CONWAY — A separate one-year moratorium article on short-term rentals townwide in Conway has been added to a proposed moratorium on hotels and commercial buildings over 50,000 square feet that will appear on the town meeting ballot in April.
The Conway Planning Board will present the warrant articles at a public hearing set for Jan. 26.
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