The Maui County Council voted 5-4 to reject resolutions that would have sent hotel-rezoning proposals for four oceanfront condo complexes to the Planning Commission. Without rezoning, these properties cannot continue short-term vacation rentals past the Bill 9 phase-out deadlines.
- The four properties — Nohonani, Hoyochi Nikko, Māʻalaea Kai, and Island Sands — were denied a path to the H-3/H-4 hotel zoning that would allow continued vacation rental use.
- Bill 9 phases out vacation rentals in apartment districts, with the ban taking effect Dec. 31, 2028, in West Maui and Dec. 31, 2030, elsewhere in the county.
- The four complexes had already been excluded from a Sept. 29 resolution that referred 32 other shoreline properties to the Planning Commission for rezoning review.
- Council Member Uʻu-Hodgins, a swing vote, sided with the progressive bloc, citing conflicts with her own committee criteria and doubts the commission could act before term’s end.
- Supporters of rezoning warned of potential litigation if similarly situated property owners are treated inconsistently by the Council.
Source: Maui Now
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