By Kelly Morgan,Staff Writer

OXFORD – Work on an ordinance that would put restrictions on methadone clinics is set to begin tonight at a meeting of the Oxford Planning Board.

On Wednesday, Town Manager Michael Chammings the Board of Selectmen passed the work along following a special town meeting at which residents approved a 180-day moratorium on such facilities. The selectmen have asked the Planning Board to make recommendations on the ordinance, he said.

If the Planning Board doesn’t finish work on the methadone-clinic ordinance before the moratorium expires, voters would have the option of renewing it for 180 days, he said. The Planning Board meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the Town Office.

The selectmen also asked the board to consider any changes that may needed in the town’s zoning. Plans for redevelopment of the Robinson Manufacturing Woolen Mill, for example, call for mixed uses on the site. But the mill sits in an industrial zone, Chammings said, which does not allow for mixed-use development.

Also, Chammings said, the selectmen plan to hold a public hearing on an ordinance that would allow the town to place controls, such as a stop sign on the No. 6 road. The hearing will be at the beginning of the board’s next regularly scheduled meeting, at 6:30 p.m. July 21.

The road is an extension of Norway Bank Road, which was accepted by the town at the annual town meeting, Chammings said.