Title
BILL 103 (2024), AMENDING CHAPTER 19.08, MAUI COUNTY CODE, RELATING TO DENSITY WITHIN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS (DRIP-2)
Description
The Committee is in receipt of the following:
1. Bill 103 (2024), entitled “A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 19.08, MAUI COUNTY CODE, RELATING TO DENSITY WITHIN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS.” Bill 103’s purpose is to increase the allowable density in the R-1, R-2, and R-3 Residential Zoning Districts to provide additional housing opportunities in Maui County.
2. An Amendment Summary Form, dated March 13, 2025, from the Committee Chair, with a proposed CD1 version of Bill 103 (2024), entitled “A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTERS 19.08 AND 19.36B, MAUI COUNTY CODE, ON DWELLING TYPES AND DENSITY WITHIN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS.” The proposed CD1 version includes the following amendments:
1) Amends the bill’s title;
2) Amends Section 19.08.020, Maui County Code, for consistency with the dwelling types inserted into the table of development standards;
3) In Section 19.08.020, Maui County Code, replaces “long-term residential dwelling units” with the types of dwelling units allowed;
4) Allows one dwelling unit per 5,000 square feet of lot area instead of one dwelling unit per 2,500 square feet of lot area on the islands of Maui and Lāna‘i;
5) Exempts multifamily dwellings of up to three units in Residential Districts from landscaping requirements for parking areas; and
6) Incorporates technical and nonsubstantive revisions.
Status
The Committee may consider whether to recommend passage of Bill 103 (2024) on first reading, with or without revisions. The Committee may also consider the filing of Bill 103 (2024) and other related action.