Resolution 26-130 — Walaka Street and Makai Sunset Inn rezoning referrals (HLU-22)
Maui County
Description
Proposed bills would rezone 10 Walaka Street in Kīhei and the Makai Sunset Inn properties in Lahaina from A-2 Apartment to H-4 Hotel District so their short-term rental uses can continue. The Committee was scheduled to decide whether to refer them to the Maui Planning Commission.
Impact summary
Two more apartment-district properties would leave the long-term housing pool; testifiers flagged unpaid property taxes on 10 Walaka and questioned hotel zoning for a burned Lahaina parcel.
Applicant
- Address
- 10 Walaka Street, Kīhei; Makai Sunset Inn, 1415 and 1411 Front Street, LahainaSee this on the map
At a glance
- Hearings
- 3
- Public comments
- 1
- Total mentions
- 2
Recorded in the meeting · Housing and Land Use Committee
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
Referral of bills to rezone a single-owned Kīhei property and the Makai Sunset Inn — a hotel-like operation in the sea level rise exposure area — from A-2 Apartment to H-4 Hotel zoning to allow continued TVR use.
Housing and Land Use Committee (2025-2027) — August 27, 2026
This resolution covers just two properties: a Kīhei building on 10 Walaka Street and the Makai Sunset Inn in Lahaina, which operates like a hotel and sits in the SLR-XA. Testifiers questioned whether 10 Walaka qualifies given unpaid property taxes, and no action was taken.
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