2017-02-16 Leeward Exh B (Bill 256 re Parking Requirements for Short-Term Rental Units)

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LEEWARD PLANNING COMMISSION COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I HEARING TRANSCRIPT FEBRUARY 16, 2017 A regularly advertised hearing on the COUNTY COUNCIL INITIATED AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 25 OF THE HAWAI‘I COUNTY CODE, RELATING TO OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING was called to order at 9:54 a.m. in the West Hawai‘i Civic Center, Community Center, Building G, 74-5044 Ane Keohokālole Highway, Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i, with Chairman Keith F. Unger presiding. COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Keith F. Unger, Nancy Carr Smith, Scott Church, Collin Kaholo, Perry Kealoha, Barbara Nobriga and Sonny Shimaoka ALSO PRESENT: Malia Ho (Counsel for the Commission), Michael Yee (Planning Director), Jeff Darrow (Planning Program Manager), Maija Jackson (Planner), Christian Kay (Planner) and Noriko Sauer (Commission Secretary) And five people from the public in attendance. APPLICANT: INITIATOR: COUNTY COUNCIL (BILL NO. 256) An Ordinance amending Chapter 25, Article 4, Section 25-4-51 of the Hawai‘i County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended), relating to off-street parking and loading. The purpose of this amendment is to establish the required number of parking spaces for dwellings or lodging units that are occupied for a period of less than one hundred eighty (180) days. The County Council is referring Bill 256 to the Planning Director and the Windward and Leeward Planning Commissions for comment and recommendations. UNGER: Next item on the agenda, Applicant County Council, Bill Number 256, an ordinance amending Chapter 25, Article 4, Section 25-4-51 of the Hawai‘i County Code 1983, 2016 Edition, as amended, relating to off-street parking and loading. The purpose of this amendment is to establish the required number of parking spaces for dwellings or lodging units that are occupied for a period of less than 180 days. The County Council is referring Bill 256 to the Planning Director and the Windward and Leeward Planning Commissions for comment and recommendations. Presentation, please. JACKSON: Thank you, Chair Unger. This is a County Council initiated bill to amend the Zoning Code related to the off-street parking requirements for, basically this is for short-term home rentals like vacation rentals. And the County Council initiated Bill 256 with the language that’s shown up on the screen. It says, “Dwellings, single-family and double-family or duplex that are occupied for any period of less than one hundred eighty days: one parking stall for each guest bedroom in addition to one for the dwelling unit.” So for a typical three-bedroom home, if a homeowner were to rent that out all of the rooms, it would require four parking spaces on site, off street – one for each of the rooms and then one for the dwelling unit. 1 EXHIBIT B