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CONWAY â In one of the most contentious issues to come before the town in quite some time, Conway residents will go to the polls next Tuesday to act on warrant articles that include ones that will allow and regulate short-term rentals.
Selectmen are hoping voters approve Articles 21 and 22, to create a $50,000 trust fund with $50,000 to be used to regulate short-term rentals. They also are asking voters to approve a noise ordinance under Article 23.
But it is Article 3 that would include short-term rentals (Airbnbs) in all zones where single-family residences are permitted. Under current zoning, short-term rentals are limited to owner-occupied properties.
Now the question is, whatâs next?
Does the defeat of the short-term regulations mean the town will be mailing out cease-and-desist orders tomorrow to the 500-odd rental properties in Conway? The short answer is no.
Minutes after the results were announced, Selectman John Colbath said: âWe do not have the information to decide what to do next.â
Added Selectman Mary Carey Seavey: âI want to hear what town attorney Peter Malia has to say. If we are going to issue cease and desists, it has to be orderly.â
Colbath said he believes many people voted against the regulations because they thought within a month there would be properties for lower-income people to buy. âThe reality is thatâs not going to happen,â he said.