HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0739.018 2016-2018UNTY CLE -1w
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ToThe County Council mfHawaii:
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give testimony against the growing problem of people using residential area homes a's short-term rental properties
through VRBO, AirBnB and other sites, turning residences into small hotels.
I am a single mom, and a survivor nfan aggressive cancer with some resulting physical disabilities. Y am unable to
be there to read this in person. %
I, my 9 yr old daughter and 13 yr old son live next door to a vacation rental in a once quiet cul dm sac in an older,
large Kona subdivision, where Ibuilt myhome. Mysubdivision is, supposedly, "sing|efamily ^residences.
Here are rnyconcerns:
1. There is a constantly changing stream of strangers, sometimes 3 car loads of them, residing next door lam
fearful for the safety of my children and don't feet comfortable with them being outside, around my home or
walking inthe neighborhood, atany time nfday.
2.The Vacationing guests may drink heavily, are often very noisy and may also drive recklessly through the
neighborhood.
3. There is no on-site property manager and the owners don't answer ur return my calls when I have a concern or
complaint.
4. They leave mounds of rotting garbage in the driveway adjacent to my home, attracting rats and flies.
5. If I decide that I must move, meaning, change my place of residence, to rectify this undesirable environment, I
may have trouble selling my house, because, who would want to move into the situation I am now in? My property
value is devalued as a direct result of the vacation rental.
It was never my intention to live next to a small hotel. It, instead, moved next to me. My health, in fact, my life,
and the safety and well-being of my children are at stake.
We are not zoned "commercial". Yet, myabsent neighbors are, in essence, running acommerda| business in a
residential area, that is harmful to the res/dents in that neighborhood. How is this okay?
I vvOU|d like tOsee legislation to:
1. Keep vacation rentals inthe resort areas orbemade to obtain a revocable permit, with the permission ufthose
neighbors that would be affected bytheir business, not unlike what regular Bed and Breakfast has to do.
2. No "'Vacation Rental" should be "grandfathered |n", automatically granted this 'special use" permit, so that the
families already suffering from their (vacation rental guest's) behavior, have the option of not having tomove, to
regain their safe and peaceful existence. All would, in other words, have to apply for the permit, meet the
requirements and abide by the restrictions.
3.Vacation rentals have only recently become the issue they are now. MyCC& Wsnever had tnconsider them es
apossible problem when they were conceived. Thus the CC&Fsread, " single fami|y",and don't specify "minimum
3Oday" rental. Therefore, "single family"' in older CC&Rs, should automatically be translated as 'minimum 30 day
renta|", meaning NOshort term rentals.
The integrity of our living places and "Aloha spirit" in our subdivisions at serious risk. We want to ||me with ohena
and extended ohana in our neighborhoods, and not a revolving door of strangers.
Sincerely, ' Sincerely,
Ref. TO: 19C
Barbie Carter. 73-435lMa|alo Place, KaUua Kona, Hz 96740 Ref. PH 2 4 m18