LISBON – Voters approved the town’s first noise ordinance Tuesday night, and passed two tax increment financing districts. The measures were among eight on the special town meeting warrant.

In a near-unanimous vote, a 20-year TIF was OK’d for Gendron Realty of Lewiston, which is building a new mall on Route 196 in Lisbon Falls. Development Director Dan Feeney urged passage of the article, saying, “without a TIF, projects like this would not happen in this town or any other town.”

Gendron has started groundwork on the $2.5 million job of constructing a 30,000-square-foot building to house a new Food City, Sam’s Italian Sandwich Shop and Dunkin’ Donuts.

The town will get 60 percent of the anticipated $57,000 in annual taxes, and Gendron 40 percent.

The project will provide 70 to 80 new jobs, Feeney said.

Selectmen said they favored the project.

A 50/50 TIF was approved for G&C Realty for the construction of a $1.3 million facility to house Floor Systems, now in Lewiston. It is on Route 196 next to the Furniture Superstore.

The town will keep $15,385 in taxes and return a like amount to the firm for 20 years. Feeney said the project will provide 21 new jobs.

The noise ordinance was approved with less than a dozen dissenters. Some were concerned that it would interfere with home uses of equipment such as chain saws, lawnmowers, generators and motorcycles.

Deborah Danuski of the Community Policing Committee, which created the ordinance, assured voters that the “normal traffic” level is the same as in federal law, which is below 85 decibels. During a two-week period when she monitored noise on Route 196, noise levels never went above 72 decibels, she said.

The article was approved by most of the 113 voters present

Also at the meeting, voters:

• Transferred $30,298 from the undesignated surplus account for additional hydrant rental.

• Accepted Cheryl Dee Drive as a town road.

• Approved an amendment to enlarge the Pine Tree Zone to include three lots totaling 128 acres for Longchamps LLC and 7.9 acres in the Capital Avenue Industrial Park.

• Spent $10,000 for a comprehensive plan update.

Voters defeated, by a wide margin, a request to accept three roads in the Winter Park subdivision as town roads after hearing complaints of problems with the water pipes under the road.

Town lawyer Roger Therriault moderated the meeting.