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Claudia Rohr
369 Nene St.
Hilo, HI 9720
crohr4@gmail.com cp
May 6, 2025
Re: Testimony on Bill 47 = :171`
Aloha Chair Kierkiewicz and Council members,
I appreciate the idea of having a register listing all of the County's hosted
and non-hosted transient accommodations that is made publicly available to the
Department of Finance real property tax office and HTAT; as well as to residents
wishing to complain about violation of land use laws and rules.
But, Bill 47 goes too far a field of what is reasonable; and the terms are
unpalatable, and hard to swallow to an industry that can barely calculate their
rates to cover inflation-- their continuously increasing property taxes, sewer bills,
electricity, water and the cost of supplies and repairs; or find time to file monthly
GET and TAT reports to the state property tax office and HTAT.
If you want people to sign up on a Chapter 6 registry you should make it free
and a one-time event until the applicant ceases to operate.
Walk before you run. The current STVR regulatory scheme and enforcement
have been flawed and in need of revision since ordinance 2018-114 was passed.
The current STVR regulatory scheme and enforcement does not require that
STVR operators advertise and require that only single-families, as defined by the
code, can make reservations. Nor does the zoning code prohibit the use of hallway
nooks and living rooms as sleeping accommodations (beyond the five-bedroom limit
per property).
The current STVR regulatory scheme and enforcement allows STVRs to stack
vehicles three deep and back out onto roadways in violation of the zoning code 25-4-
51 through 54.
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And, apparently the planning department has a policy and practice of
allowing STVR to expand their "single-family" dwellings and amend their annual
nonconforming use certificates (NUCR) to cover expanded operations of up to five-
bedrooms without any notice to their neighbors, or changes in the required parking
spaces.
In closing, the planning department has no authority under the Charter to
enforce our tax laws, plain and simple. The Planning Department has important
but limited jurisdiction and should concentrate on that.
More funds should be allocated to the real property tax office to pursue
violators of the property tax code and to HTAT if they need it.
Thank you for your consideration,
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Cc: Real Property Tax, HTAT
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