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County invites community input on new urban forest management plan for Maui island
The County of Maui Department of Management invites all community members to participate in the upcoming Maui County Council committee meeting this Thursday, June 5, 2025, at 9 a.m., where the approach for developing a Maui County Urban Forest Management Plan will be discussed.
Maui Planning Commission recommends approval of Honuaʻula project condition changes
By a 5-2 vote, the Maui Planning Commission is recommending approval of proposed amendments to project district zoning conditions attached to development of the controversial Honuaʻula master-planned community in South Maui. After a meeting recess on March 11, the commission passed a main motion on March 25 to approve all amendments proposed by the Maui […]
Maui Planning Commission holds off decision-making on Honuaʻula; public testimony nearly 9-1 opposed
Maui Planning Commission members heard nearly six hours of public testimony Tuesday in Kīhei, with 58 of 66 testifiers opposed to developer requests for land-use amendments for the Honuaʻula master-planned community, a hotly debated 670-acre development south of Maui Meadows and mauka of Piʻilani Highway in South Maui.
Short-term rental phase-out remains in South Maui Community Plan update
Maui Planning Commission members breezed by a proposed policy statement in the draft South Maui Community Plan update Tuesday evening, agreeing by consensus that the plan would aim to increase long-term residential housing by phasing-out short-term rentals from Māʻalaea to Kanaio.
Maui Planning Commission advances vacation rental phase-out bill
The Maui Planning Commission heard more than seven hours of often impassioned testimony Tuesday, then deliberated nearly three hours before recommending that the Maui County Council approve a bill to phase-out of thousands of short-term rentals in apartment districts, mostly in South and West Maui.
Here comes Round 2 for Maui’s vacation rental phase-out bill
Round 2 in a battle over Mayor Richard Bissen’s proposed phase-out of approximately 7,000 transient vacation rentals in Maui County’s apartment-zoned districts will move tomorrow to a different venue and have a duration estimated at only one hour.
Overflow crowd shows up for TVR hearing before the Maui Planning Commission
A standing-room-only crowd filled the Maui County Council chambers Tuesday morning to hear the start of debate over Mayor Richard Bissen’s proposed phase-out of approximately 7,000 transient vacation rental units in apartment-zoned districts.
