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HAWAII ISLAND B &B ASSOCIATION, INC
PO Box 1890,
Honokaa, HI 96727
hibba @stayhawati.com
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Hawaii County Council
Agenda
40th Session
Committee on Planning
In reference to: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING. CHAPTER 25, OF THE HAWAII
COUNTY CODE 1983 (1995 EDITION), RELATING TO BED AND BREAKFAST
ESTABLISHMENTS
Dear Council Members,
Last week the HIBBA Board on behalf of the Association wrote a letter in
favour of this bill. We are in agreement with most of it as it now stands
except for one item.
We wrote our letter in favor of the bill despite our concerns on this item as
we were frightened that recommending a change of wording might prolong
the approval of the bill. We decided at that time that it would be better to
approve it and have it pass rather than throw a monkey wrench in the
whole thing and delay it even more. In retrospect and in talking amongst
ourselves we feel we really must speak up about the limitations of the
wording in item 1#13. Currently the wording limits the single family
dwellings to a maximum of two and guest houses to one. We feel it would be
less limiting for prospective Innkeepers who own parcels of land in which
they may either in the past, present or future have been able to, or may be :.
able to obtain building permits for more than the two single family dwellings
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and or a guest house. We suggest rewording it to state instead "Bed and
breakfast establishment" means any permitted single family dwellings and
or guest houses in which overnight accommodations and only breakfast
meals are provided to a maximum of ten guests, for compensation, for
periods of less than thirty days." This will open it up to people who may
have multiple permitted single family dwellings in existance now or may be
able to get in the future as building codes may change.
On another note: The planning commission rejected the elimination of the
restriction of S bedroom. At the past 2 general membership meetings the
consensus of our Association members was to leave it at 5 bedrooms. There
is a category of Inn in which to place Innkeepers who have 6 or more
bedrooms. Other than the # of rooms they are identical in their
guidelines. The County definition of a hotel is 6 or more rooms. It is our
understanding that this is recognized by the Real Property Tax Dept in
determining our individual tax classification. The Hotel Resort
Classification is one which we have fought hard to stay out of. We suggest
that it might be better to leave this at the 5 bedrooms as suggested by both
the Planning Commission and Planning Department.
We would like to thank Curtis Tyler for the immense amount of time he has
spent on this Bill as well as the rest of the Council members for their
concerns in helping us to make the permiting of B&Bs a less difficult process
by clearly defining the law.
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Colette Hirata
Chairperson
Hawaii Island B&B Association, INC