Resolution 26-129 — SLR-XA Apartment District TVR rezoning referral
Maui County
Description
A referral to the Maui Planning Commission of bills to rezone apartment-zoned condo properties in the sea level rise exposure area to Hotel districts so TVR uses can continue. The committee is still setting eligibility criteria.
Impact summary
If forwarded and eventually adopted, these condo buildings would stay in the visitor pool instead of becoming long-term homes — removing attainable housing from neighborhoods like Māʻalaea, Kīhei, and Lahaina.
Applicant
- Address
- Properties in Kīhei, Mā‘alaea and Lahaina, including Island Sands, Maalaea Kai, Kihei Bay Surf, Kihei Bay Vista, Lokelani, Hale Ono Loa, Pikake, and Hale Kai I
At a glance
- Hearings
- 3
- Public comments
- 0
- Total mentions
- 2
Recorded in the meeting · Water and Infrastructure Committee
A recommendation, not a final decision. The council decides next.
Discussed at 1 meeting in the last 60 days; most recently Sep 9, 2026.
Meeting timeline (2)
Housing and Land Use Committee (2025-2027) — September 9, 2026
A referral to the Maui Planning Commission of bills to rezone apartment-zoned condo properties in the sea level rise exposure area to Hotel districts so TVR uses can continue. The committee is still setting eligibility criteria.
Housing and Land Use Committee (2025-2027) — August 27, 2026
This resolution would send bills to the Planning Commission to rezone eight-plus apartment-district short-term rental buildings sitting in the sea level rise exposure area to hotel zoning so they can keep operating as TVRs. The committee heard all-day testimony, adopted criteria 5-4, and recessed without deciding.
Related issues (2)
Hotel rezoning of apartment-district TVR properties (Bill 9 exemptions)
Two resolutions would refer bills to the Planning Commission to let apartment-zoned short-term rental properties switch to hotel zoning and keep operating as visitor accommodations instead of returning to long-term housing. Most testifiers called this an unraveling of Bill 9 during a housing crisis; owners of flood- and erosion-exposed buildings pushed to be exempted. The committee adopted criteria 5-4 and put off any decision to September 9.
Bill 9 carve-outs: hotel rezoning referrals for apartment-district TVRs
Two resolutions would refer bills to the Planning Commission to let apartment-zoned short-term rental properties switch to hotel zoning and keep operating as visitor accommodations instead of returning to long-term housing. Most testifiers called this an unraveling of Bill 9 during a housing crisis; owners of flood- and erosion-exposed buildings pushed to be exempted. The committee adopted criteria 5-4 and put off any decision to September 9.
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