ord_02-2025_moratorium_extension.pdf

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TOWN COUNCIL OF CENTREVILLE
ORDINANCE 02-2025
AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF CENTREVILLE EXTENDING
THE TEMPORARY MORATORIUM FOR AN ADDITIONAL PERIOD OF
THREE (3) MONTHS ON THE APPLICATION FOR, APPROVAL OF,
CONSTRUCTION OF, EXPANSION OF, PROCESSING OF, OR ISSUANCE OF
BUILDING PERMITS FOR ANY SUBDIVISION, SITE PLAN, OR BUILDING
PERMIT APPLICATION FOR ANY RESIDENTIAL OR MIXED-USE PROJECT
WHERE THE ANTICIPATED EQUIVALENT DWELLING UNITS (EDUS)
EXCEED SEVEN (7) EDUS FOR THE TOTAL PROJECT PENDING
CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION OF REVISED ZONING ORDINANCE
PROVISIONS AS THE TOWN COUNCIL MAY CONSIDER ADVISABLE AND
TO ADOPT AN UPDATED CAPACITY MANAGEMENT PLAN AND SEWER
ALLOCATION POLICY
WHEREAS, the Town Council of Centreville has the authority under Section 5-213 of the Local
Government Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland, to enact and administer a zoning
ordinance, which is Chapter 170 of the Centreville Town Code;
WHEREAS, Section 4-102(6) of the Land Use Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland
authorizes the Town Council of Centreville to develop and adopt zoning restrictions to promote
the health, safety, morals or general welfare of the community, including the location and use of
buildings, signs and structures on the land;
WHEREAS, by Ordinance 08-2024 effective October 9, 2024, the Town Council of Centreville
enacted a six (6) month moratorium on the application for, approval or, construction of,
expansion of, processing of, or issuance of building permits for any subdivision, site plan, or
building permit application for any residential or mixed-use project where the anticipated
equivalent dwelling units (EDUs) exceed seven (7) EDUs for the total project pending
consideration and adoption of revised zoning ordinance provisions as the Town Council may
consider advisable and to adopt an updated capacity management plan and sewer allocation
policy;
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has been diligently working on the zoning changes but
needs additional time to finalize their recommendation, and the Town Council then needs the
time to have the required public hearing and adopt a zoning text amendment and have the
ordinance become effective;
WHEREAS, the Town Council of Centreville wishes to extend the moratorium for an additional
three (3) months in order to receive and consider the recommendation of the Planning
Commission and adopt a zoning text amendment; and

WHEREAS, the Centreville Planning and Zoning Commission considered the matter at its
_____________ 2025 meeting and has recommended that the Town Council approve this
Ordinance.
NOW, THEREFORE, be it ordained by the Town Council of Centreville:
Section 1. The recitals set forth above are incorporated herein by reference and made a part of
this Ordinance.
Section 2. The moratorium on the application for, consideration of, approval of, construction of,
expansion of, processing of, or issuance of permits for any subdivision, site plan, or building permit
application for residential and mixed-use projects where the anticipated equivalent dwelling units
(EDUs) exceed seven (7) EDUs, is hereby extended for a period of an additional three (3) months.
Section 3. During the moratorium, the Town (including the Town Planner’s office, the Building
Department, the Planning and Zoning Commission, the Board of Appeals, the Town staff, and the
Town Council) shall not process, consider, review, or approve any application, permit, or other
approval under the Town Zoning Ordinance for any subdivision, site plan, or building permit
application for a residential or mixed-use project where the anticipated EDUs exceed seven (7)
EDUs.
Section 4. The moratorium shall apply to applications currently pending before the Town, as well
as, applications filed after the effective date of this Ordinance. However, it does not apply to any
application as of the effective date of this Ordinance that has received subdivision approval, site
plan approval, and/or a building permit and which has already been approved for allocations by
the Town Council.
Section 5. This moratorium is adopted to allow sufficient time for the Town to accomplish the
following:
a. Receive public input, specifically to have the Planning Commission review
this issue and provide recommendations;
b. Consider any revisions to the Zoning Ordinance;
c. Update the Capacity Management Plan and Sewer Allocation Policy; and
d. Consider all such other matters as the Town Council, Planning and Zoning
Commission, and Town staff deem appropriate.
Section 6. The Town Council shall have and reserves the right to extend or modify this
moratorium for such additional period or periods and on such terms and conditions as it deems
necessary for the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the Town of Centreville.
Section 7. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance or of the codes
hereby adopted are, for any reason, held to be unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the
validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance or those codes.
Section 8. 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