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• <br /> Mitchell D. Roth �- Barbara• DeFranco,Chair <br /> Mayor �`",x ����r Mahina Paishon-Duarte,Vice Chair <br /> •• �.'�i'i, ,�. : - Dean Au <br /> Deanna S. Sako ==_ ' � Michael Dela Cruz <br /> Managing :• Clement"CJ"Kanuha III <br /> g g Director <br /> T��E•Of�H'�► <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 /> • <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 /> • <br /> Dear Chair Kimball and Council Members: <br /> SUBJECT: County Council Initiated Bill No. 122 (PL-CCI-2024-000004) <br /> Amendment to Chapter 25 and Chapter 14,Article 4, Section 14-20 of the <br /> Hawai`i County Code 1983 (2016 Edition,As Amended) Relating to the • <br /> Repeal of Bed and Breakfast as a Permitted Use <br /> The Leeward Planning.Commission, at its duly held continued public hearing on May 22, 2024, <br /> considered the County Council Initiated Bill No. 122, amending Chapter 25 and Chapter 14, <br /> Article 4, Section 14-20 of the Hawai'i County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as Amended) relating <br /> to the repeal of bed and breakfast as a permitted use. <br /> • The Commission voted to forward a favorable recommendation of Bill No. 122 to the County <br /> . Council based on the Planning Director's recommendation as follows: <br /> Recommendation#1: <br /> Under Section 7 of the draft bill, consider changing the proposed definition of`Hotel' to match <br /> the definition of `Hotel' that is already in place and found in Chapter 25 which means "a <br /> building or group of buildings containing six or more rooms or suites which provides transient <br /> lodging accommodations, meals, entertainment, and various personal services for compensation, <br /> whether such establishment is called a hotel, motel, motor hotel, motor lodge, inn, or otherwise. " <br /> Recommendation#2: <br /> Recommend adding language in Bill 121 (Transient Accommodation Rentals) that would allow <br /> the continued operation of existing bed and breakfast establishments that were permitted by a <br /> special permit or a use permit prior to adoption of Bill 121. There have been several hundred <br /> B&Bs permitted in the past by the Planning Commissions that should be allowed to continue <br /> Ha,vai'i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer <br />