HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGE PCPLUED 2026-04-07 2024-2026 ACTIONS
ASHLEY L. KIERKIEWICZ JAMES E. HUSTACE
Chair & Presiding Officer
HOLEKA GORO INABA
JENN KAGIWADA
MATT KĀNEALI‘I-KLEINFELDER
MICHELLE M. GALIMBA
HEATHER L. KIMBALL
Vice Chair
DENNIS “FRESH” ONISHI
REBECCA VILLEGAS
COUNTY COUNCIL
County of Hawai‘i
Hawai‘i County Building
25 Aupuni Street
Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720
POLICY COMMITTEE ON PLANNING,
LAND USE, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
rd
23 Session
Hawai‘i County Building
25 Aupuni Street
Hilo, Hawai‘i
April 7 2026
1:30 p.m.
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ORDER OF BUSINESS
CALL TO ORDER – 3:18 p.m.
ROLL CALL
STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS
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or immediately preceding the agenda item being opened for deliberation by the committee.
BILLS FOR ORDINANCES
Bill 66: ADOPTS THE COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I GENERAL PLAN 2045 AND
(Draft 2) REPEALS ORDINANCE NO. 05-025, AS AMENDED
Reference: Comm. 372.30
Intr. by: Council Member Kierkiewicz (B/R)
Postponed: July 9, August 20, September 17,
October 27, 2025, and March 10, 2026
(Note: There is a motion by Council Member Inaba, seconded by Council
Member Kānealiʻi-Kleinfelder, to recommend passage of Bill 66, as
amended, on first reading.)
POSTPONED TO MAY 4, 2026:
Ayes: Committee Members Galimba, Hustace,
Inaba, Kagiwada, Kimball, Villegas,
and Chair Kierkiewicz – 7.
Noes: None.
Absent: Committee Members Kānealiʻi-Kleinfelder
and Onishi – 2.
Excused: None.
; and
Comm. 372.192: From Council Member Ashley L. Kierkiewicz, dated March 4, 2026,
transmitting proposed amendments to Bill 66, Draft 2.
; and
(Comm. 372.195 is on the next page.)
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Comm. 372.195: From Council Member Ashley L. Kierkiewicz, dated March 19, 2026,
transmitting additional information regarding the 2026 General Plan.
Bill 147: AMENDS CHAPTER 2 AND CHAPTER 25 OF THE HAWAIʻI COUNTY
CODE 1983 (2016 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO
TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS
Establishes operational standards and use regulations for transient vacation
rentals, which include hosted bed and breakfasts (B&Bs) and un-hosted
short-term vacation rentals (STVRs); allows B&Bs as a permitted use in the
single-family residential zoning district; allows B&Bs as a permitted use in
areas within the residential agricultural, family agricultural, and agricultural
zoning districts that are also classified as State land use urban or rural; allows
STVRs as a permitted use in the entire multiple-family residential district and
in certain coastal areas adjacent to General Plan-designated Resort or Resort
Node areas in other residential zoning districts; allows STVRs as a permitted
use in the Downtown Hilo Commercial zoning district; and makes various
conforming housekeeping amendments.
Reference: Comm. 806
Intr. by: Council Member Kimball
REFERRED TO THE PLANNING DIRECTOR AND THE LEEWARD
AND WINDWARD PLANNING COMMISSIONS:
Ayes: Committee Members Galimba, Hustace,
Inaba, Kagiwada, Kimball, Villegas,
and Chair Kierkiewicz – 7.
Noes: None.
Absent: Committee Members Kānealiʻi-Kleinfelder
and Onishi – 2.
Excused: None.
ADJOURNMENT – 6:08 p.m.
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