STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2302
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: S.B. No. 2123
S.D. 1
Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi
President of the Senate
Twenty-Eighth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2016
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 2123 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ZONING,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to clarify county zoning authority by:
(1) Distinguishing single-family residential use from single-family vacation rental use; and
(2) Allowing a zoning ordinance to amortize nonconforming single-family transient vacation rentals over a reasonable period.
Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii Association of Counties, Kauai County Council, Maui County Council, Hawaii County Council, and Office of Hawaiian Affairs. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Rentals by Owner Awareness Association, Hawaii Association of REALTORS, and one individual.
Your Committee finds that the proliferation of vacation rentals in areas zoned for single-family residential use has created planning-related challenges for counties and highlights the need for clarity in state law governing this issue. Increased demand for single-family vacation rentals contributes to a diminishing supply of housing in Hawaii, which ultimately has an adverse effect on lower-income residents of the State. This measure would empower the counties to gradually phase out nonconforming single-family transient vacation rentals; however, your Committee also finds that this measure could have significant unintended consequences for home and property owners in Hawaii, and that further discussion and consideration are required.
Your Committee has amended this measure by inserting an effective date of July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2123, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2123, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs,
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________________________________ CLARENCE K. NISHIHARA, Chair |
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