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THE CENTREVILLE BOARD OF APPEALS

PUBLIC HEARING GUIDE

We welcome all present to this public hearing in Case No. NC-01-25 before the Town of Centreville Board of Zoning Appeals, Fred Beu, Chairman presiding, and Penny Lins, member.

The subject matter of this hearing is the application of Danny Whitby, 311 Hammond, requesting an extension of existing use under the authority of Chapter 170, Article II,

Section 170-14

(F) continuing existing uses to allow placement of a mobile home within the current non-conforming mobile home park. The property is zoned R-1 and is further described as Parcel 1351, Tax Map 35H, Third Election District, Queen Anne’s County, Maryland. It is owned by BMW Investments, LLC.

Pegeen McGlathery will now present evidence of the published notice of this hearing. ---- Let the Certificate of Publication be admitted in evidence as Board Exhibit No. 1.

Pegeen McGlathery will now present evidence of the posting of the property. ------- Let the photographs be admitted in evidence as Board Exhibits No. 2 and 3.

Let the letter of recommendation to this Board from the Centreville Planning and Zoning Commission be admitted in evidence as Board Exhibit No. 4.

Are there any preliminary matters relating only to the jurisdiction of this Board which any person wishes to present before the applicant is permitted to present his evidence?

Now the Board will hear testimony in the following order:

1. From the applicant and others favoring the granting of

the application.

2. Cross-examination by opponents in person or by attorney,

of witnesses who have testified in favor of the granting of the application.

3. From those persons opposing the granting of the application.

4. Cross-examination by parties favoring the granting of the

application, in person or by attorney, of witnesses who have testified in opposition to the granting of the application.

When all testimony has been concluded the Board will hear argument in favor of and in opposition to the granting of the application. The Board will render its decision within fifteen (l5) days following the close of the hearing and any adjournment of it.

The strict rules of evidence will not be applied but only evidence which is relevant and material to the subject matter of the hearing will be received.

Please be advised that you do not have to be represented by an attorney in order to make a statement or ask questions of the witnesses.

We will now hear testimony from those in favor of the granting of the application.

(TO EACH WITNESS:)

Raise your right hand please. Do you solemnly promise and declare that the evidence which you are about to give in the matter now pending will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth?

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CERTIFICATE OF

PUBLICATION

STATE OF : MARYLAND

COUNTY OF: Queen Anne's County The Town of Centreville This is to certify that the annexed legal 101 Lawyers Row Centreville, MD 21617 advertisement has been published in the www.TownofCentreville.org Tel. 410-758-1180 Fax. 410-758-4741 publications and insertions listed below.

NOTICE OF HEARING

"Case No. NC-01-25..." was published in the:

Application has been made to the Town of Centreville Board of Zoning Appeals by Mr. James D. Whitby, Case No.

Bay Times - Record Observer 08/08/25 NC-01-25, requesting an extension of existing use under the authority of Chapter 170, Article II, Section 170-14 (F) continuing existing uses to allow placement of a mobile home within the current non-conforming mobile home park.

The property is 311 Hammond Street, which is zoned R-1 and is further described as Parcel 1351, Tax Map 35H, Third Election District, Queen Anne’s County, Maryland. It is owned by BMW Investments, LLC.

Take notice that this application shall be considered at a public hearing on Wednesday, August 27, 2025, at 7:00 p.m. in the second floor meeting room of the Liberty Building at 107 N.

Liberty Street, Centreville, MD 21617.

James F. Normandin The Board of Zoning Appeals Town of Centreville President & Publisher

3085031 RO 8/8/2025

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS

Queen 312 Safety Drive Anne’s Centreville, MD 21617 County T e le phone: (410) 758-0925 Fax: (410) 758-3341 County Commissioners:

www.qac.org James J. Moran, At Large Jack N. Wilson, Jr., District 1 J. Patrick McLaughlin, District 2 Philip L. Dumenil, District 3 Christopher M. Corchiarino, District 4 DATE: June 16, 2025 TO: Town of Centreville FROM: Trey Porter RE: Project Name: 301 Hammond Street QAC File #: N/A Requesting: Board of Appeals Comments Meeting Date: Town BOA 6/16/2025 Background:

Proposal to place a 14' x 65' mobile home on an existing vacant lot within the currently operating mobile home park.

STORMWATER MANAGEMENT:

The proposed application to the Town of Centreville Board of appeals includes development that appears to be less than 5,000 square feet of disturbance. We, as the authority having jurisdiction over stormwater management in the Town of Centreville, have no comment.

RECOMMENDATION:

The Public Works Department of Queen Anne’s County take a neutral position on the subject application.

The Town of Centreville 101 Lawyers Row Centreville, MD 21617 410-758-1180 fax 410-758-4741 www.townofcentreville.org July 16, 2025

NOTICE TO ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS REGARDING:

BMW Investments, LLC.

311 Hammond Street Centreville, MD 21617 Please be advised that a zoning application has been submitted to the Board of Appeals for the above-referenced property. The Town of Centreville hereby notifies you of a public hearing before the Board of Appeals on Wednesday, August 27th at 7:00 p.m., to be held in the second floor meeting room of the Liberty Building, 107 N. Liberty Street, Centreville, MD 21617,

concerning Case No. NC-01-25, BMW Investments, LLC.

This application is for a special exception under the authority of Chapter 170, Article II, Section 170-14 (F) continuing existing uses to allow placement of a mobile home within the current nonconforming mobile home park.

For more information, please visit the Town of Centreville webpage at https://www.townofcentreville.org/bc-pc/meeting/planning-commission-meeting-5 or contact Town Hall at 410-758-1180.

Sincerely, Pegeen McGlathery Administrative Assistant Town Hall 101 Lawyers Row Centreville, MD 21617 410-758-1180 ext.35 pmcglathery@townofcentreville.org 1

MEMORANDUM

TO: TOWN OF CENTREVILLE FROM: STACEY DAHLSTROM, AICP

PLANNING COMMISSION SD

SENIOR PLANNER, EPR FOR

CENTREVILLE

ORGANIZATION: CENTREVILLE MD DATE: JULY 11, 2025

Re: Non-Conforming Use Continuation – 311 Hammond Street – Mobile Home Park – Map 35 H, Grid 0024, Parcel 1351

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Introduction The Applicant seeks §170-14 request for the continuation and extension §170-14.F. the mobile home park located at 311 Hammond Street, to allow for the applicant to provide a mobile home on an empty lot with an existing utility allocation.

In accordance with

§170-59 C.1.b Planning

Commission’s review is to evaluate the proposal as to consistency with the Comprehensive Plan and provide comment to the Board of Appeals.

This Application was reviewed by the Town of Centreville Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) on Monday, June 16, 2025.

The Mobile Home Park is on a parcel located at 311 Hammond Street (Map 35 H, Grid 0024, Parcel 1351) and consists of approximately 27,225 square feet (.63 acres) with R-1 zoning. They have active utility/allocations for 7 units. The 2022 aerial shows 6 units currently located on the property. The entrance is located at the corner of Alley 8 and Hammond Street.

QAC Parcel View 2022 Aerial Map 35 H, Grid 0024 Parcel 1351 1 The applicant seeks to install a 14 X 65 foot mobile home, remodeled 1990’s mobile home that the applicant notes fully complies with Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) standards. The materials included indicate that the unit is “…3 bedroom, 2 bathroom with block foundation, vinyl siding and asphalt shingle roof. It will be set on foundation and finished to code

after it is set…. All new plumbing, electric, HVAC, drywall, shingles etc.” The applicant intends to help make it look like a single home when finished, to help it blend in with the neighborhood.

Extension Request This site has been a mobile home park since at least 1963 and continued in 1978 through today. It became non-conforming when the R-1 zoning was adopted by the Town of Centreville for this site.

1978 1963 2 Since this project is less than 5,000 square feet of disturbance, Queen Annes County Department of Public Works has no comment and takes a neutral position on stormwater management.

R-3 Special Exception conditions Mobile Home Parks Currently R-3 zoning allows mobile home parks and includes several conditions the Planning Commission may wish to consider.

An example recommendation is the unit width (§170-21 D.1. k.2.), which allows the addition of a porch to count towards the twenty foot required width of unit if it is 2/3 of the length of the unit.

The proposed unit is 14 feet, with a 6-foot-wide porch proposed to be 11 feet in length. The overall length of the unit is 65 feet, and 2/3 of that length is approximately 43 feet. Planning Commission may recommend the extension of the length of the proposed porch (11 feet) to 43 feet (extending it by 32 additional feet.

R-3 Mobile Home Park provisions that the Board of Appeals can approve as a special exception:

§170-21 D. “1:

Mobile home parks, subject to the following provisions:

a. Access to the mobile home park shall be from a major highway or arterial street; the number and location of access drives shall be controlled for traffic safety and protection of surrounding properties; no mobile home space shall be designed for direct access to a street outside the boundaries of the mobile home park; and the interior access drives shall be at least 25 feet in width surfaced and maintained at least

25 feet in width.

b. The topography of the site shall be such as to facilitate rapid drainage and that adequate drainage facilities be provided.

c. The minimum width and/or depth of the mobile home park shall be 200 feet, and minimum total area of the mobile home park shall be five acres.

d. The minimum area for a mobile home site for parking one mobile home shall be 3,500 square feet with no dimension less than 40 feet, and with corners of each site visibly marked and numbered by a permanent marker.

e. The mobile home park shall contain at least 1,000 square feet per mobile home for community facilities, including play space, utility rooms, parking and access roads.

Any service or utility building shall be located on a minimum of 10,000 square feet.

f. The mobile home park shall be surrounded by Buffer Yard C (Appendix 1) along the street frontage of a street or major highway, and Buffer Yard D (Appendix 1) along all other lot lines or street frontage. A minimum of 15% of the total mobile home tract shall be left as open space recreational areas.

g. No mobile home shall be parked closer than 25 feet to any other mobile home or service building, and no part of a mobile home shall extend closer than five feet to the boundaries of an individual mobile home site.

3 h. Off-street parking spaces for automobiles shall be provided in the ratio of two spaces per mobile home in locations convenient to individual trailers or groups of trailers.

i. Proper provision shall be made for public water supply, sanitary sewers, refuse collection, laundry and other community facilities. Water and sewer systems shall be approved by the Maryland State Health Department.

j. Service or utility buildings are permitted within the park for use as sanitary, postal, trailer supplies, mobile home park office, convenience items or laundry; provided, however, that all use of the facilities shall be designed for occupants of the park.

k. Mobile home unit standards.

1. The unit should appear to have a permanent and continuous foundation of

masonry construction.

2. The unit is at least 20 feet wide. For single-wide units, the width can be made

up with a porch or carport addition at least 2/3 the length of the unit.

3. The unit has a pitched roof.

4. The unit is constructed under the latest (1976) HUD standards and Maryland

Industrial Buildings and Mobile Home Code.

5. The exterior walls of the unit look like wood or masonry, regardless of their

actual composition.” Consistency items: Town of Centreville: Comprehensive Plan: 2040 This extension request improves an existing mobile home park that has been in existence since before Centreville’s Zoning code was enacted. It potentially provides an additional opportunity to enhance housing options and affordability in Centreville.

Additionally, this extension to allow for the addition of this mobile home as proposed is consistent with several of the twelve State Planning visions (Page 11, Town of Centreville Comprehensive Plan:

2040), including but not limited to:

Vision 7: A range of housing densities, types, and sizes provides residential options for citizens of all ages and incomes.

Chapter 0063 - Planning Principles (Effective Oct. 1, 2025)

Housing: Enable a mix of quality housing types and affordability options to accommodate all who want to live in the state.

Conclusion – Recommendation Planning Recommendation

1) Recommend that the Board of Appeals approve the extension of the non-conforming mobile

home park to allow for the siting of the mobile home, based on any recommended conditions the Planning Commission should feel are appropriate, finding it consistent with the Town of Centreville Comprehensive Plan: 2040.

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