CHINA -- Selectmen formally agreed Monday evening to put three ordinance questions on the November local ballot.

Voters will be asked if they want to approve a new ordinance prohibiting obscenity and to amend sections of the Land Development Code dealing with shoreland zoning and flood plains.

The anti-obscenity ordinance was drafted by town attorney Alton Stevens, in response to the opening of a topless coffee shop in Vassalboro, and reviewed repeatedly by Planning Board members and selectmen. It prohibits certain actions and behaviors in or promoted by commercial enterprises in town.

Code Enforcement Officer Scott Pierz and Planning Board members prepared the amendments to the shoreland zoning section of China's land code, incorporating new state language. A revised map of resource protection zoning around wetlands is part of the package that will be submitted for voter action.

The map Pierz had at Monday's meeting shows some, but not all, of the wetlands in China have been inspected by state regulators and designated as having high or moderate value for waterfowl habitat. Pierz said the rest of the town's mapped wetlands will continue to be protected by town regulations.

The State Planning Office drafted the revised flood plain management ordinance specifically for China, Pierz said.

It is incomplete in one minor way: The federal Emergency Management Agency has not yet issued final flood plain maps, so the ordinance references draft maps from July 2008. When new federal maps come out, voters will be asked to amend the date in the ordinance, Pierz said.

At their next meeting, scheduled for Sept. 28, selectmen intend to set a date for a public hearing to explain the proposed ordinance questions to voters.

China's local elections are also in November.

Two people's terms end on the Board of Selectmen and three each on the Planning Board and the Budget Committee.

Town Clerk Rebecca Hapgood said as of Tuesday, there are three candidates for selectman, incumbents Irene Belanger and Neil Farrington and Neck Road resident Carroll White.

Robert Batteese is running for re-election as Budget Committee chairman, and Ronald Breton has taken out nomination papers for the alternate Planning Board position, Hapgood said. No one is circulating papers for the other two seats on the Planning Board or Budget Committee, although District 1 Planning Board incumbent James Wilkens said last week he was considering running again.

Signed nomination papers, with at least 25 voters' signatures, are due at the Town Office by 11 a.m. Saturday for candidates' names to be on the November ballot.

In other business Monday evening, selectmen authorized Town Manager Daniel L'Heureux to continue investigating options and costs for rebuilding the Ryan's Lane bridge across the West Branch of the Sheepscot River, and approved a liquor license renewal for the China Dine-ah on Lakeview Drive.

L'Heureux said the Town Office now accepts credit cards -- Visa, Mastercard and Discover -- and debit cards that act like credit cards with no personal identification numbers. Convenience fees, paid by the customer, are 2.5 percent of a tax bill and $3.25 per transaction for everything else.