LIVERMORE FALLS – Voters are scheduled to vote Monday on an ordinance for a six-month moratorium on adult-use establishments.

If voters approve, the moratorium would not affect an application that has already been submitted for an adult book, video and accessory store, said the code enforcement officer, Brenda Medcoff.

Wayne Parker Jr. had submitted his site plan review application June 26 for the adult store on Depot Street before the town considered a moratorium on that type of business, she said.

The Planning Board recently sent the application back to Parker for completion.

While the moratorium would be in effect until an ordinance is drawn up to address the issues or until Feb. 1, 2005, a mistake in the proposal states that it would be in effect until Feb. 1, 2004.

Town officials said they were aware of the error but didn’t get around to fixing it.

“It is a typo,” said selectmen Chairman Kenny Jacques. “I spoke with Frank Underkuffler (town attorney) and MMA (Maine Municipal Association), and they believe that the typo is not going to affect the seven-day notice posting.”

He added that town officials will make note of it at the town meeting.

If enacted at the special town meeting at 6:30 p.m. Monday, in the upstairs courtroom at the Municipal Building, the ordinance would take effect retroactive to Aug. 3, the date the proposal was filed by the selectmen and certified by the town clerk.

The proposed ordinance states that the purpose of the moratorium is to temporarily prohibit the location, operation or construction of any new adult establishment, and the enlargement or expansion of any existing adult establishment.

The ordinance also notes that adequate zoning and other land-use ordinances can be enacted by the town to regulate the location and operations of adult establishments in order to provide compatibility with other uses in town.

According to the proposed six-page ordinance, the town meeting finds that areas of Livermore Falls are “suddenly under threat of increased development pressure from one or more adult use establishments,” and that current ordinances are not sufficient to address that pressure.

Without adequate provisions for issues of safety, and land-use compatibility, the continued development of adult establishments under existing town ordinances could pose threats to the health, safety and welfare of residents, it states.

According to the ordinance, an adult-use establishment means an adult amusement store, adult entertainment cabarets, adult motion picture theaters, or adult relaxation spas, or any commercial establishment that permits any person on premises, including an employee, entertainer or patron, to expose that person’s specified anatomical areas or perform specified sexual activities.

An adult amusement store means an establishment having a substantial or significant portion of its sales or stock in trade being materials that include sexual devices or films or videotapes or disks for sale or viewing.

Copies of the ordinance are available at the town office and the library.