OSSIPEE — A Carroll County Superior Court judge roundly rejected arguments in a lawsuit filed against the Kearsarge Lighting Precinct by a couple who operates a short-term rental. The Sept. 14 order by Judge Amy Ignatius is the first time the court has weighed in on short-term rentals which have been the subject of at least two other similar lawsuits, including one by the town of Conway against STR owner Scott Kudrick.
In the town’s case against Kudrick, the town is seeking to enforce its owner-occupation requirement for short-term rentals.
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