HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0675.511 2022-2024Ashley L. Kierkiewicz
Council Member
District 4 Puna
Office: (808) 961-8265
Fax: (808) 961-8912
ashley. kierkiewicz@hawaiicounty.gov
HAWAPI COUNTY COUNCIL
Hawaii County Building
25 Aupuni Street - Hilo, Hawaii 96720
TO: Heather Kimball, Council Chair
and Members of the Hawaii County Council
FROM: Ashley L. Kierkiewicz, Council Member /Z
DATE: October 2, 2024
SUBJECT: Proposed Amendment 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 is a proposed amendment to Bill No. 121, Draft 4. The proposed
amendment is 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. A copy of the new draft of this bill that would result if this pro -posed amendment
were adopted is not attached.
SECTION 6 of Bill No. 121, Draft 4, which amends chapter 25, article 4, of the Hawaii County
Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended), is amended by amending section 25-4-17.1 to read as
follows:
"Section 25-4-17.1. General provisions.
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HawaVi County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer Ref. Date OCT - 2- 2024-
(a) The council or director may establish a visitor destination area by ordinance,
pursuant to section 25-2-43, if the following criteria are met:
There is a high concentration of transient accommodation rentals in the area,
The area has the capacity to handle increased visitor activity with adequate
infrastructure; and
There is insufficient availability of resorts or hotels in the area to meet tourism
demand.
Property owners within the proposed visitor destination area, along with
neighboring properties within a three -hundred -foot radius, shall be notified by mail
and invited to a community outreach meeting convened by the initiator of the bill to
gather input before the bill to establish a visitor destination area is introduced."
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