Section 13-231-26 - Use of a vessel as a place of principal habitation(a) A vessel owner who holds a valid regular mooring permit issued by the department authorizing the owner to moor the owner's vessel in Ala Wai or Keehi small boat harbors may use that vessel as a place of principal habitation if the owner has applied for and secured a principal habitation permit issued by the department in accordance with these rules, provided that the owner and the vessel meet the requirements set forth in these rules.(b) A permit authorizing the use of a vessel as a place of principal habitation shall not be issued if the vessel is owned by a corporation.(c) No person shall be issued a permit authorizing the use of any vessel as a place of principal habitation while the vessel is moored at the following locations in Ala Wai small boat harbor: (1) Berths 23 through 79;(2) The area leased to the Waikiki Yacht Club;(3) The area leased as a marine fueling facility; and(d) A vessel owner may utilize the owner's vessel as a place of principal habitation while moored in the area leased to the Hawaii Yacht Club if the owner has applied for and holds a valid principal habitation permit issued by the department in accordance with these rules.(e) Only the vessel owner, co-owner, the spouse or, in the alternative, one reciprocal beneficiary of each, and their legal dependents may be issued a principal habitation permit. While living together on the vessel, the vessel owner principal habitation permittee and reciprocal beneficiary shall not have a landlord-tenant relationship. The department shall retain the right to limit the total number of people allowed to live on a particular vessel based on reasonable health, safety, security, or environmental concerns for persons on the vessel, other permittees at the harbor, public use of the harbor, or the harbor itself, and may deny the issuance of a principal habitation permit if such issuance would exceed the limit determined by the department to be appropriate.(f) The owners of no more than one hundred twenty-nine vessels moored at Ala Wai small boat harbor shall be issued permits to use their vessels as a place of principal habitation. The owners of no more than thirty-five vessels moored at Keehi small boat harbor may be issued such permits. Any vessel used as a place of principal habitation that is temporarily absent from its mooring shall continue to be considered as one of the vessels being used as a place of principal habitation if the owner retains a principal habitation permit as provided in section 13-231-11.[Eff 2/24/94; am 8/20/12; am and comp SEP 25 2014] (Auth: HRS §§ 200-2, 200-4, 200-10) (Imp: HRS §§ 200-2, 200-4, 200-9, 200-10)