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AGENDA

Town Council of Centreville Meeting July 10, 2025

7:00 PM

Liberty Building 107 Liberty Street, 2nd Floor Meeting Room I. Convene – Council President II. Pledge of Allegiance III. Moment of Silence – For Military & Public Safety Personnel (Past & Present) IV. Agenda Review V. Review of Minutes from Past Meetings a. June 26, 2025 Meeting Minutes VI. Citizens Forum (Citizens are requested to keep their comments to three minutes.) VII. Appearances a. Mary Margaret Goodwin- August 27, 2025 250th Celebration event update

VIII. Old Business a. Ordinance 10-2025 – Chapter 2 – Administrative Search Warrants – Amended Language – Second Reading-Council President b. Ordinance 08-2025 – Trailer Ordinance – Second Reading, Member Jim Beauchamp IX. Reports of Boards and Commissions a. Maryland Municipal League b. Council of Governments c. Economic Development d. Park Advisory Board e. Planning Commission X. Reports of Department Heads

a. Town Manager b. Chief of Police c. Town Attorney d. Finance Officer e. Director of Public Works f. Human Resources Manager g. Town Clerk h. Main St. Manager XI. Citizens Forum (Citizens are requested to keep their comments to three minutes.) XII. Council Roundtable a. Kiel b. Beauchamp c. Worth d. Huffer e. Kaiser XIII. Motion to Adjourn – Council President Upcoming Events/Meetings:

• July 10, 2025 - Town Council Meeting- 7:00 p.m. 107 N. Liberty Street, 2nd floor meeting room

• July 16, 2025 – Planning Commission Meeting – 7:00 p.m. – 107 N. Liberty St. 2nd floor meeting

room

• July 31, 2025 - Town Council Work Session- 5:30 p.m. The Wharf Building- First Floor

Meeting Room

• August 1, 2025 - First Friday – Lawyers Row 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

• August 5, 2025 – Park Advisory Board Meeting – 6:00 p.m., Town Hall

• August 6, 2025- Planning Commission Work Session – 7:00 p.m., 107 N. Liberty Street, 2nd floor

meeting room

• August 7, 2025 - Town Council Meeting – 7:00 p.m. 107 N. Liberty Street, 2nd floor meeting

room

• August 12, 2025 – Cemetery Advisory Committee Meeting – 4:00 p.m. – Town Hall

• August 20, 2025 – Planning Commission Meeting – 7:00 p.m. – 107 N. Liberty Street, 2nd floor

meeting room **Please note: One or more Centreville Town Council members may be attending these events/meetings.

TOWN COUNCIL OF CENTREVILLE

ORDINANCE NO. 10-2025

AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF CENTREVILLE TO ADD A NEW

CHAPTER 2 ENTITLED ADMINISTRATIVE SEARCH WARRANTS

WHEREAS, the Town Council of Centreville is authorized by § 5-202 of the Local Government Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland to adopt ordinances to assure the good government of the municipality, to preserve the peace and order, to secure person and property from damage and destruction, and to protect the health, comfort, and convenience of residents of the Town of Centreville; and WHEREAS, the Town Council of Centreville desire to amend the Town Code to add a new

Chapter 2

to address the standards and requirements for obtaining administrative search warrants in the Town of Centreville; and WHEREAS, on April 4, 2025, the Town Council enacted Ordinance 05-2025 as an emergency basis to make similar administrative search warrant provisions effective for 120 days; and WHEREAS, the Town Council wishes to make the administrative search warrant provisions contained herein part of the Town Code without the limitation on the effective time period.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Town Council of Centreville:

Section 1. The

Code of the Town of Centreville is hereby amended to read as follows:

Chapter 2: Administrative Search Warrants

2-1 Administrative Search Warrants;

Right of Entry Administrative Search Warrants; Right of Entry. The Town of Centreville, or its designated code official, may apply to a judge of the District Court or Circuit Court for Queen Anne’s County, for an administrative search warrant to enter any premises to conduct any inspection required or authorized by this Code or other applicable law.

A. The application for an administrative search warrant shall be in writing and sworn to by the applicant and shall particularly describe the place, structure, premises, etc., to be inspected and the nature, scope and purpose of the inspection to be performed by the applicant.

B. A judge of a court referred to in this section may issue the warrant based upon information set forth in subsection A upon a finding that:

(1) The applicant has sought access to the property for the purpose of

making an inspection; and

(a) after requesting, at a reasonable time, that the owner, tenant or

other individual in charge of the property allow the applicant access, the applicant has been denied access to the property; or

(b) after making a reasonable effort the applicant has been unable

to locate any of these individuals;

(2) The Town or its designated code official(s) is authorized by law to

make an inspection of the property for which the warrant is sought; and

(3) Probable cause for the issuance of the warrant has been demonstrated

by the applicant by:

(a) specific evidence of a violation of the Town Code or other

applicable law, or a public nuisance that affects the health, safety and welfare of the Town’s citizens; or

(b) information that the property to be inspected falls within an

administrative inspection program of the Town.

C. An administrative search warrant issued under this section shall specify the place, structure, or premise to be inspected. The inspection conducted may not exceed the limits specified in the warrant.

D. An administrative search warrant issued under this section authorizes the applicant and other designated officials or employees of the Town to enter specified property to perform the inspection, sampling and other functions authorized by law to determine compliance with the provisions of the Code or other law.

E. An administrative search warrant issued under this section shall be executed and returned to the judge by whom it was issued within:

(1) The time specified in the warrant, not to exceed thirty (30) days; or

(2) If no time is specified in the warrant, fifteen (15) days from the date of

its issuance.

(Language to be deleted from the existing Ordinance is indicated in strikethrough format and language to added is indicated by bold italics underlined text)

Section 2.

If any section, clause, paragraph, sentence or phrase of the Ordinance or the application thereof to any person, property, or circumstance is held invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, the invalidity or unconstitutionality shall in no way affect other provisions or any other application of this Ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid or unconstitutional provision or application, and for this purpose the provisions of this Ordinance are

declared severable.

Section 3. This

Ordinance shall become effective twenty (20) days after its enactment.

ATTEST: THE TOWN COUNCIL OF CENTREVILLE

____________________________________

R. Gaye Adams Ashley Heffernan Kaiser, Esq., President Town Clerk _____________________________________

First Reading: Jeffrey D. Kiel, Vice President Second Reading:

Enacted:

Effective: _____________________________________

Daniel B. Worth, Member _____________________________________

Jim A. Beauchamp, Member ______________________________________

Sandra Lee Huffer, Member

TOWN COUNCIL OF CENTREVILLE

ORDINANCE NO. 08-2025

AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF CENTREVILLE TO AMEND

CHAPTER 158 VEHICLES, NON-SELF PROPELLED

WHEREAS, the Town Council of Centreville is authorized by § 5-202 of the Local Government Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland to adopt ordinances to protect the health, comfort, and convenience of residents of the Town of Centreville; and WHEREAS, Section 804.B.40 of the Charter of the Town of Centreville authorizes the Town Council to adopt Code provisions to remove nuisances and obstructions from the streets, lanes, and

alleys and from lots adjoining thereto, or any other places within the limits of the Town; and WHEREAS, the Town Council believes that it is in the best interests of the citizens of Centreville to amend Chapter 158 of the Town Code regarding Vehicles, Non-Self Propelled.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Town Council of Centreville:

Section 1. Chapter

158 of the Town Code is renamed Vehicles, Recreational and Utility Trailers

Section 2. Chapter

158 of the Town Code is hereby amended as follows:

158-1 Definitions

Recreational Vehicle or Trailer means a vehicular type portable structure or trailer designed for recreational, camping, living accommodations or other travel use which either has its own motor power and/or is mounted on or towed by another vehicle. These include, but are not limited to motor homes, truck campers, camping trailers, or trailers to carry boats, cars, animals, motorcycles or other off-road vehicles.

158-1 2 Stopping, Standing and Parking On Public Property Prohibited It shall be unlawful to stop, stand or park any non-self-propelled recreational vehicle or trailer while said vehicle is not attached to a motor vehicle, on any streets, alleys, or lanes or other public property within the Town of Centreville, except during the loading or unloading of such recreational vehicle or trailer when such loading or unloading is completed within forty-eight (48) hours of such

parking. A non-self-propelled vehicle shall include, but is not limited to, any trailer, including boat trailers, house trailers, utility trailers, livestock trailers, carriage, sleds, buggies or other type of vehicle normally towed behind a motor vehicle, horse, oxen or other similar type of beast of burden. However, this chapter shall not apply to any carriage, sled, or buggy parked on any streets, alleys, or lanes within

the Town of Centreville while the said carriage, bled or buggy is attached to said beast of burden.

158-3 Exception

to Prohibition A non-motor-powered Trailer that carries a boat that may be stored on the street (not including an alley, lane or other public property) no earlier than April 1st and no later than October 31st of each year as long as the trailer is physically connected to a motor vehicle. This exception is limited to one non-motor-powered trailer that carries a boat per household.

158-4 Parking

on Private Property An owner or occupant of a residential structure may store a recreational vehicle, or trailer owned by the property owner or occupant on their property provided that:

A. If stored in the front yard of the property, the recreational vehicle or trailer shall be parked on the driveway or driveway apron;

B. The recreational vehicle or trailer is operable and is currently titled to the owner or occupant of the property;

C. No occupancy, either temporary or permanent, of a recreational vehicle or trailer shall be permitted on a public right of way or private property; and D. If the owner or occupant of a private residential structure permits a guest or invitee to park a recreational vehicle or trailer in violation of this Section, then both the owner of the recreational vehicle or trailer and the owner or occupant of the property shall

be in violation of this chapter. There shall be a presumption of knowledge and permission of the owner or occupant of the private residential structure if there is a recreational vehicle or trailer parked in violation of this Section by a guest or invitee of the owner or occupant.

158-2 5 Violations and Penalties A. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall receive a citation, either in person or by having same placed in a conspicuous place on the vehicle, which he, she or it was using at the time of the violation of said provisions, to appear before the District Court of Queen Anne’s County, to answer a charge of violating the provisions of this chapter;

provided, however, that if the person, firm or corporation may appear at the Town Office of the Town of Centreville within the times and dates designated by Article I of Chapter 154, Vehicles and Traffic, and pay the fine or fines set forth in § 1-14.B.5.a of the Town Code; the payment of such fine, shall have the effect of dismissing the citation.

B. In any prosecution charging a violation of this chapter, proof that the particular vehicle described in the summons was parked in violation of the chapter, together with proof that the defendant named in the summons was at the time of such parking or other unlawful act the registered owner of such vehicle, shall constitute prima facie presumption that the registered owner of such vehicle was the person who parked and placed vehicle at the point, and for the

time during which such violation occurred.

158-3 6 Presumption of Vehicle Ownership In any prosecution charging a violation of this chapter, proof that the particular non-self-propelled vehicle recreational vehicle or trailer described in the summons was parked in violation of the chapter, together with proof that the defendant named in the summons was at the time of such parking or other unlawful act the owner, whether registered or otherwise, of any such non-self-propelled vehicle

recreational vehicle or trailer, shall constitute a prima facie presumption that the owner, whether registered or otherwise, of any such non-self-propelled vehicle recreational vehicle or trailer was the person who parked or placed such non-self-propelled vehicle recreational vehicle or trailer at the point where such violation occurred.

(Language to be deleted from the existing Ordinance is indicated in strikethrough format and language to added is indicated by bold italics underlined text)

Section 3.

If any section, clause, paragraph, sentence or phrase of the Ordinance or the application thereof to any person, property, or circumstance is held invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, the invalidity or unconstitutionality shall in no way affect other provisions or any other application of this Ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid or unconstitutional provision or application, and for this purpose the provisions of this Ordinance are

declared severable.

Section 4. This

Ordinance shall become effective twenty (20) days after its enactment.

ATTEST: THE TOWN COUNCIL OF CENTREVILLE

R. Gaye Adams Ashley Heffernan Kaiser, Esq., President Town Clerk First Reading: Jeffrey D. Kiel, Vice President Second Reading:

Enacted:

Effective:

Daniel B. Worth, Member Jim A. Beauchamp, Member Sandra Lee Huffer, Member