Title
MORATORIUM ON VISITOR ACCOMMODATIONS DEVELOPMENT (CARE-50)
Description
The Committee is in receipt of the following:
1. County Communication 21-232, Councilmember Kelly Takaya King, transmitting a proposed bill relating to a moratorium on building permits for visitor accommodations.
2. Correspondence dated May 27, 2021 from Council Vice-Chair Keani N.W. Rawlins-Fernandez, transmitting a proposed bill entitled “A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A NEW CHAPTER 20.41, TITLE 20, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, MAUI COUNTY CODE, DECLARING A MORATORIUM ON TOURIST ACCOMODATIONS.” The purposes of the proposed bill are to establish a moratorium to comply with the Maui Island Plan by pausing the increase of tourist accommodations and the related increase in tourism; and to maintain the number of current tourist accommodation units until the Council passes legislation implementing recommendations presented by a Council-established Tourism Management Temporary Investigative Group.
Status
The Committee may consider whether to recommend passage of the proposed bill on first reading, with or without revisions. The Committee may also consider the filing of County Communication 21-232 and other related action.