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From: ianice glennie <br /> To: Kimball,Heather; Planning Internet Mail <br /> Cc: Villegas,Rebecca <br /> Subject: STVR/TAR legislation <br /> Date: Monday,April 8,2024 3:59:38 PM <br /> Importance: High <br /> Aloha Council Chair Kimball Heather and members of the planning department, <br /> Mahalo for working on ways to create fair STVR/TAR legislation. Though I feel strongly that <br /> his effort is poorly timed (current GP, KOSN, and other significant land use issues <br /> happening), it was helpful to hear Council Chair Kimball's presentation at the WPC meeting <br /> last week. Still a lot to digest. <br /> Following are top priorities and concerns regarding STVR/TAR rules. They are my own as <br /> well as those of many other people I've tallied to and heard discussed through the years, <br /> including during Bill 108 proceedings. I hope council members and planners will continue to <br /> explore ways to achieve shared goals though win-win legislation. To do that, the voices of <br /> community members who'll have to live with the outcomes must be heard. Top priorities <br /> include: <br /> 1- Clear, bottom line, enforcement strategy with funding and ironclad buy-in from <br /> appropriate agencies written into the bill(i.e.,police,planning, etc.). Currently there's no or <br /> insignificant enforcement. Neighbors are suffering and laws are being broken. People have to <br /> give their names to make complaints. Not pono. <br /> 2- No exceptions:All STVRs outside of Resort zones should be owner-hosted. If a person <br /> can afford to own two or more separate properties with housing on them (on-island or <br /> elsewhere), there should be no STVR on the one(s) where they don't live. <br /> 3 -Any un-hosted STVRs currently allowed on Residential, Ag, Rural or other lands outside of <br /> Resort zones should be phased out in less than 2 years. <br /> 4 - 7:OOa is too early for noise restrictions to end in neighborhoods (or ag lands, for that <br /> matter, where neighbors are within earshot). STVRs are often previously unplanned-for <br /> burdens on neighborhoods, neighbors, and infrastructure and not for the common good. Not <br /> everyone gets up early, and it can be a long day of swimming pool and other noise that isn't a <br /> normal part of residential neighborhoods and/or not what homeowners bought into when they <br /> purchased their homes. Strong restrictions should apply to make life better for residents, not <br /> just tourists. <br /> • The current stated goal of counties and state is to create and open up housing for <br /> residents,not create income-generation in neighborhoods not designed or zoned for that <br /> purpose. <br /> • Rules need to be clear and simple enough for people to follow so no one can use "too <br /> complicated" as an excuse for not following them. <br /> • An STVR and residence are different animals with different goals. One is for income, <br /> the other is for living in. <br /> • There are unobtrusive STVRs where the owners aren't(or are) on site and horribly <br /> disruptive ones. Who can tell before they get going? Once they get going, the owners <br /> consider them"entitlements"which STVRs are not. In fact, they are commercial <br /> enterprises which can be considered"takings" from the public. <br /> • Since enforcement rarely happens, it can take legal action($$ by neighbors) to stop <br />