Sandra May has filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court Thursday for “mistakenly” posting her one-bedroom rental unit in Wilhelmina Rise as a short-term rental, which is available for rent for less than 30 days. Short-term vacation rental units are illegal to operate outside resort-zoned areas on Oʻahu.
The complaint called the fines were “excessive” considering it was unintentional.
In an effort to curb illegal STR operations on Oʻahu, the city passed a law in 2019 that allowed fines to be issued just for advertising illegal rentals. It also set up stiff penalties of up to $10,000 per day that the posting is online…