PARIS – Four ordinances will face voters on Tuesday, including an amended version of the town’s controversial subdivision ordinance.

Voting on the ordinances will take place from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the fire station.

The revised subdivision ordinance makes several changes to the existing document, which passed in 2007 in a 487-468 referendum decision. It was petitioned to the town in December by 253 residents saying the new document will improve landowner relations with the town, establish better competition with surrounding towns and allow more involvement by residents in subdivision issues.

The new ordinance would allow subdivisions to meet gravel road standards rather than paved road standards; have one application process rather than separate ones for major and minor subdivisions; allow the Planning Board to grant waivers; allow appeals to go before the Board of Appeals rather than the Superior Court; have the code enforcement officer enforce but not interpret the ordinance; and have fire protection measures meet the requirements of the fire chief instead of the current ordinance’s standards requiring hydrants, a 20,000-gallon water storage tank or fire sprinklers.

The selectmen recently voted 4-1 to not recommend passage of the ordinance. The revisions were discussed before several public hearings, which brought up concerns that some changes would make the ordinance more difficult to enforce and compromise public safety.

Rick Jackson, a spokesman for the petitioners, said he was disappointed with the selectmen’s decision. He said the ordinance was a working document that could be amended as needed to address concerns.

“I don’t see any change coming in the future,” said Jackson. “If this passes, and things need to be changed, maybe things will move faster and a compromise can be reached.”

Attorney Dana Hanley, who has said he looked at the revised ordinance from a legal standpoint, said at a public hearing last month that he would present the town with a document that addressed concerns brought up at the hearings. Town Manager Sharon Jackson said the document has been given to the town, but will not be going to vote because it was submitted too late for the town to identify changes and schedule a public hearing on the matter.

A working group consisting of two selectmen, two Planning Board members and two residents has been established to discuss how to amend the ordinance in a way that is acceptable to all residents.

Voters will also decide on whether to accept amendments to a shoreland zoning ordinance imposed on the town by the state in 1993. Jackson said the state will enforce their ordinance on the town if the article does not pass.

Code enforcement officer Claude Rounds said the most significant changes are the classification of significant habitat areas as resource protection areas and a new map.

The floodplain management ordinance seeks to mitigate potential flooding damages through land use and control and allows residents to apply for flood insurance. Rounds said the biggest change to the ordinance, which would replace one adopted in 1991, is the inclusion of new maps.

The dog control ordinance would replace a document adopted in 1971 and amended in 1979 for the purpose of addressing dogs at large and other issues. Jackson said one addition requires owners to clean up after their dogs.

Selectmen recommended the passage of the latter three ordinances.