10-29-2007, 05:14 PM
Jerry and Tolleys --
I'm not an expert on vacation rental legality on the BI, much as I'd like to be! I have tried to figure it out.
Tolley, SFR is single family residence. This zoning means no more than 5 unrelated people under one roof, IIRC.
The Big Island never passed a law providing for permitted vacation rentals (unlike Oahu), so there is no legal/illegal as far as permits go.
Tax licenses comply with State regulations, but do not mean you comply with County zoning.
I don't like the use the word of the word "illegal" for Big Island vacation rentals that pay their taxes. It's an ambiguous situation. I like to save the word illegal for real crimes rather than zoning non-compliance, which to me is an infraction, not a crime. YMMV
As far as I can determine, Residential zoning doesn't permit rentals of less than 30 days duration. But that doesn't seem to be enforced. Some subdivisions may have CC&R's forbidding vacation rentals. That's a whole different deal.
Edited by - KathyH on 10/29/2007 21:21:24
I'm not an expert on vacation rental legality on the BI, much as I'd like to be! I have tried to figure it out.
Tolley, SFR is single family residence. This zoning means no more than 5 unrelated people under one roof, IIRC.
The Big Island never passed a law providing for permitted vacation rentals (unlike Oahu), so there is no legal/illegal as far as permits go.
Tax licenses comply with State regulations, but do not mean you comply with County zoning.
I don't like the use the word of the word "illegal" for Big Island vacation rentals that pay their taxes. It's an ambiguous situation. I like to save the word illegal for real crimes rather than zoning non-compliance, which to me is an infraction, not a crime. YMMV
As far as I can determine, Residential zoning doesn't permit rentals of less than 30 days duration. But that doesn't seem to be enforced. Some subdivisions may have CC&R's forbidding vacation rentals. That's a whole different deal.
Edited by - KathyH on 10/29/2007 21:21:24