A.
The Town of Kennebunkport may enact ordinances for all purposes authorized
or permitted under the Constitution of Maine and state statute, including,
without limitation, ordinances promoting the general welfare, preventing
disease, providing for the public health and safety, and restricting
the use of real property by zones as provided by the statutes of the
State of Maine.
B.
Proposed ordinances to be presented to the voters of the Town of
Kennebunkport shall be written by or under the direction of the Board
of Selectmen in such a fashion as it shall deem necessary and enacted
by the Town of Kennebunkport in the following manner:
(1)
A proposed ordinance may be brought before a Town Meeting on the warrant either at the direction of the Board of Selectmen to include it or by petition procedures duly established by the laws of the State of Maine. Any proposed amendment to the land use ordinances of the Town shall be established and enacted in accordance with the provisions for such action as the same are set forth within Chapter 240, Land Use, of the Code of the Town of Kennebunkport, as the same shall be amended from time to time.
(2)
One copy of the proposed ordinance shall be certified by the Selectmen
to the Town Clerk at least seven days prior to the election to be
preserved as a public record. Copies shall be made available for the
distribution to the voters by the Town Clerk prior to and at the Town
Meeting.
(3)
The subject matter of the proposed ordinance shall be reduced to
the question, "Shall an ordinance entitled __________ be enacted?"
and shall be submitted to the Town Meeting for action as an article
in the warrant or as a question on a secret ballot.
(4)
To the extent authorized by statute, the Board of Selectmen may by
majority vote enact ordinances for the regulation of vehicular traffic
and for the promotion of public safety on public ways as it deems
necessary following proper posting in a local newspaper seven days
before the hearing is held.
