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Hawaii County Council approves registration requirement for short-term vacation rentals
Summary
The Hawaii County Council voted 8-1 June 4 to require most short-term vacation rentals and hosting platforms to register with the county and to give staff new enforcement tools.
HILO — The Hawaii County Council voted 8-1 on June 4 to pass Bill 47, a county ordinance requiring most short-term vacation rentals (TBRs) and their hosting platforms to register with the county and comply with reporting and enforcement rules.
Supporters said the registration will give county officials data and enforcement tools they lack now and help address neighborhood impacts, while opponents warned the rules could harm small, home-based hosts and urged the council to wait for an economic study.
Bill 47 requires registration of most short-term rentals and gives county staff the authority to cancel registrations when properties are operating illegally. The ordinance sets a maximum civil penalty (with a required warning/cure period for two categories of platform violations), and the council amended the measure to (1) give platforms a 10-day cure period for a failure to…
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