Article: Maui may legalize 3,000 vacation rentals

WAILUKU >> Maui County planning officials are looking at legalizing about 3,000 unlicensed vacation rental units -- part of a multimillion-dollar industry.

Deputy Planning Director Clayton Yoshida said county officials also are looking into the complaints of excessive enforcement and reviewing ordinances governing vacation rentals, including legalization.

The Maui Planning Commission is scheduled to hold a workshop about the vacation rental issue at 2 p.m. today at its conference room in Wailuku. Workshops are also scheduled on Molokai at 1 p.m. tomorrow at the Mitchell Pauole Center in Kaunakakai, and at 7 p.m. July 17 on Lanai at the Lanai Public Library.

Under a county ordinance, a ...

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