Transient Vacation Rentals - March 21 Council Meeting

Sent to KN&I by Candace Callahan-Mack
Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 11:13 AM
Subject: Update: Transient Vacation Rentals - March 21st Council Meeting

March 23, 2007

Wednesday, March 21, County Council's committee meeting lasted till 7:00 pm as there was a lot of new testimony in response to the addition of Transient Vacation Rentals in Agriculture District lands not being eligible for a non-conforming use permit. According to Bill #2204, the 'State' has an existing law that addresses dwelling units on Agriculture District lands to be farm dwellings. Jonathan Chun, legal attorney for the Kauai Board of Realtors offered his opinion on this matter and with that testimony and his previous letter to the Council this bill will possibly be on hold till the County Attorney has the opportunity to offer his opinion.

The next Council Committee meeting is scheduled for April 4th. Presently, the County Attorney's office is working on another issue and with Budget scheduled for April and May, we cannot say with certainty when Bill #2204 will be on the Planning Committee's agenda. We will keep you posted when we have more information.