Posts Tagged ‘Bill 108’

Vacation Rental Regulations Final Version Passed

Hawaii County’s Bill 108 which is intended to regulate vacation rentals of 30 days or less will finally become law in April of 2019 with the final rules decided by the Hawaii County Planning commission after more public testimony. Find a PDF download link for a copy of the final draft (#8). Here is a note from Councilman Tim Richard’s aid to my Broker Gary Davis earlier this week: This is the final version of Bill 108, that Council passed last week, but it isn’t the “final law.” Bill 108 can be viewed as a “foundation” for the Planning Department to now use toward creating more specific rules which may include replacements/additions to the bill. Once Planning has taken these steps, the County will hold public hearings and further discussion on the proposed rules. All of this is expected to be completed by April 1, 2019, when Bill 108 is schedule to go into effect.I hope this helps clarify for you?Aloha,Amy Seeley Council Aide to Tim Richards, Councilman District 9 (808) 887-2069 [email protected] www...

Update-Vacation Rentals in Non-Resort Zoning-Bill 108

Hawaii County Council Bill 108-Update I have written several blog posts and shared several articles on Facebook regarding the Hawaii County Council’s efforts headed by North Kona’s representative, Karen Eoff to control vacation rentals outside of real estate zoned V (Resort-hotel districts), CG (General Commercial Districts) and CDH (Downtown Hilo commercial district) . Ms. Eoff continues to send updates as to the Council’s meeting agenda when it may involve Bill 108 that she has initiated and did so in late June. Bill 108 attempts to clarify that vacation rental activity should be only allowed in the “Resort Nodes” primarily and not in residential or agricultural zoned properties. That being said, the bill in its current form does in fact allow the current owners of homes built prior to 1974 on Agricultural land to vacation rent and also those on any “R” zoned property to continue to either vacation rent or allow future owners to vacation rent by obtaining a special use permit. It also imposes a fee whe...