HomeMy WebLinkAboutBIL 240 Draft 04 1998-2000 COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII
BILL NO. ''-~o
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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2~ (ZONING CODE), OF THE HA~4'AII
COCJNTY CODE 1983 (1995 EDITION), RELATING TO BED AND BREAKFAST
ESTABLISHMENTS
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COL~1C[L OF THE COLNTY OF HAWAII
SECTION 1. Seaton 2~-1-~(b)13, Article 1. Chapter 25 (Zontng Code) of the Hawatt
County Code, is amended as follows
"Seaton 2~-1-5 Detinrttons
(b) The followme words and phrases, unless the context otherwise requires, are
defined as follows
(l3) "Bed and breakfast establishment" means [a] any single-family [dw•elhng,]
dwellm~s [including a single] andior guest [house,] houses laursuant to sectton 25-4-91. which
have been ~rmttted on a butldma site. m which ovetmght accommodations and only breakfast
meals are provided to a maximum often guests, for compensation, for periods of less than thirty
days "
SECTION 2 Seaton 25-2-73, Article Division 7, Chapter 25 (Zontng Code) of the
Hawau County Code, is repealed as follows
["sectton 25-2-73 Plan approval appltcatton requtrements for bed and breakfast
establtsttments In addition to the appltcatton requtrements for plan approval contained to
section 25-2-72, an appltcatton for plan appro~.tl for a bed and breakfast establishment shall
contain the following information
(1) The designation of each proposed bed and breakfast guest bedroom on the
site plan,
(2) A copy of the operator's current transient accommodations tax Itcense and
general excise tax Itcense,
(3) Documentation to verifi that the bed and breakfast establishment complies
,nth all applicable requirements of the state department of health, and
(4) Documentatton to verify that the bed and breakfast establishment comphes
with all of the accessibility regwrements under the Americans wrath Dtsabilmes Act (4D.4)
SECTION 3 Seaton 25-4-7, Article 4, Division 1, Chapter 25 (Lomng Code) ofthe
Hawau Counn~ Code, is amended as follows
"Section 2~-4-7 Bed and breakfast establishments
(a) Bed and breakfast establishments shall he permitted m [he RD, RM, RCX, [RA,
FA, A.] V, CN. CG and CV distncts[, provided that plan approval for any bed and breakfast
establishment is secured from the director prior to the establishment of such use] Abed and
breakfast establishment may be permitted m the RS distncts and R4, F4, A distncts, ~tirthin the
state land use urban district, provided that a use permit is obtained for each such use [and that
plan approval for each such use has been secured from the director] A special perms shall also
be required for am• bed and breakfast establishment located m either the state land use rural or
agricultural distncts
(b) Abed and [bed] breakfast establishment shall be subject to the following
[restrictions and] standards
{ 1) The bed and breakfast establishment shall be [accessory and] subordinate
and clearly or customarily incidental to the principal use as a residence by rts [owners or lessee]
o ep razor[ ]and not alter or be detrimental to the character of the surroundma area
{2) The [owner-operator or lessee-operator] o eo razor of the bed and breakfast
establishment shall reside on the same building site as that being used for the bed and breakfast
estabhshment [For purposes of this section, alessee-operator means a lessee holding a lease of
flee years or more for the residence and land on which the bed and breakfast establishment is
located ~
(31 The bed and breakfast establishment ma.' be located nn a bwldme site.
~stthin [a] am single-famih [dwelling] dwellines [unit and a] ,and%or guest [house.] houses
{pursuant to section 2~-4-9~ on a building sne]
(4) The bed and breakfast establtshment shall contain no more than five guest
bedrooms for rent to guests
[n the RS and RD dtstncts, the mmtmum lot stze for a bed and breahtast
establtshment wtth three to five guest bedrooms shall be fifteen thousand square feet and any lot
less than fifteen thousand square fee[ shall not have more than two guest bedrooms In the RA.
FA and ~ dtstncts, the mmtmum lot stze for a bed and breakfast establtshment wtth three to five
guest bedrooms shall be the mmtmum lot size specified for the applicable zoning dtstnct ]
[(61] The maximum number of guests permitted wtthtn a bed and breakfast
establtshment at anv one time shall be ten
[(7)] ~ Only breakfast meals may be offered to guests The setvtng of breakfast
meals on the butldtne site, for a fee to tndtvtduals other than registered guests shall be
prohtbtted Abed and breakfast establtshment shall not operate as a food service establtshment
(t e a restaurant), unless [a food sen•tce establishment (t e a restaurant)] such use is [Itsted as] a
permitted use w•tthm the zoning dtstnct[ ]and the reautred oermtts have been acgmred
[(8)] LZl One paved (with materials such as backs, concrete, asphalt concrete
surface or chip-seal, pavers. stones) off-street parking stall shall be provtded for each guest
bedroom, to addmon to the required stall(s) for the dwelling tint[[, provtded], e~.ceot that m the
RS. RA, FA and A dtstncts paved pazktng stalls shall not be regwred as long as the material used
for the parking stalls will eltmmate erosion. mud and standing water wtthtn the parking stall area
[(9)] Exterior stgnage which adcerttses the dwelling as a bed and breakfast
establtshment shall comply w•tth the requirements for restdennal stgnage as set forth m chapter 3
(adverttsmg and signs) of [flits code] the Hawau County Code
[(c) No bed and breakfast establishment shall be permitted on any building sae on
which an ohana dwelling, approved by the director, is situated ]
[(d)] ~ Any bed and breakfast establishment which has not received [plan approval] the
reautred permits shall be considered []legal under flits chapter[ unless otherw•tse noted herein
[(e)] u Any bed and breakfast establishment existing as of the effective date [of adoption]
of this section(, which confotms] and conformme to the standards contained m section 25-4-
7(6)[, and] which has not recetved [plan approval, and, as applicable, has not been issued either a
speaal permit or a use permit,] the~ermtts regwred under Section 2~-4-7(al may continue [as a
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non-confotmtngJ such use [until September 30, 1997 at which time any such] for twelve months
followma the effective date of this section After flits date. continued use without [receipt of
plan approval and, as applicable, a use perm[[ or a spectal perm[[,] having submitted the
necessary permit aupltcattons shall be constdered illegal under this chapter [Prior to June 30,
1997, any person may apply for plan approval and for a use permit or a spectal permu for any
bed and breakfast estabLshment existing as of the date of adoption of this section conforming to
the standazds of sectton 25-4-7(b) and not other~~ tse permuted. and upon issuance of the required
permits and approvals, the use shall be constdered a permitted use ]
[(f)] ~ The condmons contained m any use perm[[ Issued for a bed and breakfast
establishment pnor to the adoption of this section shall continue to apply to the bed and breakfast
estabhshntent, norivtthstandmg provtstons to the ~unirarv contained m flits secuon'~
SECTION 4 tilatenal to be repealed is bracketed New matenal is underscored In
printing this ordinance, the brackets, bracketed matenal and underscortne need not be included
SECTION 5 If any provtson of this ordinance. or the appltcatton thereof to any person
or circumstance. is held invalid. such m~'altduy shall not affect the other provtstons or
appltcauons of the ordinance which can be gn•en effect without the invalid provtston or
appltcatton, and to flits end, the provtstons of this ordinance are declared to be severable
SECTION 6 This ordinance shall take effect upon us approval
11\1 RODUCED BY
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C ~ 'CIL MEMBER. COU'~]TY OF HAWAII
Hilo. Rattail
Date of Introduction
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Date of 2nd Reading
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