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https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/201...n-rentals/
The County Council on Tuesday passed Bill 108 on a 6-1 vote, setting in motion the next step in the process: formulation of rules by the county Planning Department. Once drafted, the rules face a public hearing and are expected to be finalized by April 1, 2019.
Perhaps a future Council can pass a bill requiring economic impact studies of any more regulations; they need to replace whatever revenue they destroy so that the economy remains viable.
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My neighbors with the airbnb should happy, goodbye (future) competition! But they’re not, they foresee hard times for the island.
Can a grandfathered airbnb be sold on?
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Can a grandfathered airbnb be sold on?
We have to wait until next April to find out -- currently, SUPs "run with the land", but I'm sure County can come up with different rules for "noncompliant use certificates".
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"Perhaps a future Council can pass a bill requiring economic impact studies of any more regulations; they need to replace whatever revenue they destroy so that the economy remains viable."
Now THAT is a good idea. With these new rules, there will, in the long run, be almost no vacation rentals left in Puna.
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almost no vacation rentals left in Puna
Or anywhere else on the island. Hotels are expensive, and lack capacity; this means some tourists will simply not come here -- which means we don't need as many services, so we can just trim the County payroll to balance the budget, right?
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But they arent finished yet: “In addition to creating rules, the next step for the county is to create a separate taxing classification, so vacation rentals can be charged a separate property tax from other residential properties.” and the new tax will be in addition to the yearly fee.
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Someone's making money! Let's tax them till they stop!
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Most of Puna is Ag zoned.
I'm wondering how difficult it will be to establish a vacation rental in ag zoned property when these rules go into effect?
And how much will the added property tax be addition to the
$250.00 yearly?
Then there's the 500$ fee. This feels like a deterrent to even starting a VR business.
Very unfair for Puna IMO.
One Thing I can always be sure of is that things will never go as expected.
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Kimo, if you are thinking of starting a vacation rental I suggest you get started immediately. Once this thing is finalized there will be NO NEW VACATION RENTALS IN PUNA. Sorry, didn't mean to shout.
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Howzit My2cents, It appears that the rules aren't locked in and judging from the article it seems like VR's will be allowed to startup with some restrictions.
I was looking at some of the VR's online and there are un-permited structures being rented all over.
I wonder if there is going to be any enforcement of illegal VR's
I know that Maui has had illegal VR's for years with little enforcement.
One Thing I can always be sure of is that things will never go as expected.
