A Hawai'i County STVR is defined by a maximum stay: rental "for a period of thirty consecutive days or less." Rentals of 30-plus consecutive days are not STVRs. Bill 108 sets no annual night cap and no minimum-night requirement county-wide.
Ordinance 18-114 defines a STVR by its stay length: a dwelling "rented for a period of thirty consecutive days or less." A stay of 30 or more consecutive days is a long-term rental and falls outside the STVR rules. Unlike some mainland cities, Hawai'i County does not impose an annual cap on the number of nights a registered STVR may be rented, nor a minimum-night stay; the primary control is zoning-district eligibility plus the STVR Registration or Nonconforming Use Certificate. Condominium property regimes and homeowner associations may separately impose their own minimum-stay rules that the county does not override.
Advertising or operating stays without a valid registration, or mislabeling long-term tenancies to evade STVR rules, is enforced by the Planning Department under HCC Chapter 25.
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