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DATE: November 15, 2018
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TO: Valerie T. Poindexter, Chair
and Members of the Hawai`i County Council
FROM: Eileen O'Hara, Council Member
SUBJECT: Proposed Amendments to Bill No. 108, Draft 6, an Ordinance Amending
Chapter 25, Article 1, Article 2, Article 4, and Article 5, of the Hawai`i
County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, As Amended), Relating to Short-
Term Vacation Rentals.
Please see below proposed amendments to Bill No. 108, Draft 6. The proposed amendments are
illustrated in Ramseyer format with respect to the contents of Bill No. 108, Draft 6; material to
be deleted is bracketed and stricken, and material to be added in is underscored.
SECTION 2 of Bill No. 108, Draft 6,that amends section 25-4- , titled"Short-term vacation
rentals" is amended by amending subsections (a) and (e) to read as follows:
"(a) Short-term vacation rentals; where permitted, specific prohibitions.
(1) Short-term vacation rentals shall be permitted in the:
(A) V, CG, and CV districts;
(B) Residential and commercial zoning districts, situated in the General
Plan Resort and Resort Node areas; and
(C) RM district, for multiple family dwellings within a condominium property
regime as defined and governed by chapters 514A or 514B, Hawaii
Revised Statutes.
(2) Private covenants prohibiting use of any unit as a short-term vacation rental
shall not be invalidated by this chapter.
[(3) Special permits in the state land use agricultural district shall not be issued to
permit short term vacation rentals in farm dwellings, pursuant to paragraph 205
4.5(a)(1), Hawaii Revised Statutes.]"
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Ref. Date NOV 1-5 2018
Hawai`i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer.
"(e) Director duties in event of emergency.
In the event of a declared emergency, natural or manmade, and for purposes of
economic recovery thereafter where [a significant number] at least 20% of
nonconforming short-term vacation rentals are permanently lost within any given
judicial district, the director shall assess the [effect] economic impact of such loss
upon the affected district and [if deemed necessary,] initiate legislative and
administrative opportunities to restore such loss in short-term vacation rental
capacity within the district of origin."
Due to the limited scope of these amendments, a draft copy of the bill that would result if these
proposed amendments are adopted is not attached.
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