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Affordable and workers' housing units, constructed with Federal, State or County funds and developed for those purposes, are prohibited from use as short-term vacation rentals. (b) Registration of all short-term vacation rentals. (1) Short-term vacation rentals in existence on or before the effective date of this ordinance: (A) Shall register with the planning department, and pay a one-time fee of $250 for accommodations with one bedroom or less, and $500 for accommodations with more than one bedroom, to the director of finance, if they exist within the following zoning districts: (i) The V, CG, and CDH; or (ii) The general plan resort areas and resort node, in any district other than RS. (B) 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. (2) Any new short-term vacation rental established in a zoning district after the effective date of this ordinance, where such use is permissible pursuant to this section, shall register with the director and pay a one- time fee of $250 for accommodations with one bedroom or less and $500 for accommodations with more than one bedroom prior to use of such rental. (3) Owners of short-term vacation rentals shall register by submitting a form to the planning department in a format prescribed by the director. The registration form, at a minimum, shall require: (A) Verification that State of Hawaii general excise tax and transient accommodations tax licenses are in effect; (B) Certification that the requisite amount of parking pursuant to section 25-4-51, is available; [] (C) Submittal of a site plan showing the location of the rooms for rent and requisite parking[..-]; and (D) Verification that notification letters have been sent to all owners and lessees of record of all lots of which any portion is within three hundred feet of any point along the perimeter boundaryoof the short-term vacation rental property. The notification letter shall provide detailed information about the short-term vacation rental operation including: number of units being rented; maximum number of guests permitted; number and location of required parking spaces; and instructions on how to submit comments and complaints to the planning_ department about the subject rental operation. (4) Upon change in ownership, the new owner shall notify the [pig] director forthwith of the change in ownership and provide contact 2