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Enforcement of"under the radar"vacation rentals. These are the properties that are being used as vacation rentals, <br /> but do not pay their GE,TA and income taxes on the business being run.There are many,many,many of these. This <br /> is true for vacation rentals as well as many other"under the radar"businesses that occur all over our island including <br /> road side vendors,business for cash,many(not all)farmer's market vendors,food truck vendors,existing unpaid <br /> property taxes,etc.Do not penalize the vacation rental owners that are doing the right thing,PENALIZE the people <br /> that are tax scofflaws! <br /> Enforcement of noise and disruption of neighborhood from ANYONE that hurts that peacefulness of a <br /> neighborhood.Enforcement when cars are not parked legally.This is a law enforcement issue not a vacation rental <br /> issue.Based on my own experience,there are many long tenn renters and property owners that are the cause of <br /> noise/animal/pot smoke types of neighbor issues. <br /> Delineation between different areas on Hawaii Island.There are vast differences between the Kona Coast Resort <br /> areas and Volcano area,etc. <br /> Long term rental market for local residents.There is no shortage of homes or land to provide housing for any local <br /> residents that want it.The vacation rental market provides an income for many people,owners and workers,so they <br /> can make a living to remain on Hawaii Island.Do not cut off your nose to spite your face! Many vacation rental <br /> owners would not open their vacation homes to long term renters because they want to use the homes for themselves <br /> or friends and family when they want to use them.Many,many,many local residents use vacation rentals <br /> themselves(and pay the going rate for it including the GE and TA taxes)when they go on vacation on the island or <br /> from neighbor islands.There needs to be a REAL effort to work on providing affordable housing to local residents <br /> whether that is by building it anew or forcing developers to provide it when they build new projects or from other <br /> ideas.Please use your energy to work on the housing issue without penalizing,regulating or removing vacation <br /> rentals! <br /> Sent from my Whone <br />