Hawaiʻi Island · Hawaiʻi County Policy Committee on Planning, Land Use, and Economic Development
Hawaiʻi County Policy Committee on Planning, Land Use, and Economic Development, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026
- As the agenda prints it
- (Hawaiʻi County Council) · 9:00 a.m. · Kona Council Chambers, West Hawaiʻi Civic Center, 74-5044 Ane Keohokālole Highway, Building A (council members participating via ICT)
- Members, as printed
- Ashley L. Kierkiewicz, Chair & Presiding Officer; Michelle M. Galimba, Vice Chair; James E. Hustace; Holeka Goro Inaba; Jenn Kagiwada; Matt Kānealiʻi-Kleinfelder; Heather L. Kimball; Dennis “Fresh” Onishi; Rebecca Villegas (the County Council's letterhead on this agenda)
- The government's documents
- Agenda · Video · Archive
1 item
1. Bill 147
AMENDS CHAPTER 2 AND CHAPTER 25 OF THE HAWAIʻI COUNTY CODE 1983 (2016 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS Establishes operational standards and use regulations for transient vacation rentals, which include hosted bed and breakfasts (B&Bs) and un-hosted short-term vacation rentals (STVRs); allows B&Bs as a permitted use in the single-family residential zoning district; allows B&Bs as a permitted use in areas within the residential agricultural, family agricultural, and agricultural zoning districts that are also classified as State land use urban or rural; allows STVRs as a permitted use in the entire multiple-family residential district and in certain coastal areas adjacent to General Plan-designated Resort or Resort Node areas in other residential zoning districts; allows STVRs as a permitted use in the Downtown Hilo Commercial zoning district; and makes various conforming housekeeping amendments.
- Kind
- Bill for an ordinance (islandwide)
- Parties, as printed
- Intr. by: Council Member Kimball
- Status, as printed
- Reference: Comm. 806 · Referred to Planning Commissions: April 10, 2026 · Postponed: September 1, 2026 · (Note: There is a motion by Council Member Kimball, seconded by Council Member Kagiwada, to recommend passage of Bill 147 on first reading.)
- On the record
- the item's entry
Basis. Read in session from the agenda linked above; wording is the agenda's. Outcomes appear only when the government posts minutes or a written summary. Corrections: the corrections log.