Aloha! This is SO overdue! Please do the right thing! Putting up paid parking at the beach will do NOTHING to solve over-tourism! This law will provide the respite Maui needs to recover from the LACK of over-site and out of control greedy developers and home buyers who were allowed to pilfer Maui’s greatest resource with zero conscious. Maui is at the tipping point! Please do the pono thing so the face of Maui as the number one island in the world is preserved.Housing for residents is so scarce and overpriced. We are being priced out of paradise. Please enact this legislation so we can start to recover. Mahalo
As a local resident born and raised here. I feel tourism has deeply effected our quality of our life and lifestyle. I’m not against tourism. Just our tourism. I think our resources are taking a hit also. Thank you for your time.
I support any legislation that will hold the increase of Airbnb properties, elininate transient vans and promote the ability of people to expand their ability to add housing cottages on agricultural land. Those additional structures should only be for long-term rental or expanded family. Three structures per 2 acres of property. Main dwelling and two additional 1000 square-foot dwellings. we need more affordable housing for residents and to quit just focusing on accommodating visitors.
I support the limit to transient accommodations and the ban on commercial campers!Transient accommodations and air BNB have taking all the housing off the market for long-term rentals!in my short life I have watched the quality of life for all the residence or Maui degrade because of over tourism, while none of the tourist are educated on how to properly conduct themselves here in our fragile ecosystems. responsibility is left up to the community to clean up after them or try to educate them only to get frustrated by rude,arrogant people who think their money gives them rights over all else! My children and I yesterday alone picked up a full trash bag of rubbish (mostly use toilet paper) from Punalau beach. we asked the lady who we had seen just threw her toilet paper in the bushes in front of my two young sons to clean up after herself, we were told that there is no bathroom facilities here so that is what she had to do and was not going to clean up after herself… please stop this madness!!
I support banning camper van, RV, pop up tent camper rentals on all of Maui. I also support a moratorium on additional short term rental units, and a firm cap on the number of STRs at or below the current number.
I support banning camper van, RV, pop up tent camper rentals on all of Maui. I also support a moratorium on additional short term rental units, and a firm cap on the number of STRs at or below the current number.
We need all the caps and restrictions on tourism we can get at this point as Maui has become over run by tourism. I can hardly travel on our road home to kahakuloa without seeing folks pulled over camping on side of our roads, leaving feces and urine left overs and other rubbish in our otherwise used to be pristine environment. Can’t get to bus on time because of this traffic as well. When we stay in our Ke’anae hale part time, same issues. The company’s renting camping style vans etc literally send them to the peninsula and our local residents end up cleaning up after them and chasing them out as this is not a camping ground. Recently I was taking a mama in labor from Hāna to hospital in the early evening and we couldn’t even get past the blocked roads by extreme OVERTOURISM! We have limited resources and this must become more of a priority!! Mahaaaalo for your efforts!
This bill is long overdue, and is a necessary step in the direction of achieving a better balance between tourism and the housing and recreational needs of residents. It also encourages the diversification of our economy to reduce dependence on the volatile and environmentally destructive tourism industry, and supports a transition toward greater self-sufficiency and sustainability. Construction industry opposition is narrow-minded and misguided. Our construction workers are needed to build badly needed housing for residents, not additional visitor accommodations. Camper van rentals should not be permitted as visitor accommodations given the paucity of legal camping areas on our islands.
I oppose the proposed language of Bill 159 which seeks to delete the current language in Maui County Code 19.32.040 I (“Code”) and accordingly change the status of short-term rental use at Puamana from a permissible use into an existing non-conforming use. This section of the Code applies only to units in Puamana, Kaanapali Plantation and Alaeloa that were built and used for Transient Vacation rental prior to April 20, 1989. It does not allow any new visitor accommodations to be built or converted from residential to TVR use. This part of the Code was established in 2013 to clarify the long standing legal TVR uses in these specific projects and helps the planning department when approving building permits and SMA exemptions for remodels and renovations of these 40–60-year-old units. The proposed deletion turns the legal TVR use into an “existing non-conforming” use and makes any renovations or remodels difficult to get permit approvals, among other concerns. Please reject this change and consider possible alternative solutions that meet community needs while also protecting long-standing approved use in these developments. Mahalo, Tim Rogers, Lahaina
I am an owner and resident of a townhome located in the planned unit development called Puamana in Lahaina.
I am testifying today concerning Resolution No. 22-70. I ask that the committee remove the proposed changes to section 19.32.40 for planned unit developments. Please do not delete the language that affirms Legal short-term rental at Puamana, Alaeloa and Kaanapali Plantation
Elle Cochran, was West Maui’s Council representative who submitted the current version of this section of code in 2013. Her support validated Puamana’s long time history as a short-term rental project. Elle Cochran knew Puamana’s history as a short-term rental property and how its guests supported and continue to support many families and small business in Lahaina Town. Her revision of section 19.32.040 was unanimously approved by the county council in 2013.
The current proposed amendment to remove this language that was carefully vetted in 2013 and 2014 would turn the use of short-term rentals at Puamana from a "permissible" use into an "existing non-conforming" use. Thus a property may lose its ability to short term rent if renovation that require a permit occur, as is commonly undertaken in our aging structures.
As an example I just learned my cast iron sewer line that runs under the slab of my home of 23 years may need to be replaced. The contractor recommends upgrading electrical, and structural at the same time which will place my ability to short term rent at risk.
The reasons this legislation is in place hasn’t changed since 2013:
1) Puamana is a 230 unit complex that was developed in the late 1960’s, and vacation rentals have occurred continuously in Puamana since its inception, 54 years ago.
2) A history of more than half a century of vacation rentals has been created at Puamana, literally spanning three generations of visitors.
3) Puamana was built for vacation rentals with its own roads, security, services and recreational amenities, thus Puamana’s visitors tend to spend more time “on the property”. Consequently, their impact on the island’s infrastructure is low.
4) Unlike a hotel Puamana has no onsite restaurants, shops or onsite service employees. Thus Puamana’s guests support hundreds of Lahaina’s small business owners; cleaners, maintenance, AC, electrical and plumbing companies; restaurant, shop and activities owners throughout Lahaina Town. Monies to service Puamana’s guests goes to Maui small business owners not offshore companies.
5) Puamana has also contribute substantially to Maui County's tax base over the past 54 years due to their property tax classification as short-term rental and is currently one of the top income producers for the county.
6) Millions of dollars of guests spending from these planned developments are recirculated throughout West Maui’s economy every month. They help support local businesses, retailers, restaurants, and activities. Shutting down these long-established short-term rentals will have far reaching impacts that will affect every business, family and resident in West Maui.
7) The legislation to cap short term rentals does not apply to planned developments, there is no opportunity to build additional townhomes in these developments. Thus, there is no prospect they can contribute to an increase in tourism on Maui
.
I respectfully request your support in recommending no changes be made to the original section 19.32.040 and the proposed revisions to this section of code be removed from this bill.
I support: Putting A Cap On Building AnyMore Tourist Accommodations. And Also Banning All Commercial Camper Rentals.
NO MORE TOURISM. ALLOW NATIVE HAWAIIANS NAVIGATE THEIR LAND
Aloha! This is SO overdue! Please do the right thing! Putting up paid parking at the beach will do NOTHING to solve over-tourism! This law will provide the respite Maui needs to recover from the LACK of over-site and out of control greedy developers and home buyers who were allowed to pilfer Maui’s greatest resource with zero conscious. Maui is at the tipping point! Please do the pono thing so the face of Maui as the number one island in the world is preserved.Housing for residents is so scarce and overpriced. We are being priced out of paradise. Please enact this legislation so we can start to recover. Mahalo
Enough is indeed enough. Let the Hawaiian Islands rest and restore. NO MORE TOURISM!
I support capping tourist accommodations and banning commercial camper rentals. Also capping the daily airlines coming into Maui from the mainland.
I support capping tourist accommodations and banning commercial camper rentals. Also capping the daily airlines coming into Maui from the mainland.
As a local resident born and raised here. I feel tourism has deeply effected our quality of our life and lifestyle. I’m not against tourism. Just our tourism. I think our resources are taking a hit also. Thank you for your time.
I support any legislation that will hold the increase of Airbnb properties, elininate transient vans and promote the ability of people to expand their ability to add housing cottages on agricultural land. Those additional structures should only be for long-term rental or expanded family. Three structures per 2 acres of property. Main dwelling and two additional 1000 square-foot dwellings. we need more affordable housing for residents and to quit just focusing on accommodating visitors.
I support capping tourist accommodations and banning commercial camper rentals. Residents over tourists!!
I support the limit to transient accommodations and the ban on commercial campers!Transient accommodations and air BNB have taking all the housing off the market for long-term rentals!in my short life I have watched the quality of life for all the residence or Maui degrade because of over tourism, while none of the tourist are educated on how to properly conduct themselves here in our fragile ecosystems. responsibility is left up to the community to clean up after them or try to educate them only to get frustrated by rude,arrogant people who think their money gives them rights over all else! My children and I yesterday alone picked up a full trash bag of rubbish (mostly use toilet paper) from Punalau beach. we asked the lady who we had seen just threw her toilet paper in the bushes in front of my two young sons to clean up after herself, we were told that there is no bathroom facilities here so that is what she had to do and was not going to clean up after herself… please stop this madness!!
I support banning camper van, RV, pop up tent camper rentals on all of Maui. I also support a moratorium on additional short term rental units, and a firm cap on the number of STRs at or below the current number.
I support banning camper van, RV, pop up tent camper rentals on all of Maui. I also support a moratorium on additional short term rental units, and a firm cap on the number of STRs at or below the current number.
We need all the caps and restrictions on tourism we can get at this point as Maui has become over run by tourism. I can hardly travel on our road home to kahakuloa without seeing folks pulled over camping on side of our roads, leaving feces and urine left overs and other rubbish in our otherwise used to be pristine environment. Can’t get to bus on time because of this traffic as well. When we stay in our Ke’anae hale part time, same issues. The company’s renting camping style vans etc literally send them to the peninsula and our local residents end up cleaning up after them and chasing them out as this is not a camping ground. Recently I was taking a mama in labor from Hāna to hospital in the early evening and we couldn’t even get past the blocked roads by extreme OVERTOURISM! We have limited resources and this must become more of a priority!! Mahaaaalo for your efforts!
This bill is long overdue, and is a necessary step in the direction of achieving a better balance between tourism and the housing and recreational needs of residents. It also encourages the diversification of our economy to reduce dependence on the volatile and environmentally destructive tourism industry, and supports a transition toward greater self-sufficiency and sustainability. Construction industry opposition is narrow-minded and misguided. Our construction workers are needed to build badly needed housing for residents, not additional visitor accommodations. Camper van rentals should not be permitted as visitor accommodations given the paucity of legal camping areas on our islands.
I'm in full support of Bill 154 as well as PSLU-2(3) .
I support capping tourist accommodations and banning commercial camper rentals!
Limit tourism
I support capping tourist accommodations and banning commercial camper rentals. Mahalo.
I oppose the proposed language of Bill 159 which seeks to delete the current language in Maui County Code 19.32.040 I (“Code”) and accordingly change the status of short-term rental use at Puamana from a permissible use into an existing non-conforming use. This section of the Code applies only to units in Puamana, Kaanapali Plantation and Alaeloa that were built and used for Transient Vacation rental prior to April 20, 1989. It does not allow any new visitor accommodations to be built or converted from residential to TVR use. This part of the Code was established in 2013 to clarify the long standing legal TVR uses in these specific projects and helps the planning department when approving building permits and SMA exemptions for remodels and renovations of these 40–60-year-old units. The proposed deletion turns the legal TVR use into an “existing non-conforming” use and makes any renovations or remodels difficult to get permit approvals, among other concerns. Please reject this change and consider possible alternative solutions that meet community needs while also protecting long-standing approved use in these developments. Mahalo, Tim Rogers, Lahaina
Aloha Planning and Sustainable Land use Committee
Thank you for our time and efforts.
I am an owner and resident of a townhome located in the planned unit development called Puamana in Lahaina.
I am testifying today concerning Resolution No. 22-70. I ask that the committee remove the proposed changes to section 19.32.40 for planned unit developments. Please do not delete the language that affirms Legal short-term rental at Puamana, Alaeloa and Kaanapali Plantation
Elle Cochran, was West Maui’s Council representative who submitted the current version of this section of code in 2013. Her support validated Puamana’s long time history as a short-term rental project. Elle Cochran knew Puamana’s history as a short-term rental property and how its guests supported and continue to support many families and small business in Lahaina Town. Her revision of section 19.32.040 was unanimously approved by the county council in 2013.
The current proposed amendment to remove this language that was carefully vetted in 2013 and 2014 would turn the use of short-term rentals at Puamana from a "permissible" use into an "existing non-conforming" use. Thus a property may lose its ability to short term rent if renovation that require a permit occur, as is commonly undertaken in our aging structures.
As an example I just learned my cast iron sewer line that runs under the slab of my home of 23 years may need to be replaced. The contractor recommends upgrading electrical, and structural at the same time which will place my ability to short term rent at risk.
The reasons this legislation is in place hasn’t changed since 2013:
1) Puamana is a 230 unit complex that was developed in the late 1960’s, and vacation rentals have occurred continuously in Puamana since its inception, 54 years ago.
2) A history of more than half a century of vacation rentals has been created at Puamana, literally spanning three generations of visitors.
3) Puamana was built for vacation rentals with its own roads, security, services and recreational amenities, thus Puamana’s visitors tend to spend more time “on the property”. Consequently, their impact on the island’s infrastructure is low.
4) Unlike a hotel Puamana has no onsite restaurants, shops or onsite service employees. Thus Puamana’s guests support hundreds of Lahaina’s small business owners; cleaners, maintenance, AC, electrical and plumbing companies; restaurant, shop and activities owners throughout Lahaina Town. Monies to service Puamana’s guests goes to Maui small business owners not offshore companies.
5) Puamana has also contribute substantially to Maui County's tax base over the past 54 years due to their property tax classification as short-term rental and is currently one of the top income producers for the county.
6) Millions of dollars of guests spending from these planned developments are recirculated throughout West Maui’s economy every month. They help support local businesses, retailers, restaurants, and activities. Shutting down these long-established short-term rentals will have far reaching impacts that will affect every business, family and resident in West Maui.
7) The legislation to cap short term rentals does not apply to planned developments, there is no opportunity to build additional townhomes in these developments. Thus, there is no prospect they can contribute to an increase in tourism on Maui
.
I respectfully request your support in recommending no changes be made to the original section 19.32.040 and the proposed revisions to this section of code be removed from this bill.
Sincerely,
Mark Marchello