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BR-Mnitiated-TAR.doc 12/1/2023 <br /> COUNTY OF HAWAI`I PLANNING DEPARTMENT <br /> BACKGROUND AND RECOMMENDATION <br /> COUNTY COUNCIL INITIATED BILL NO. 121 (PL-CCI-2024-000003) <br /> AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 25,ARTICLE 1,ARTICLE 4,ARTICLE 5,AND <br /> ARTICLE 6, OF THE HAWAI`I COUNTY CODE 1983 (2016 EDITION,AS <br /> AMENDED),RELATING TO TRANSIENT ACCOMODATION RENTALS AND <br /> HOSTING PLATFORMS <br /> The County Council has referred Bill No. 121 to the Planning Director and the <br /> Windward and Leeward Planning Commissions for comments and recommendations. <br /> PURPOSE OF BILL NO. 121 <br /> 1. The Hawaii County Council has introduced Bill No. 121 (Planning Department <br /> Exhibit 1), which seeks to amend Chapter 25 (Zoning Code), Article 1, Article 4, <br /> and Article 5 of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2016 edition, as amended), <br /> relating to transient accommodation rentals (TARs) and hosting platforms for <br /> TARs. <br /> 2. The purpose of this bill is to manage the impacts of TARs by: 1)repealing the <br /> definition of"short term vacation rentals"; 2) establishing new definitions for <br /> transient accommodations; 3) amending the rental period from thirty consecutive <br /> days or less to 180 consecutive days or less; 4) clearly identifying three types of <br /> TARs; 5) defining where these uses will be allowed; 6)providing an avenue for <br /> existing TARs to apply for a nonconforming use certificate that would allow them <br /> to continue to operate in a non-permitted district; 7) changing parking <br /> requirements to a schedule set by the planning department rather than a formula; <br /> 8) clarifying applicable dates for the tax amnesty; 9) creating standards to regulate <br /> hosting platforms; and 10)providing new enforcement regulations for TARs. <br /> CHRONOLOGICAL BACKGROUND OF SHORT-TERM VACATION <br /> RENTALS <br /> 3. In 2018, the Hawaii County Council adopted Ordinance 18 114 (Planning <br /> Department Exhibit 2), also known as Bill 108, relating to short-term vacation <br /> rentals (STVR's). With the adoption of Ordinance 18 114, the Zoning Code <br /> (Chapter 25 of the Hawaii County Code)was updated to include a definition of <br /> -1- <br />