PD Background & Recommendation Report (PL-CCI-2024-000003) Bill 121

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PROPOSED DEFINITIONS 5. Bill 121 proposes to amend Hawaii County Code Chapter 25 (Zoning Code)to delete the definition of`Short-term vacation rentals' and to include definitions for `Booking services', `Event', `Gathering', `Hosting platform', `Operator', `Operator-hosted', `Owner-hosted', `Principal home', `Transient' or `Transients', `Transient Accommodation', `Un-hosted', and `Verified complaint'. WHAT IS A TRANSIENT ACCOMODATION? 6. `Transient accommodation' as defined in Bill 121 is, "...the furnishing ofa room, apartment, suite, single family dwelling, or the like to a transient for less than one hundred eighty consecutive days for each letting in a hotel, apartment hotel, motel, or condominium or unit as defined in chapter 514B, cooperative apartment, dwelling unit, or rooming house that provides living quarters, sleeping, or housekeeping accommodations, or other place in which lodgings are regularly furnished to transients. "The definition goes on to offer examples of what transient accommodations exclude, which include, hotels, motels, inns; apartment hotels; boarding facilities; lodges; and timeshares. 7. Bill 121 establishes three (3)types of transient accommodation rentals which include the following: • Owner-hosted is defined as "...any transient accommodation rental hosted by a person who uses the building site as their principal home • Operator-hosted is defined as "...any transient accommodation rental hosted by an operator". Bill 121 also defines an Operator as "...any person operating a transient accommodation rental on behalf of a property owner, who resides on the same building site as the transient accommodation rental and uses it as their permanent address for legal purposes"; and • Lastly, Un-hosted is defined as "...any transient accommodation rental that is not the principal home of the property owner and without an operator located on the building site during rental operations". -3-