ord_02-2025_moratorium_extension.pdf
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This ordinance (02-2025) extends an existing temporary moratorium for an additional three months on filing, processing, approval, construction, expansion, or issuance of subdivision, site plan, or building permits for residential or mixed-use projects that anticipate more than seven (7) equivalent dwelling units (EDUs). The moratorium applies to applications pending and filed after the ordinance’s effective date but does not apply to projects that already have subdivision/site plan approval and Town Council-approved allocations. The extension follows Ordinance 08-2024 (effective October 9, 2024) and is intended to give the Planning Commission time to finalize recommendations, allow the Town Council to hold required public hearings and adopt zoning text amendments, and permit the Town to update its Capacity Management Plan and Sewer Allocation Policy. The ordinance bars Town offices (including the Town Planner’s office, Building Department, Planning & Zoning Commission, Board of Appeals, Town staff, and Town Council) from processing affected applications, reserves the Council’s right to extend or modify the moratorium further, and becomes effective 20 days after enactment.
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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