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Council Chair & Presiding Officer
Council District 1
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HAWAI`I COUNTY COUNCIL
25 Aupuni Street, Ste. 1402.
Hilo, Hawai'i 96720
DATE: October 1, 2024
TO: Members of the Hawaii County Council
FROM: Heather L. Kimball, Council Chair, Council District 1 j
SUBJECT: Proposed Amendments to Bill No. 121, Draft 4; An Ordinance Amending
Chapter 25, Articles 1, 4, and 5, of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2016
Edition, as Amended), Relating to Transient Accommodation Rentals and
Hosting Platforms.
Transmitted herewith are proposed amendments to Bill No. 121, Draft 4. The proposed
amendments are shown below in Ramseyer format with respect to the contents of Bill No. 121,
Draft 4; material to be deleted is bracketed and stricken, and material to be inserted is
underscored.
SECTION 5 of Bill No. 121, Draft 4, which amends chapter 25, article 4, of the Hawaii County
Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended) by adding a division, is amended by amending the
following sections thereof as hereinbelow provided:
1. Section 25-4-16.1 is amended to read as follows:
"Section 25-4-16.1. Owner -hosted transient accommodation rentals.
(a) Where permitted. When the transient accommodation rental is subordinate and clearly
or customarily incidental to its use as the principal home of the owner, a transient
accommodation rental may be registered at any time in any zoning district subject to
the following requirements:
(1) The transient accommodation rental shall be located in an accessory dwelling
unit, additional dwelling, guest house, or a single-family dwelling, inclusive of a
detached bedroom [of gues+hettsefl provided that no more than one transient
accommodation rental shall be permitted on a building site; and
(2) [q'he] Pursuant to section 205-4.5 Hawai`i Revised Statutes the transient
accommodation rental shall not be permitted in an additional farm dwelling[;
additional dwelling unit, of ha dwelling]; and
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(3) [44ie] Except where a nonconforming use certificate has been obtained in
accordance with subsection (b), the owner shall live on the building site of the
transient accommodation rental.
(b) Nonconforming use.
(1) If the transient accommodation rental [has been in regular- use in an eha-n
dwellingor- additie l dwelling unit o then e b,,ildi n .,A, ] is located within
two thousand five hundred feet of the owner's primary residence on a building
site adjacent thereto, the owner shall have the burden of proof in establishing
that the [oh.,n dwelling of additional dwelling unit . in use ^] transient
accommodation rental was in regular use on or before the effective date of this
ordinance, and may register by obtaining a nonconforming use certificate
pursuant to this section.
(2) No owner may obtain more than one nonconforming use certificate issued under
this subsection.
[{�] Q) Owner -hosted nonconforming use certificates may only be transferred
upon a change in ownership if the new owner intends to use the [prey]
subject building site or adjacent building site as their principal home[...] and the
other as a transient accommodation rental.
[(3)] (4� Nonconforming use certificates must be renewed annually in accordance
with section 25-4-16.14.
(c) Fees.
(1) Initial registration: $500.
(2) Annual registration renewal: $100.
(3) Nonconforming use certificate: $250.
(4) Annual nonconforming use certificate renewal: $250."
2. Section 25-4-16.17, entitled "Transient accommodation rentals operation standards", is
amended by amending subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) to read as follows:
"(A) For hosted rentals, a host shall physically reside on the same building site
as the transient accommodation rental, or on an adjacent building site
where an owner -hosted nonconforming use certificate has been obtained.
during transient accommodation rental operations and shall be reachable at
the request of renters, neighbors, and County agencies within one hour of
a request. A copy of the registration as well as the host's name and phone
number, shall be displayed in a conspicuous place on the premises that is
readily visible to any occupants. In emergency or unforeseen
circumstances, the host may request a temporary exception from this
standard from the director."
A copy of the new draft of this bill that will result if these proposed amendments are adopted is
not attached.
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