 2) establishing provisions and standards to regulate this use; and 3) providing an avenue for an existing use deemed to be improper by this ordinance, to apply for a nonconforming use certificate that would allow them to continue to operate in a non -permitted district. SECTION 2. Chapter 25, article 4, division 1, of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended), is amended by adding the following new sections to be appropriately designated and to read as follows: "Section 25-4- Short-term vacation rentals. (a) Short-term vacation rentals; where permitted, specific prohibitions. (1) Short-term vacation rentals shall be permitted in the: (A) V, CG, and CV districts; (B) Residential and commercial zoning districts, situated in the General Plan Resort and Resort Node areas; and (C) RM district, for multiple family dwellings within a condominium property regime as defined and governed by chapters 514A or 514B, Hawai `i Revised Statutes. (2) Private covenants prohibiting use of any unit as a short-term vacation rental shall not be invalidated by this chapter. b) Registration of all short-term vacation rentals. (1) Short-term vacation rentals in existence on or before the effective date of this ordinance shall register with the director and pay a one-time fee of $500. The registration form and associated fee shall be submitted to the planning department no later than one hundred eighty days after the effective date of this ordinance.