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Home My WebLink AboutCOM 0676.006 2022-2024 JdtY.�F N1yy'. o�•i� • Deanna S.Sako • �,`I�t'r• Managing Director Mitchell D.Roth +S �"''Yr•:'/, :* Mayor • Robert H.Command •r .............. Deputy Managing Director Guttfv Pafnail V-ffinn of fli8 4Thz ur 25 Aupuni Street,Suite 2603 • Hilo,Hawai'i 96720 • (808)961-8211 • Fax(808)961-6553 KONA: 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Hwy.,Bldg C • Kailua-Kona,Hawai'i 96740 • (808)323-4444 • Fax(808)323-4440 4;:z)n May 24, 2024 t"- ;.) CO •' .- Heather Kimball, Council Chair and Members of the County Council co -- County of Hawai`i 25 Aupuni Street Hilo, HI 96720 • Dear Chair Kimball and Members: • SUBJECT: County Council Initiated Bill No. 122 (PL-CCI-2024-000004) Amendment to Chapter 25 and Chapter 14, Article 4, Section 14-20 of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, As Amended) Relating to the Repeal of Bed and Breakfast as a Permitted Use As required by Chapter 7, Sec. 6-7.5 (a)(3), Hawai`i County Charter, transmitted herewith for the County Council's consideration and action are the Windward and Leeward Planning Commissions' letters regarding the above-referenced request. Sincerely, MITCHELL D. ROTH • Mayor TCounci1PL-CCI-2024-003 Bi11121 Enclosures cc: Planning Department Comm. N• (OM- Ref. To: MD County of Hawai`i is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer. Ref. Date _ ' AT 2 9 2024 •OF Mitchell D.Roth moo'~SY DennisH.w.�.. Lin,Chair Mayor Louis Daniele III,Vice Chair • i ,� i•1 Lauren Balog Deanna S. Sako : Managing Director Wayne De Luz •l�`f. � 'F,•` Matthias Kusch • OF _ Chantel Perrin County of Hawaii WINDWARD PLANNING COMMISSION Aupuni Center • 101 Pauahi Street,Suite 3 • Hilo,Hawai`i 96720 Phone(808)961-8288 • Fax(808)961-8742 • May 23, 2024 Heather Kimball, Council Chair and Members of the County Council County of Hawai`i 25 Aupuni Street Hilo, HI 96720 • Dear Chair Kimball and Council Members: SUBJECT: County Council Initiated Bill No. 122 (PL-CCI-2024-000004) Amendment to Chapter 25 and Chapter 14,Article 4, Section 14-20 of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2016 Edition,As Amended)Relating to the Repeal of Bed and Breakfast as a Permitted Use The Windward Planning Commission (Commission), at its duly held continued public hearing on May 2, 2024, considered the County Council Initiated Bill No. 122, amending Chapter 25 and Chapter 14, Article 4, Section 14-20 of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as Amended) relating to the repeal of bed and breakfast as a permitted use. The Commission voted to forward a favorable recommendation of Bill No. 122 to the County Council as recommended by the Planning Director and to include language in Bill 121 to allow a hosted rental to be advertised as a bed and breakfast. The Commission believes that with repeal of bed and breakfast as a permitted use with adoption of Bill 122, since they will be permitted as a hosted rental, should Bill 121 be adopted, it is important to retain the terminology of'bed and • breakfast' since they offer a different visitor experience than a vacation rental. The Planning • Director's two recommendations are provided in the Planning Department recommendation report. The Planning Department's background report, recommendation report, PowerPoint presentation, and public testimony are available for review at the following Laserfiche WebLink address: https://records.hawaiicounty.gov/WebLink/1/fol/130112/Rowl.aspx Hawaii County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer .y .yam Heather Kimball, Council Chair and Members of the County Council May 23, 2024 Page 2 Should there be any questions, please feel free to contact Planning Program Manager, Maija Jackson at(808) 961-8159. Sincerely, • • May 23,2024 01:05 PM Dennis Lin, Chairman Windward Planning Commission LCounci llnitiatedBill 122PL-CCI-2024-004wpc • Mitchell D. Roth �- Barbara• DeFranco,Chair Mayor �`",x ��r Mahina Paishon-Duarte,Vice Chair •• �.'�i'i, ,�. : - Dean Au Deanna S. Sako ==_ ' � Michael Dela Cruz Managing :• Clement"CJ"Kanuha III g g Director T��E•Of�H'�► County of Hawaii LEEWARD PLANNING COMMISSION Aupuni Center • 101 Pauahi Street,Suite 3 • Hilo,Hawai`i 96720 Phone(808)961-8288 • Fax(808)961-8742 • May 23, 2024 Heather Kimball, Council Chair • and Members of the County Council County,of Hawai`i 25 Aupuni Street • Hilo, HI 96720 • Dear Chair Kimball and Council Members: SUBJECT: County Council Initiated Bill No. 122 (PL-CCI-2024-000004) Amendment to Chapter 25 and Chapter 14,Article 4, Section 14-20 of the Hawai`i County Code 1983 (2016 Edition,As Amended) Relating to the • Repeal of Bed and Breakfast as a Permitted Use The Leeward Planning.Commission, at its duly held continued public hearing on May 22, 2024, considered the County Council Initiated Bill No. 122, amending Chapter 25 and Chapter 14, Article 4, Section 14-20 of the Hawai'i County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as Amended) relating to the repeal of bed and breakfast as a permitted use. • The Commission voted to forward a favorable recommendation of Bill No. 122 to the County . Council based on the Planning Director's recommendation as follows: Recommendation#1: Under Section 7 of the draft bill, consider changing the proposed definition of`Hotel' to match the definition of `Hotel' that is already in place and found in Chapter 25 which means "a building or group of buildings containing six or more rooms or suites which provides transient lodging accommodations, meals, entertainment, and various personal services for compensation, whether such establishment is called a hotel, motel, motor hotel, motor lodge, inn, or otherwise. " Recommendation#2: Recommend adding language in Bill 121 (Transient Accommodation Rentals) that would allow the continued operation of existing bed and breakfast establishments that were permitted by a special permit or a use permit prior to adoption of Bill 121. There have been several hundred B&Bs permitted in the past by the Planning Commissions that should be allowed to continue Ha,vai'i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer Heather Kimball, Council Chair and Members of the County Council May 23, 2024 Page 2 operating if this bill is adopted and B&B provisions of code are repealed. Many of these permits require that the B&B operate according to the B&B standards currently found in section 25-4-7 of the zoning code, which are proposed to be repealed. If this section of code is repealed, there will be no standards for the B&B to operate within. The reasons for these recommendations are provided in the Planning Department recommendation report. The Planning Department's background report, recommendation report, PowerPoint presentation, and public testimony are available for review at the following Laserfiche WebLink address: https://records.hawai icounty.gov/WebLink/1/fol/134417/Row l.aspx Should there be any questions, please feel free to contact Planning Program Manager, Maija Jackson at (808) 961-8159. Sincerely, • $a-bai-a De ahco Barbara DeFranco(May 23,202416:26 HST) Barbara DeFranco, Chairperson Leeward Planning Commission C o unc i I In iti ated B i l l l 22 P L-CC I-2024-0041 p c