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TOWN COUNCIL OF CENTREVILLE
ORDINANCE NO. 01-2025
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 vVehicle 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 single non-motor-powered Recreational Vehicle or Trailer may be stored on the street (not
including any alley, lane or other public property) for longer than forty-eight (48) hours when the
owner lives in a duplex, or detached single-family house that does not have a driveway or access to
the backyard from a street, lane or alley. This exception is limited to one non-motor-powered
Recreational Vehicle or Trailer 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. If stored in the side or rear yard of the property, the recreational vehicle or trailer
shall be visually screened from the neighboring property or public right of way with
landscaping or fencing, unless the property owner on that side gives written consent
for no screening;
C. The Recreational Vehicle or Trailer is operable and is currently registered in the
home state of to the owner or occupant of the property;
D. 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
E. 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
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R. Gaye Adams Ashley Heffernan Kaiser, Esq., President
Town Clerk
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First Reading: Jeffrey D. Kiel, Vice President
Second Reading:
Enacted:
Effective: _____________________________________
Daniel B. Worth, Member
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Jim A. Beauchamp, Member
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Sandra Lee Huffer, Member