MADISON — The town Planning Board approved a draft ordinance restricting the location of outpatient addiction treatment centers and clinics in Madison after a brief public hearing Tuesday night.

The ordinance now will go to the Board of Selectmen to be finalized before it is presented to voters at a special town meeting.

The ordinance was drafted after some residents and officials expressed concerns about the location of a planned behavioral health clinic operated by Tennessee-based Acadia Healthcare at the former Taylor’s Drug Store on Old Point Avenue. The center would offer a variety of treatments and services, including medication-assisted treatment for substance use disorder using the medications methadone and Suboxone, a combination medication containing buprenorphine and naloxone.

Some residents and officials objected to the proposed location of the clinic, which is in the center of the town and near schools. More than 200 residents signed a petition asking the town and Acadia to reconsider the location.

At the annual town meeting in June, residents approved a moratorium on applications for such facilities to give the town’s Planning Board and Board of Selectmen time to draft the new ordinance.

The draft ordinance approved by the Planning Board restricts the allowable locations of outpatient addiction treatment centers and clinics to the eastern portion of the Madison Business Gateway, which is a business park off Route 148, and parcels on the approximately 2.5-mile stretch of U.S. Route 201 between White School House Road and the Skowhegan town line. A clinic on U.S. Route 201 must be a minimum of 500 feet from structures on neighboring properties.

The restrictions apply to any “program or treatment facility operated for the purpose of and specializing in the care, treatment and/or rehabilitation of persons suffering with addictions, including but not limited to alcohol or controlled substance addictions.” It does not apply to inpatient facilities or support group programs such as Alcoholics Anonymous.

The ordinance also sets out application requirements, the town’s review process, and enforcement policies for such facilities.

During Tuesday’s public hearing, which lasted about 30 minutes and drew about 15 residents to the Old Point Avenue school meeting room, Town Manager Denise Ducharme said Acadia is willing to work with the town’s ordinance. Ducharme said in May that Acadia was looking at other locations in town but could not disclose any specifics.

“They have received a copy of the ordinance, and they are aware of what’s happening, and they can work within it,” Ducharme said Tuesday.

The Planning Board fielded just a few questions from the public during the hearing.

One written question from Madison resident Randy Bliss asked if the town should also develop an ordinance for inpatient facilities, such as recovery houses. Planning Board member Don Skillings said that issue should be taken up soon at a future meeting.

Jack Ducharme, a Madison resident who also represents the town in the Maine House of Representatives, questioned whether the ordinance would affect the Madison Area Health Center, at 8 S. Main St. The center offers some behavioral health services, Ducharme said, though he was unsure if it offers medication-assisted treatment for substance use disorder.

Ducharme, who is married to Town Manager Denise Ducharme, said he was asking his question both as a Madison resident and as the chairman of the board of directors of HealthReach Community Health Centers, which operates the Madison center.

“I just want to make sure that we don’t create an issue,” Ducharme said.

The Planning Board ultimately decided not to wait for an answer about the services the Madison Area Health Center currently provides or make any other substantive changes to the draft ordinance on Tuesday. The board agreed to make a few minor grammatical tweaks and small clarifications.

Skillings said it would be irrelevant whether the center would be affected by the ordinance because the Planning Board’s task was not to accommodate certain businesses.

“We’re not building an ordinance for or against any one business,” Skillings said. “We’re building an ordinance for the town of Madison.”

Mary Tomlinson, chairwoman of the Planning Board, added that the Board of Selectmen can make further changes to the draft ordinance, which must be voted on by residents at a town meeting.

“There will be another opportunity for public comment after the Select Board reviews this,” Tomlinson said.

The date of the special town meeting has not yet been set.