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JN?V;OF N�h <br />COUNTY OF HAWAI`I STATE OF HAWAI`I <br />• �4�� O fJ • �\ <br />�Tf Cf •N j,'1� <br />BILL NO. 121 <br />(DRAFT 3) <br />ORDINANCE NO. <br />AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 25, ARTICLES 1, 4, AND 5, OF THE <br />HAWAI`I COUNTY CODE 1983 (2016 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO <br />TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATION RENTALS AND HOSTING PLATFORMS. <br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAI`I: <br />SECTION 1. Chapter 25, article 1, section 25-1-5, of the Hawaii County Code 1983 <br />(2016 Edition, as amended), is amended by repealing the definition of "short term vacation <br />rental". <br />SECTION 2. Chapter 25, article 1, section 25-1-5, of the Hawaii County Code 1983 <br />(2016 Edition, as amended), is amended by adding the following new definitions to be <br />appropriately inserted and to read as follows: <br />""Booking services" means intermediary services that facilitate the advertisements and <br />listings of, reservations of, or collection of payment for transient accommodation rentals." <br />""Event" means a formal and public assembly,generally y invitation or ticket purchase <br />that extends beyond the scope of typical residential living including but not limited to wedding <br />wedding receptions, promotional events, and concerts." <br />""Gathering" means an assembly that is consistent with activities of residential areas <br />informal in nature and with limited scale including but not limited to a picnic family dinner, <br />birthday celebration, fitness activities, and educational instruction." <br />`"`Hosting platform" means a business or person that provides a marketplace through which <br />transient accommodation rentals may be offered for rent." <br />""Operator" means any person operating a transient accommodation rental on behalf of a <br />property owner, who resides on the same building site as the transient accommodation rental and <br />uses it as their permanent address for legal purposes." <br />