3.4.1. The Board of Selectmen shall have the power to enact ordinances consistent with the General Statutes and this charter on any matter which the General Statutes or this charter permit to be regulated by ordinance, and in general for the preservation of the order, health, welfare and safety of the town and its inhabitants.
3.4.2. At least one public hearing shall be held by the Board of Selectmen before enacting any proposed ordinance. Notice of a hearing shall be given by posting the proposed ordinance and the time and place of the hearing on the Town’s website, not less than ten days before the date of such hearing.
3.4.3. Upon enactment of an ordinance, notice thereof shall be given in accordance with the law of the official title of the ordinance and its effective date, and by publishing notice of its adoption along with the full text of the ordinance on the Town’s website and filing with the Town Clerk. Such ordinance shall not become effective sooner than ten days after notice of its publication. If, within ten days after such publication, petitions are filed with the clerk carrying the signatures and street addresses of two hundred or more electors requesting a town meeting to act upon overrule of such ordinance, the effective date of such ordinance shall be suspended until such action to overrule is resolved. If such petitions are so filed and verified by the Town Clerk, the Board of Selectmen shall call a special town meeting to be held within twenty days after the date of receipt by the Town Clerk of such petitions, by publication of notice of the time and place of such special town meeting and the full text of such ordinance on the Town’s website and in accordance with state statute, not less than five days before the date of such special town meeting. Two hundred electors shall constitute a quorum at such special town meeting, and such ordinance shall be overruled, void and of no effect if a majority of the electors voting at such special town meeting, or if a quorum is present and a majority of the electors present does not vote to overrule such ordinance, such ordinance shall become effective upon publication of the official title of such ordinance on the Town’s website.
3.4.4. Wherever publication is required by this section, such publication shall be the responsibility of the First Selectman.