Residents will vote on the proposal during a special town meeting on Nov. 16, time and location to be determined.

The Pownal Planning Board is wrapping up its work on a back-lots ordinance that would make it easier for homeowners to create another house lot on their property.

Once the board has completed its deliberation, a public hearing will take place, at a date and place to be determined. Residents will vote on the proposal during a special town meeting on Nov. 16, time and location also to be determined.

The Planning Board, meanwhile, will hold a workshop at the Town Office on Oct. 14 at 8 a.m., and tentatively hold its last meeting on the ordinance on Oct. 21, at 7 p.m.

“That’s what we’ll be working on,” said Ron Hodgdon, the Planning Board chairman. “This ordinance would make it possible for someone to sell a lot without a road. They would need a driveway and frontage from the Maine road. At this point, we’re talking about a minimum of 50 feet, and it probably a minimum of 4 to 5 acres.”

Hodgdon said that most area towns have back-lot ordinances of some sort. The idea is to give property owners a break, he said.

Tim Giddinge, chairman of the Board of Selectmen, said that the current ordinance stipulates 300 feet of road frontage for a house. Giddinge agreed that a back-lots ordinance would help property owners, many of whom are going to see their back property increase sharply in value with the ongoing revaluation of town property.

“We haven’t had a back-lots provision on our ordinances ever,” Giddinge said. “People without 300 feet of frontage for an additional lot can create another one, or build a town-approved subdivision road. There’s always been people asking for it. We’re going to be changing the value of the back land, so it would be a tool for landowners to recoup some of their tax dollars.”

The town has contracted with RJD Appraisals of Pittsfield for $69,000 for a revaluation. The town has is putting up $80,000 for the project, with some of the money going to the assessor’s agent to conduct oversight of the appraisals.

Scott Seaver, the town’s administrative assistant, said that the town revalution will conclude next August.

Seaver said earlier this year that the purpose of a revaluation is to bring the existing land and building values up to current market values per Maine taxation laws.

“The town of Pownal last did a revaluation over 10 years ago,” he said. “Since that time our assessed values have dropped to below 50 percent of market value. This does not treat all land and homeowners fairly.”

The year-long process marks a significant departure in Pownal.

“To my knowledge, we’ve never done one including land,” Giddinge said. “The last time it was done was actually the first time it was hired out, over 10 years ago. This is going to be the first time it’s going to be really professionally done.”