Although it was a hotly contested and debated issue, the County Council ultimately voted 7-0 in favor of the new bill allowing many property owners on Kauai to be allowed to build a guest house on their property.
Kaua'i Now reported: "Bill 2933, first introduced by Council Chair Mel Rapozo and Councilman Billy De Costa, would allow one guest house per dwelling unit on lands zoned for residential, agricultural, commercial, open, and university zones — primarily focusing on agricultural lands.KauaÊ»i Planning Director Kaaina Hull did not know how many guest houses would be possible to build through the bill, or in which neighborhoods. He estimated 300 to 500 units, but called that an “optimistic number.”
Kaua'i Now also explained, "The bill defines a guest house as a maximum 800-square-foot unit that may or may not have a bathroom or a kitchen and prohibits the units from being used for transient vacation rentals or other short-term stays.
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