CONWAY — Because it has never had a planning board, the legality of Kearsarge Lighting Precinct zoning articles for the past five years (and perhaps longer) and those on this year’s warrant for the annual meeting set for June 16 has been thrown into question.
That finding by precinct attorney Peter Malia of Hastings Malia of Fryeburg has added even more complexity to KLP’s internal battle over the legality and governance of short-term rentals, with two articles on this year’s warrant now made moot.
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