06-02-2016, 12:13 PM
http://www.cohplanningdept.com/wp-conten...040913.pdf
If you look at this chart of allowed uses in various zoning area it is clear the Bed and Breakfasts, boarding houses and lodging facilities are not allowed uses on AG land (most of Puna) without a special use permit. Most of the residential zoning is for single family dwellings, a vacation rental used by 50 different families in a year is not a single family dwelling. Looking at page after page of Puna listings on Air BnB, all touting their rural settings, it is highly unlikely they have all successfully jumped through the hoops needed to get that special permit.
I'm darn sure the Alaska residing couple renting out the 4 cute little houses on 20 acres I looked at when it was on the market less than 6 months ago couldn't get permitted in just a few months, and I know for a fact from confirming with the realtor at the time that it wasn't permitted as a vacation rental then, the houses were permitted as ag housing. When finishing my current house ran months late we stayed in multiple vacation rentals in Puna, and I know from talking to the owners that they all (100%) were flying under the radar and considered people who did pay the taxes to be fools, and that was at least a decade before Air BnB made it so easy to rent out your ohana or spare house on the internet.
If you look at this chart of allowed uses in various zoning area it is clear the Bed and Breakfasts, boarding houses and lodging facilities are not allowed uses on AG land (most of Puna) without a special use permit. Most of the residential zoning is for single family dwellings, a vacation rental used by 50 different families in a year is not a single family dwelling. Looking at page after page of Puna listings on Air BnB, all touting their rural settings, it is highly unlikely they have all successfully jumped through the hoops needed to get that special permit.
I'm darn sure the Alaska residing couple renting out the 4 cute little houses on 20 acres I looked at when it was on the market less than 6 months ago couldn't get permitted in just a few months, and I know for a fact from confirming with the realtor at the time that it wasn't permitted as a vacation rental then, the houses were permitted as ag housing. When finishing my current house ran months late we stayed in multiple vacation rentals in Puna, and I know from talking to the owners that they all (100%) were flying under the radar and considered people who did pay the taxes to be fools, and that was at least a decade before Air BnB made it so easy to rent out your ohana or spare house on the internet.