I hereby object to 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. This in my view is unwarranted and should be rejected by the Council.
In addition to the above, it would appear that the Planning Commission was not consulted for their recommendation with respect to the proposed deletion to the Code. It would also appear that the short-term vacation rental industry, which is vital to the economic life and health of the County, has not been afforded any opportunity to share its concern with the Council or the Commission and address the significant pitfalls and problems inherent in this proposed change. .
Accordingly, I request that this portion of Bill 159 which seeks to delete the current language in Maui County Code 19.32.040 I be rejected outright or alternatively this portion of the Bill returned back to committee to allow the Planning Commission to complete its review (with input from the short-term vacation rental industry) before any further consideration is given to this proposed change to the Code.
I oppose deleting language in Maui County Code 19.32.040 I that would change the status of short term vacation rental use at Alaeloa, Kaanapali Plantation and Puamana from an outright permissible use to an existing non-conforming use, and request that it be restored.
This legislation proposes removing that part of the code that was recommended by the Planning Commission in 2013 expressly providing the right for short term rental uses in Puamana and which was amended in 2016 to include the same right at Alaeola. The intent of this section of code in 2013 and 2016 was to make clear and prevent any question that the right to make short term rental uses at Puamana and Alaeola was an ongoing land use right. The removal of this part of the code would put Puamana back into a situation where future County administrations may interpret the grandfathering of this use differently, which was originally established when Puamana was first developed in 1969. Also, this part of existing code helps the planning department when approving permits for renovations/remodels of these 40-60 year old units, therefore the deletion of this part of the existing code would make permit approvals much more difficult.
The proposed change to MCC 19.32.040 I should be rejected and this section of code should be left as is. This section of code applies to specific developments and could not be used to create any additional visitor accommodations because it is specific to planned developments built and operating as vacation rentals prior to April 20, 1989. Removing this code would not reduce the number of units allowed to be used for visitor accommodations and leaving it as is does not provide for the number of units to be increased.
I request that the County Council restore the language proposed for deletion in this legislation and ask that Bill 159 be returned to the Planning Commission for review.
I support banning commercial camper rentals. Also I support banning any new transient accommodations. We have enough tourist accommodations with the existing hotels, condos, time shares, and vacation rentals. We do not have enough facilities to accommodate camper vans so folks using them illegally camp.
On behalf of Maui PRMA, the Vacation Rental Trade Council under the Maui Chamber of Commerce, we ask that Bill 159 return back to committee to allow the Planning Commission to complete their review.
PRMA, the Professional Rental Management Association, is a coalition of professional property management companies representing over 1600 legally zoned condominium vacation rental units throughout Maui. Our members are licensed in the State of Hawaii, engaged in the management of legal vacation rental properties, primarily condominiums, and comply with real estate license law and code of ethics. Our companies represent 216 years in business, employing nearly 200 employees and over 300 independent contractors and vendors.
Our industry is highly impacted by Bill 159 and yet, we have not yet been called as a resource group, invited to the table or given the chance to share our concerns and input.
This bill should continue to be vetted in committee and allow the commission to complete their review. More voices need to be heard as we do not feel this bill has been a collaborative effort. The planning commission should be allowed to give their recommendation and they have not been allowed to do their work.
It’s our hope that we can find a balance and way as a county to create the affordable housing needed and manage tourism without the need to take away and negatively impact our locally owned and run small businesses.
On behalf of PRMA, we ask that you would NOT PASS Bill 159 but allow it to return to committee for further review.
Thank you for your consideration and we welcome any discussion with you or a member of your administration and we can be contacted at Mauiprma@gmail.com.
Mahalo,
John Kevan
Angela Leone
Maui Professional Rental Management Association (Maui PRMA)
There’s no way those in need of affordable housing could afford to pay this.
The council before voting should take into account that visitors are the lifeblood of this island. Without tourists tax revenue would be greatly reduced. If visitors don’t come, it has a ripple effect on businesses. Fewer people spending money at restaurants, on water-tourism related activities, less money spent on rental cars, less money spent in grocery stores, souvenir shops and every kind of retail establishment. This will have a ripple effect on income to the county in the way of less tax revenue as there are taxes on all these businesses. The result would be less tax revenue. Reclassifying STR would be revenue neutral or generate less revenue in taxes.
The council should also consider what condo owners would do if their property was reclassified from STR. I certainly would not rent my condo out long term. I would simply stop renting it long term. The county would lose their 3% revenue and if they shared in the state TAT and GET, they would lose that income also. Two neighbors of mine also said they would not rent out long term. The net result is a loss of Maui County TAT of $15,000 per year plus some portion of state TAT and GET.
Property values would decrease and therefore property taxes would decrease if condos are reclassified. There would be a loss of whatever income the county receives in the way of property taxes.
It is unfair to present owners who would suffer a loss in the value of their property if it is reclassified. The county is targeting owners of condos in resort areas while the hotels are unaffected. This proposal seems to favor the hotel industry and big business at the expense of individual owners.
The solution is to put a cap on STR. Impose steep fines on those who rent out their property in violation of the law. Make a long term plan for solving the long term rental problem. In the short term set aside land where people can park vans, cars, Recreational vehicles to they have a safe place to live until the problem is solved. Partner with construction companies to build the necessary housing for the residents of Maui.
Maui can reclaim it’s place as a top quality tourist destination IF we stop building more and more visitor accommodations. I support capping tourist accommodations and banning commercial camper rentals.
There are more equitable ways of limiting OUT OF CONTROL tourism, void of favoritism and penalization. EVERYONE needs to share the gain and pain. Analyzing current vacation tourism data and taking overall actions to curb island saturation is better option than taking away a person's only financial option of keeping their property.
I OPPOSE the methodology of mandating and converting existing STR to long term rentals. It simply isn't fair OR equitable.
I want affordable housing! I want the people who’s parent’s or great grandparents that has deep roots to this island at least get a shot of applying.
I only see 1 and 2 bedroom! Why? What happened to 3 bedroom. Families here in Hawai’i has more then 2 kids. And this why locals move away.
I don’t want to see the realtor and mainlanders or Airbnb have any part of this project.
No rental camper vehicles. No more tourist accommodation.
I support this movement
Please I support a moratorium on ANY / ALL vacation rentals and absolutely support NO campers. Think locals 1st please and mahalo!
sandi ioakimi
Kihei
I am for banning commercial camper rentals and capping tourist accommodations.
No more short term rentals! And no more camper vans parking illegally overnight on our shoreline or anywhere else.
I am an owner of 9-1 Puamalia Place in Puamana.
I hereby object to 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. This in my view is unwarranted and should be rejected by the Council.
In addition to the above, it would appear that the Planning Commission was not consulted for their recommendation with respect to the proposed deletion to the Code. It would also appear that the short-term vacation rental industry, which is vital to the economic life and health of the County, has not been afforded any opportunity to share its concern with the Council or the Commission and address the significant pitfalls and problems inherent in this proposed change. .
Accordingly, I request that this portion of Bill 159 which seeks to delete the current language in Maui County Code 19.32.040 I be rejected outright or alternatively this portion of the Bill returned back to committee to allow the Planning Commission to complete its review (with input from the short-term vacation rental industry) before any further consideration is given to this proposed change to the Code.
Thank You
Thomas Mulvihill
Testimony received by PSLU Committee.
I oppose deleting language in Maui County Code 19.32.040 I that would change the status of short term vacation rental use at Alaeloa, Kaanapali Plantation and Puamana from an outright permissible use to an existing non-conforming use, and request that it be restored.
This legislation proposes removing that part of the code that was recommended by the Planning Commission in 2013 expressly providing the right for short term rental uses in Puamana and which was amended in 2016 to include the same right at Alaeola. The intent of this section of code in 2013 and 2016 was to make clear and prevent any question that the right to make short term rental uses at Puamana and Alaeola was an ongoing land use right. The removal of this part of the code would put Puamana back into a situation where future County administrations may interpret the grandfathering of this use differently, which was originally established when Puamana was first developed in 1969. Also, this part of existing code helps the planning department when approving permits for renovations/remodels of these 40-60 year old units, therefore the deletion of this part of the existing code would make permit approvals much more difficult.
The proposed change to MCC 19.32.040 I should be rejected and this section of code should be left as is. This section of code applies to specific developments and could not be used to create any additional visitor accommodations because it is specific to planned developments built and operating as vacation rentals prior to April 20, 1989. Removing this code would not reduce the number of units allowed to be used for visitor accommodations and leaving it as is does not provide for the number of units to be increased.
I request that the County Council restore the language proposed for deletion in this legislation and ask that Bill 159 be returned to the Planning Commission for review.
Thank you,
Elizabeth Koller
Puamana owner
I support capping tourist accommodations and banning commercial camper rentals. Mahalo.
No more tourist accommodations. Ban camper vans.
I support banning commercial camper rentals. Also I support banning any new transient accommodations. We have enough tourist accommodations with the existing hotels, condos, time shares, and vacation rentals. We do not have enough facilities to accommodate camper vans so folks using them illegally camp.
Dear PLSU Committee Members,
On behalf of Maui PRMA, the Vacation Rental Trade Council under the Maui Chamber of Commerce, we ask that Bill 159 return back to committee to allow the Planning Commission to complete their review.
PRMA, the Professional Rental Management Association, is a coalition of professional property management companies representing over 1600 legally zoned condominium vacation rental units throughout Maui. Our members are licensed in the State of Hawaii, engaged in the management of legal vacation rental properties, primarily condominiums, and comply with real estate license law and code of ethics. Our companies represent 216 years in business, employing nearly 200 employees and over 300 independent contractors and vendors.
Our industry is highly impacted by Bill 159 and yet, we have not yet been called as a resource group, invited to the table or given the chance to share our concerns and input.
This bill should continue to be vetted in committee and allow the commission to complete their review. More voices need to be heard as we do not feel this bill has been a collaborative effort. The planning commission should be allowed to give their recommendation and they have not been allowed to do their work.
It’s our hope that we can find a balance and way as a county to create the affordable housing needed and manage tourism without the need to take away and negatively impact our locally owned and run small businesses.
On behalf of PRMA, we ask that you would NOT PASS Bill 159 but allow it to return to committee for further review.
Thank you for your consideration and we welcome any discussion with you or a member of your administration and we can be contacted at Mauiprma@gmail.com.
Mahalo,
John Kevan
Angela Leone
Maui Professional Rental Management Association (Maui PRMA)
My name is Joy Kaaz, and I’m a full time Maui resident. I 100% support a limiting transient accommodations and banning camper rentals.
I support capping tourist accommodations and banning commercial camper rentals
I support banning commercial camper vehicles and capping tourist accommodations!
~Kai Nishiki
There’s no way those in need of affordable housing could afford to pay this.
The council before voting should take into account that visitors are the lifeblood of this island. Without tourists tax revenue would be greatly reduced. If visitors don’t come, it has a ripple effect on businesses. Fewer people spending money at restaurants, on water-tourism related activities, less money spent on rental cars, less money spent in grocery stores, souvenir shops and every kind of retail establishment. This will have a ripple effect on income to the county in the way of less tax revenue as there are taxes on all these businesses. The result would be less tax revenue. Reclassifying STR would be revenue neutral or generate less revenue in taxes.
The council should also consider what condo owners would do if their property was reclassified from STR. I certainly would not rent my condo out long term. I would simply stop renting it long term. The county would lose their 3% revenue and if they shared in the state TAT and GET, they would lose that income also. Two neighbors of mine also said they would not rent out long term. The net result is a loss of Maui County TAT of $15,000 per year plus some portion of state TAT and GET.
Property values would decrease and therefore property taxes would decrease if condos are reclassified. There would be a loss of whatever income the county receives in the way of property taxes.
It is unfair to present owners who would suffer a loss in the value of their property if it is reclassified. The county is targeting owners of condos in resort areas while the hotels are unaffected. This proposal seems to favor the hotel industry and big business at the expense of individual owners.
The solution is to put a cap on STR. Impose steep fines on those who rent out their property in violation of the law. Make a long term plan for solving the long term rental problem. In the short term set aside land where people can park vans, cars, Recreational vehicles to they have a safe place to live until the problem is solved. Partner with construction companies to build the necessary housing for the residents of Maui.
I support putting a cap on short term rentals and NO camper type vehicles at all!
Maui can reclaim it’s place as a top quality tourist destination IF we stop building more and more visitor accommodations. I support capping tourist accommodations and banning commercial camper rentals.
There are more equitable ways of limiting OUT OF CONTROL tourism, void of favoritism and penalization. EVERYONE needs to share the gain and pain. Analyzing current vacation tourism data and taking overall actions to curb island saturation is better option than taking away a person's only financial option of keeping their property.
I OPPOSE the methodology of mandating and converting existing STR to long term rentals. It simply isn't fair OR equitable.
Thank you, mahalo,
I want affordable housing! I want the people who’s parent’s or great grandparents that has deep roots to this island at least get a shot of applying.
I only see 1 and 2 bedroom! Why? What happened to 3 bedroom. Families here in Hawai’i has more then 2 kids. And this why locals move away.
I don’t want to see the realtor and mainlanders or Airbnb have any part of this project.