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ZY osH <br /> Mitchell D. Roth //o�`�;' •. •'•'.., Barbara DeFranco,Chair <br /> Mayor / : �' , a,,,;. Mahina Paishon-Duarte,Vice Chair <br /> Deanna S. Sako ••_ �'�: _ • Michael Dela Cruz <br /> Managing Director % <br /> j °"'• Clement"Cr Kanuha III <br /> County of Hawaii <br /> LEEWARD PLANNING COMMISSION <br /> Aupuni Center • 101 Pauahi Street,Suite 3 • Hilo,Hawai`i 96720 <br /> Phone(808)961-8288 • Fax(808)961-8742 <br /> May 23, 2024 <br /> Heather Kimball, Council Chair <br /> and Members of the County Council <br /> County of Hawai`i <br /> 25 Aupuni Street <br /> Hilo, HI 96720 <br /> Dear Chair Kimball and Council Members: <br /> SUBJECT: County Council Initiated Bill No. 121 (PL-CCI-2024-000003) . <br /> Amendment to Chapter 25,Article 1,Article 4,and Article 5 of the Hawai`i <br /> County Code 1983 (2016 Edition,As Amended)Relating to Transient <br /> Accommodation Rentals and Hosting Platforms <br /> The Leeward Planning Commission, at its duly held continued public hearing on May 22, 2024, <br /> considered the County Council Initiated Bill No. 121, amending Chapter 25, Article 1, Article 4, and <br /> Article 5 of the Hawai`i County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as Amended) relating to transient <br /> accommodation rentals and hosting platforms. <br /> • <br /> The Commission voted to forward a favorable recommendation of Bill No. 121 to the County <br /> Council based on the Planning Director's recommendation, inclusive of the proposed amendments by <br /> County Council Chair Heather Kimball to Sections 25-4-16.1 and 25-4-16.2 in her letter to the <br /> Commission dated April 30, 2024, totaling twenty-two (22) recommendations as follows: Material <br /> to be deleted is bracketed and stricken. New material is underscored. <br /> Recommendation#1 <br /> Under Section 2. Amend the definition of transient to state: "Transient" or "transients" means <br /> any visitor or person who rents or uses lodging or dwelling unit, portion thereof, for [less than <br /> one hundred eighty days] thirty consecutive days or less and whose permanent address for legal <br /> purposes is not the [lodging or dwelling unit occupied by the visitor] transient accommodation <br /> rental. <br /> Based on the preceding, the definition of transient accommodation should also be amended to <br /> state: "Transient accommodation" means the furnishing of a room, apartment, suite, single <br /> family dwelling, or the like to a transient for [less than one hundred eighty consecutive days] <br /> Hawai•i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer <br />