The Maui County Council gave first-reading approval to land use bills enabling a large mixed-use workforce housing project near Kahului Airport, while also passing a bill restricting bed and breakfast locations on Molokaʻi.
- Bills 163 and 164 would rezone ~166 acres near Pūlehu/Hansen roads from agriculture to business-multifamily to allow ~1,608 workforce housing units with commercial and light industrial components.
- Critics and county departments raised concerns about an inadequate environmental review and infrastructure shortfalls tied to the Hoʻonani Village project.
- Bill 84, passed on first reading, would restrict the number and locations of bed and breakfast homes specifically on Molokaʻi.
- Bill 78, also on first reading, would allow up to two accessory dwelling units on residentially zoned lots countywide.
- A separate resolution referred the 170-home EC Pāʻia Town mixed-use project to the Maui Planning Commission for further review.
Source: Maui Now
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