CONWAY — At its last meeting on Jan. 26, the Conway Planning Board split its votes on two proposed articles for the April town meeting warrant. The board voted 7-0 for a one-year moratorium on new hotels, motels and commercial structures of 50,000 square feet or bigger.
But they unanimously rejected, also by a 7-0 vote, a one-year moratorium on issuing building permits for residential short-term rentals.
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