Maui HLU Committee Reviews Hotel Rezoning Resolutions for Sea Level Rise Properties

Posted by Courtney M. Brown on August 10th, 2026

Update: Maui County Council is continuing to meet on this with the next meeting scheduled for September 9, 2026.

Maui County's Housing and Land Use Committee is looking at rezoning apartment-zoned properties scheduled to phase out short-term rentals per Ordinance 5909 (Bill 9) that are unlikely to convert to affordable housing for a variety of reasons, including mixed zoning on the property, high maintenance fees, sea level rise exposure area.  

On August 5, 2026, the Maui County Council's Housing and Land Use Committee began reviewing properties in the Sea Level Rise Exposure Areas.

This is similar to the last round of council meetings that advanced to the Planning Department for consideration on September 4, 2026 which recommended several…

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Maui County Council Advances Hotel Zoning Recommendations to Maui Planning Department: July 29, 2026 Zoning Update

Posted by Courtney M. Brown on July 29th, 2026

Maui County STR & Zoning Update, July 29, 2026

Update 8/10/26: Maui County Planning Commission is scheduled to meet on September 4, 2026 to review these ordinances.

On July 24, 2026, the Maui County Council passed two resolutions that would transition over 2000 apartment zoned short-term rentals into new hotel zoning.  The vote was 7-1.  

The properties are currently subject to Ordinance 5909, known as Bill 9, which will phase out short-term rentals in A1 and A2 apartment districts in West Maui on January 1, 2029 and across the rest of Maui County on January 1, 2030. At that time,  uses would be limited to long-term rentals (six months or longer), owner-occupied units, or non-owner-occupied (second homes).

Resolutions 26-110 and 26-111 efer…

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