2018-09-20 Leeward Exh B (Bill 108 re Short-term Vacation Rentals)

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is no way a Planning Department product, you know. Coming back to Planning Commission is part of the process. UNGER: Thank you. JACKSON: So I’ve included this slide of Kailua-Kona because we received a lot of testimony regarding the condos along Ali‘i Drive and whether or not, or how, this bill would apply to those condos operating short-term vacation rentals. So you can see on the left slide that is our General Plan LUPAG Map and the areas that are shown in pink are the Resort and Resort Node areas. So Bill 108 is saying that within those pink areas short-term vacation rentals are permitted, meaning the existing ones can continue and any new one that wants to be established can do so. So there is an area of Resort and Resort Node in Kailua-Kona Town, as you see there, and then there is an area along Ali‘i Drive where it changes over to Medium-Density Urban in the General Plan, and then when you get towards Keauhou, the Resort and Resort Node areas pick up again. So the slide on the right side shows that area between those two Resort Node areas in Kailua-Kona and Keauhou. UNGER: Is brown High-Density Residential? JACKSON: So the brown is, yes, it’s Multi-Family Residential. And so that’s the zoning map on the right side. And the areas in the bright pink on the makai and mauka side of Ali‘i Drive are zoned Resort. So the bill is saying if you have a Resort zoning, you can also do a short-term vacation rentals; that’s a permitted area. CHURCH: Okay, it states here, “The bill requires registration of all new short-term vacation rentals established in zoning districts where the use is permissible.” Okay, so, now, here is somebody who has a condominium in a V-1.25, which is an approved zoning district, they’ve been living in it for some time but now they decided that they are moving back to the mainland and they want to rent it. Is this registration required for a new project or is it required for an individual who has a unit that’s in an authorized zone but decides now to rent it? And this individual could easily have registered, got a new general excise tax license, the transient occupancy tax license, and be totally fair and square with regard to that. Does that now require registration, that individual for that unit? JACKSON: Yeah, so I’ll get to — CHURCH: So it’s not a project, it’s on a unit basis. JACKSON: Yes, it’s — CHURCH: Oh, my goodness. JACKSON: — per dwelling unit, yeah. CHURCH: My goodness gracious. 4 EXHIBIT B