LIVERMORE FALLS – Selectmen held three hearings Monday night, in preparation for town meeting, but only one elicited much comment.

That was the proposed amendment to the Building Lots Standards Ordinance, a one-paragraph addition that defines the village area and applies only to non-conforming lots.

The amendment would require that all dwellings on non-conforming lots that are built, rebuilt or replaced in the village area be placed on a full foundation.

Sponsor Ken Jacques, who is now a selectman, brought the issue to the board last October. He and several others were seeking a way to eliminate the eyesore, a large trailer, placed diagonally across the lot, at the corner of Richardson and Knapp streets.

That unit is rental property setting on a lot where a house formerly stood, and is still unoccupied. The town presently has no regulations that would forbid its placement.

“It doesn’t go with the character of the area,” Jacques explained. “We’re not attracting people to town. More would sell and our values would be higher if we took this small step to make the village look better,” he stressed.

“We need to do something to encourage people, to protect those who are taking care of their properties,” he added. “We have to do something or the town will continue to go downhill.”

Selectmen stressed this was not aimed at mobile homes.

Under the amendment, the village area is defined as running from the Jay town line on the north, the Androscoggin river on the west, the power company right of way on the east and by an east-west line from the river to the power lines, encompassing all properties abutting Gilbert Street, the south loop, on the south.

Citizens will also be asked to accept a new Waste Water Ordinance, an update of a previous one. The major point in the 37-page document of interest to sewer users is the definition of unit, Section 35.

A unit is defined as a single-family home with three bedrooms, and no more than two baths. Apartments have one unit per living quarters and commercial units are determined by a site visit, flow records or comparison with similar sites.

Also to be considered is a Road Opening Ordinance, something the town doesn’t have now. It outlines the process for opening a road, controlling traffic and repairing the dig.

Since the town has no policy, anyone could come in and leave a mess for the town to clean up, said Chairman Bill Demaray.