Town Council — 2025-04-04

This was an emergency Town Council meeting on April 4, 2025 to consider Emergency Ordinance 05-2025 to add a new Chapter on Administrative Search Warrants. After public comment raising concerns the Council amended the ordinance to limit it to non-residential (commercial) properties, add a 120-day sunset, and then unanimously approved it; the ordinance lets town code officials apply to a District or Circuit Court judge for court-issued administrative search warrants when access was sought and denied (or occupants cannot be located), the town is authorized to inspect, and probable cause exists for a code violation or public nuisance, with inspections limited to the warrant’s scope.