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Zoning committee advances short-term rental registration cleanup; DPP agrees to pursue fee fix
Summary
The Honolulu Committee on Zoning and Planning amended and reported out Bill 62 (2025) to replace low-resolution maps and keep the ordinance's narrow scope; multiple testifiers urged changing a $1,000 re-registration fee triggered by operator changes, and the Department of Planning and Permitting said it would work with the council on a remedy.
The Honolulu City Council Committee on Zoning and Planning on Sept. 23 amended and reported out Bill 62 (2025) CD1, a narrow cleanup to bed-and-breakfast and transient vacation unit rules, while committee members and several testifiers pressed for a separate fix to a $1,000 re-registration fee that applies when an operator or local point of contact changes.
The measure, as taken up by the committee, replaces four low-resolution black-and-white figures in the code with higher-resolution color maps that were included in prior ordinance 25-2, and the committee chair recommended the bill be amended to CD1 and reported for passage on second reading and the scheduling of a public hearing.
Why it matters: testimony at the hearing focused less on the map replacement and more on an unintended administrative burden in the bill's registration scheme. Short-term-rental operators,…
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