[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of County Commissioners of
Worcester County 8-25-1981 by Bill No. 81-5 as Title 2 of the County Government Article
of the 1981 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 5-18-1993 by Bill No. 93-6; 8-20-2002 by Bill No. 02-11]
At the general election to be held on the first Tuesday after
the first Monday in November 2002 and every fourth year thereafter,
there shall be elected seven County Commissioners who shall be qualified
voters of the county and have resided at least two years in Worcester
County immediately preceding their election.
[Amended 5-18-1993 by Bill No. 93-6; 1-15-2002 by Bill No. 01-19; 7-2-2002 by Bill No. 02-10; 9-17-2013 by Bill No. 13-2]
(a)Â
County Commissioner districts. For the purpose
of selecting persons eligible as County Commissioners, the County
shall be considered as divided into seven County Commissioner districts.
One of the County Commissioners shall be a resident of each of the
seven County Commissioner districts so that the Board of County Commissioners
shall be composed always of a representative from each of the seven
County Commissioner districts. County Commissioner districts are hereby
established as follows: [Note: The descriptions of the Commissioner
districts may reference census block numbers. The census block numbers
referenced herein were supplied to the Worcester County Department
of Development Review & Permitting, Technical Services Division,
by the U.S. Census Bureau as a geographical information system (GIS)
data layer file containing 2010 census data.]
(1)Â
Southern district. The Southern district
shall be designated as County Commissioner District Number One and
shall be described as follows: Beginning at the southeast intersection
of MD Route 12 - Snow Hill Road and US 113 - Worcester Highway, thence
running by and with the centerline of US Route 113 - Worcester Highway
in a northerly direction to a right-of-way for an electric transmission
line, thence running by and with the centerline of a right-of-way
for an electric transmission line in a northerly direction to MD Route
365 - Public Landing Road, thence running by and with the centerline
of MD Route 365 - Public Landing Road in an easterly direction 5,400
feet more or less to Census Block No. 1533 on the southerly side of
MD Route 365 - Public Landing Road, thence running by and with the
southerly perimeter of two contiguous census blocks (Census Block
Nos. 1533 and 1537) all of which are adjacent to MD Route 365 - Public
Landing Road for a distance of 1.17 miles, thence running by and with
the centerline of MD Route 365 - Public Landing Road in an easterly
direction to the intersection of Paw Paw Creek Road and Taylor Road,
thence running by and with the centerline of Taylor Road in a northerly
direction to an unnamed stream (approximately 2,745 feet from the
intersection of MD 365 - Public Landing Road and Taylor Road), thence
running by and with the centerline of unnamed stream in an easterly
direction to the mid line of the Chincoteague Bay, thence running
by and with the mid line of the Chincoteague Bay in a southerly direction
to the state line between Maryland and Virginia and the county line
between Worcester County, Maryland and Accomack County, Virginia,
including named and unnamed islands in the bay, thence running by
and with the centerline of state line between Maryland and Virginia
and the county line between Worcester County and Accomack County,
Virginia in a westerly direction to the Pocomoke River, thence running
by and with the mid line of the meanderings of the Pocomoke River
in a northerly direction to Pilchard Creek, thence running by and
with the centerline of Pilchard Creek in a southeasterly direction
to US Route 113 - Worcester Highway, thence running by and with the
centerline of US Route 113 - Worcester Highway in a southerly direction
to Carter Road, thence running by and with the centerline of Carter
Road in a westerly direction to MD 756 - Old Snow Hill Road, thence
running by and with the centerline of MD Route 756 - Snow Hill Road
in a westerly direction to US 13 - Ocean Highway, thence crossing
US Route 13 - Ocean Highway onto Linden Avenue, thence running by
and with the centerline of Linden Avenue in a westerly direction to
Third Street, thence running by and with the centerline of Third Street
in a southerly direction to an unnamed alley between the Pocomoke
Library and the Episcopal cemetery, thence running by and with the
centerline of the aforesaid unnamed alley in an easterly direction
to Fourth Street, thence running by and with the centerline of Fourth
Street in a northerly direction to Oxford Street, thence running by
and with the centerline of Oxford Street in an easterly direction
east to Sixth Street, thence running by and with the centerline of
Sixth Street in a southerly direction to Market Street, thence running
by and with the centerline of Market Street in a southeasterly direction
570 feet more or less, to Census Block No. 862, thence running by
and with the perimeter of Census Block No. 862 in a northerly and
southeasterly direction to Oxford Street, thence running by and with
the centerline of Oxford Street in a southeasterly direction to Eighth
Street, thence running by and with the centerline of Eighth Street
in a northerly direction to Lynnhaven Drive, thence running by and
with the centerline of Lynnhaven Drive in a southeasterly direction
to Somerset Avenue, thence running by and with the centerline of Somerset
Avenue in a southerly direction to Snow Hill Lane, thence running
by and with the centerline of Snow Hill Lane in a southeasterly direction
to Fourteenth Street, thence running by and with the centerline of
Fourteenth Street in a northerly direction to US Route 13 - Ocean
Highway, thence running by and with the centerline of US Route 13
- Ocean Highway in a southeasterly direction to US Route 113 - Worcester
Highway, thence running by and with the centerline of US Route 113
- Worcester Highway in a northerly direction to American Legion Drive,
thence running by and with the centerline of American Legion Drive
in a westerly direction to Bypass Road, thence running by and with
the centerline of Bypass Road in a southerly direction to Taylor Lane,
thence running by and with the perimeter of Census Block No. 759,
returning to Bypass Road, thence running by and with the centerline
of Bypass Road in a northerly direction 102 feet to the perimeter
of Census Block No. 928, thence running by and with the southerly
perimeter of Census Block Nos. 928 and 67 in an easterly direction
to US Route 113 - Worcester Highway, thence running by and with the
centerline of US Route 113 - Worcester Highway in a southerly direction
162 feet more or less, to Newtown Park Road, thence running by and
with the centerline of Newtown Park Road in a southeasterly direction
1,060 feet more or less to Census Block No. 925, thence running by
and with the northerly perimeter of Census Block No. 925 in a northerly
direction to Groton Road, thence running by and with the centerline
of Groton Road in a northwesterly direction 718 feet to Census Block
No. 75, thence running by and with the easterly perimeter of Census
Block Nos. 75 and 137 in a northeasterly direction to Byrd Road, thence
running by and with the centerline of Byrd Road in an easterly direction
944 feet more or less to Census Block No. 146, thence running by and
with the easterly perimeter of Census Block No. 146 in a northerly
direction to an adjacent Census Block No. 620 at Pilchard Creek fronting
on US Route 113 - Worcester Highway, thence running by and with the
easterly perimeter of Census Block No. 620 in a northeasterly direction
then northwesterly direction to US Route 113 - Worcester Highway,
thence running by and with the centerline of US Route 113 - Worcester
Highway to Betheden Church Road, thence running by and with the centerline
of Betheden Church Road in a southerly direction to Onley Road, thence
running by and with the centerline of Onley Road in an easterly direction
to a right-of-way for an electric transmission line, thence running
by and with the centerline of a right-of-way for an electric transmission
line which coincides with the perimeter of Census Block No. 1917 in
a southerly direction to Bird Hill Road, thence running by and with
the centerline of Bird Hill Road in a southerly direction 633 feet
more or less to Census Block No. 1915, thence running by and with
the perimeter of Census Block No. 1915 166 feet more or less to the
right-of-way of an electric transmission line, thence running by and
with the centerline of the right-of-way for an electric transmission
line, which coincides with the perimeter of Census Block Nos. 1644,
1915, 1938 and 1939, in a southerly direction to an electric transmission
station located on the north side of MD Route 366 - Stockton Road,
thence running by and with the easterly property line of the electric
transmission station property to MD Route 366 - Stockton Road, thence
running by and with the centerline of MD Route 366 - Stockton Road
in a westerly direction to the right-of-way for an electric transmission
line, said right-of-way coincides with the westerly perimeter of Census
Block Nos. 1631 and 1615, thence running by and with the westerly
perimeter of said census blocks in a southerly direction to Big Mill
Road, thence running by and with the centerline of Big Mill Road in
an easterly direction to MD Route 12 - Snow Hill Road, thence running
by and with the centerline of MD Route 12 - Snow Hill Road in a northerly
direction to Spring Hill Branch, thence running by and with the centerline
of Spring Hill Branch in a westerly direction to a right-of-way for
an electric transmission line, thence running by and with the centerline
of a right-of-way for an electric transmission line in a northerly
direction to US Route 113 - Worcester Highway, and thence running
by and with the centerline of US Route 113 - Worcester Highway in
a northeasterly direction to the place of beginning.
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Central district. The Central district
shall be designated as County Commissioner District Number Two and
shall be described as follows: Beginning at a point at the intersection
of US Route 113 - Worcester Highway and MD Route 346 - Old Ocean City
Boulevard, thence running by and with the centerline of MD Route 346
- Old Ocean City Boulevard in an easterly direction 3,380 feet more
or less to Census Block No. 3002 and the corporate limit line for
the Town of Berlin, thence running by and with the westerly perimeter
of Census Block No. 3002 or corporate limit line for the Town of Berlin
in a northerly direction to US Route 50 - Ocean Gateway, thence running
by and with the centerline of US Route 50 - Ocean Gateway in an easterly
direction to the intersection of western terminus of MD Route 707
- Grays Corner Road, thence running by and with the centerline of
MD Route 707 - Grays Corner Road in an easterly direction to a connector
road between MD Route 707 - Grays Corner Road and US Route 50 - Ocean
Gateway, thence running by and with the centerline of a connector
road between MD Route 707 - Grays Corner Road and US Route 50 - Ocean
Gateway in a southeasterly direction to US Route 50 - Ocean Gateway,
thence crossing US Route 50 - Ocean Gateway to Census Block No. 4298
which coincides with the corporate limit line for the Town of Berlin,
thence running by and with the easterly perimeter of said census block
in a southerly then westerly direction to Seahawk Road, thence running
by and with the centerline of Seahawk Road in a southerly direction
2,470 feet more or less to Census Block No. 4149, on the easterly
side of Seahawk Road (Census Block No. 4149 is a part of the Central
District), thence running by and with the boundary lines of Census
Block No. 4149 returning to Seahawk Road, thence running by and with
the centerline of Seahawk Road in a northerly direction 45 feet more
or less to Census Block No. 4148 situated on the westerly side of
Seahawk Road, thence running by and with the boundary lines of Census
Block No. 4148, (Census Block No. 4148 is not part of the Central
District), also coinciding with the 38C Legislative District line,
returning to Seahawk Road, thence running by and with the centerline
of Seahawk Road in a southerly direction to Mary Road in a southerly
direction 446 feet more or less to Census Block No. 2632, thence running
by and with said census block in an easterly direction continuing
to the adjacent Census Block No. 2634 in a southeasterly direction
to an abandoned railroad right-of-way once used by the Baltimore,
Chesapeake & Atlantic Railroad, both census blocks are contiguous
and adjacent to Mary Road, thence running by and with the centerline
of an abandoned railroad right-of-way once used by the Baltimore,
Chesapeake & Atlantic Railroad in an easterly direction to Holly
Grove Road, thence running by and with the centerline of Holly Grove
Road in a southerly direction to Sinepuxent Road, thence running by
and with the centerline of Sinepuxent Road in an easterly direction
to Census Block No. 3324 situated on the north side of Sinepuxent
Road 876 feet more or less from the intersection of Sinepuxent Road
and Antique Road, thence running by and with the perimeter of said
Census Block No. 3324 in a northerly direction to the abandoned railroad
right-of-way once used by the Baltimore, Chesapeake & Atlantic
Railroad, thence running by and with the centerline of the abandoned
railroad right-of-way once used by the Baltimore, Chesapeake &
Atlantic Railroad in an easterly direction 2040 feet more or less
to Census Block No. 3330, thence running by and with the southerly
perimeter of Census Block No. 3330 in a southerly then easterly direction
to MD Route 611 - Stephen Decatur Highway, thence running by and with
the centerline of MD Route 611 - Stephen Decatur Highway in a southerly
direction to MD Route 376 - Assateague Road, thence running by and
with the centerline of MD Route 376 - Assateague Road in a westerly
direction to the midpoint of the bridge at Ayer Creek, thence running
by and with the mid line of Ayer Creek in a northerly direction to
Sinepuxent Road, thence running by and with the centerline of Sinepuxent
Road in a westerly direction to MD Route 376 - Assateague Road, thence
running by and with the centerline of MD Route 376 - Assateague Road
in a westerly direction 68 feet more or less to Census Block No. 4052,
following said census block in a southerly direction 512 feet more
or less to Trappe Creek, thence running by and with the mid line of
Trappe Creek in a southeasterly direction to Ayres Creek, Newport
Bay, Chincoteague Bay to Scarboro Creek, thence running by and with
the centerline of Scarboro Creek in a westerly direction to the northerly
fork of Scarboro Creek to Taylor Road, thence running by and with
the centerline of Taylor Road in a southerly direction to MD Route
365 - Public Landing Road, thence running by and with the centerline
of MD Route 365 - Public Landing Road in a northwesterly direction
1.18 miles to Census Block No. 1537 adjacent to the southerly side
of MD Route 365 - Public Landing Road, thence running by and with
the southerly perimeter of said census block in a southerly then westerly
direction to the point of intersection with Census Block No. 1533,
continuing with the southerly and westerly perimeter of the census
block, returning to MD Route 365 - Public Landing Road, thence running
by and with the centerline of MD Route 365 - Public Landing Road in
a westerly direction to the right-of-way of an electric transmission
line, thence running by and with the centerline of the right-of-way
for the electric transmission line in a southerly direction to US
Route 113 - Worcester Highway, thence running by and with the centerline
of US Route 113 - Worcester Highway in a southwesterly direction to
the right-of-way for an electric transmission line, thence running
by and with the centerline of said right-of-way for an electric transmission
line in a southerly direction to Spring Hill Branch, thence running
by and with the centerline of Spring Hill Branch in an easterly direction
to MD Route 12 - Snow Hill Road, thence running by and with the centerline
of MD Route 12 - Snow Hill Road in a southerly direction to Big Mill
Road, thence running by and with the centerline of Big Mill Road in
a westerly direction 1.69 miles more or less to a farm lane, or 1,186
feet more or less from the intersection of Big Mill Road and Steel
Pond Road, said lane coincides with the boundary of Census Block No.
1615, thence running by and with the westerly perimeter of Census
Block Nos. 1613 and 1615, which also coincides with a right-of-way
for an electric transmission line, in a northerly direction to MD
Route 366 - Stockton Road, thence running by and with the centerline
of MD Route 366 - Stockton Road in an easterly direction 106 feet
more or less to the easterly side property line of an electrical substation,
thence running by and with the eastern property line of the electrical
substation in a northerly direction to the right-of-way for an electric
transmission line, thence running by and with the centerline of the
right-of-way for an electric transmission line in a northerly direction
following the perimeter of Census Block Nos. 1644, 1915, 1938 and
1939 to Bird Hill Road, thence running by and with the centerline
of Bird Hill Road in a northeasterly direction 633 feet more or less
to Census Block No. 1917, thence running by and with the westerly
perimeter of the census block which coincides with the right-of-way
for an electric transmission line in a northerly direction to Onley
Road, thence running by and with the centerline of Onley Road in a
westerly direction to Betheden Church Road, thence running by and
with the centerline of Betheden Church Road in a northwesterly direction
to US Route 113 - Worcester Highway, thence running by and with the
centerline of US Route 113 - Worcester Highway in a southwesterly
direction to Census Block No. 620 which is 1,495 feet more or less
east of Pilchard Creek, thence running by and with the southerly perimeter
of said census block and the adjacent Census Block No. 146, both of
which are contiguous and front on US Route 113 - Worcester Highway,
in a southerly direction to Bryd Road, thence running by and with
the centerline of Bryd Road in a westerly direction to Census Block
No. 137 situated on the southerly side of Byrd Road, thence running
by and with the easterly perimeter of Census Block Nos. 137 and 75
in a southwesterly direction to Groton Road, thence running by and
with the centerline of Groton Road in a southeasterly direction 718
feet more or less to Census Block No. 72, thence running by and with
the easterly perimeter of said census block in a southwesterly direction
to Newtown Park Road, thence running by and with the centerline of
Newtown Park Road in a northwesterly direction to US Route 113 - Worcester
Highway, thence running by and with the centerline of US Route 113
- Worcester Highway in a northerly direction 180 feet more or less
to Census Block No. 67, thence running by and with the southerly perimeter
of Census Block Nos. 67 and 928 in a northwesterly direction to Bypass
Road, thence running by and with the centerline of Bypass Road in
a southerly direction 100 feet more or less to Town Branch which coincides
with the perimeter of Census Block No. 759, thence running by and
with the perimeter of said census block returning to Bypass Road,
thence running by and with the centerline of Bypass Road in a northerly
direction to American Legion Road, thence running by and with the
centerline of American Legion Road in a southeasterly direction to
US Route 113 - Worcester Highway, thence running by and with the centerline
of US Route 113 - Worcester Highway in a southerly direction to US
Route 13 - Ocean Highway, thence running by and with the centerline
of US Route 13 - Ocean Highway in a northwesterly direction to a line
extending from Fourteenth Street, thence running by and with said
extension line and the centerline of Fourteenth Street in a southwesterly
direction to Snow Hill Lane, thence running by and with the centerline
of Snow Hill Lane in a northwesterly direction to Somerset Avenue,
thence running by and with the centerline of Somerset Avenue in a
northeasterly direction to Lynnhaven Drive, thence running by and
with the centerline of Lynnhaven Drive in a northwesterly direction
to Eighth Street, thence running by and with the centerline of Eighth
Street in a southwesterly direction to Oxford Street, thence running
by and with the centerline of Oxford Street in a northwesterly direction
to its terminus, which is in alignment with Census Block No. 862,
thence running by and with the perimeter of said census block in a
southwesterly direction to Market Street, thence running by and with
the centerline of Market Street in a northwesterly direction to Sixth
Street, thence running by and with the centerline of Sixth Street
in a northeasterly direction to Oxford Street, thence running by and
with the centerline of Oxford Street in a northwesterly direction
to Fourth Street, thence running by and with the centerline of Fourth
Street southwesterly to an unnamed alley between the Pocomoke Library
and Episcopal cemetery, thence running by and with the centerline
of said unnamed alley in a northwesterly direction to Third Street,
thence running by and with the centerline of Third Street in a northeasterly
direction to Linden Avenue, thence running by and with the centerline
of Linden Avenue in an easterly direction to US Route 13 - Ocean Highway,
thence crossing US Route 13 - Ocean Highway to MD Route 756 - Old
Snow Hill Road, thence running by and with the centerline of MD Route
756 - Old Snow Hill Road to Carter Road, thence running by and with
the centerline of Carter Road in a northeasterly direction to US Route
113 - Worcester Highway, thence running by and with the centerline
of US Route 113 - Worcester Highway in a northerly direction to Pilchard
Creek, thence running by and with the centerline of Pilchard Creek
in a northwesterly direction to the mid line of the Pocomoke River,
thence running by and with the mid line of the meanderings of the
Pocomoke River in a northeasterly direction to Census Block No. 2299
at the Snow Hill bridge, thence running by and with the northerly
perimeter of said census block in an easterly direction to US Business
Route 113 - Market Street, thence running by and with the centerline
of US Business Route 113 in a southwesterly direction to Green Street,
thence running by and with the centerline of Green Street in a southwesterly
direction to US Business Route 113, thence running by and with the
centerline of US Business Route 113 in a southwesterly direction to
Gunby Street, thence running by and with the centerline of Gunby Street
in a southeasterly direction to Federal Street, thence running by
and with the centerline of Federal Street in a southwesterly direction
to Morris Street, thence running by and with the centerline of Morris
Street in a southeasterly direction to Colbourne Lane, thence running
by and with the centerline of Colbourne Lane in a southwesterly direction
820 feet more or less to Census Block No. 1762, thence running by
and with the westerly perimeter of said census block in a southeasterly,
then northeasterly direction to MD Route 12 - Church Street, thence
running by and with the centerline of MD Route 12 - Church Street
in a northwesterly direction to the Maryland & Delaware Railroad
right-of-way, thence running by and with the centerline of Maryland
& Delaware Railroad right-of-way in a northeasterly direction
to Washington Street, thence running by and with the centerline of
Washington Street in a northwesterly direction to Federal Street,
thence running by and with the centerline of Federal Street in a northeasterly
direction to MD Route 365 - Bay Street, thence running by and with
the centerline of MD Route 365 - Bay Street in a southeasterly direction
to Timmons Street, thence running by and with the perimeter of Census
Block No. 2316 at the northeast corner of Timmons Street and MD Route
365 - Bay Street, (Census Block No. 2316 is part of the Central District),
returning to MD Route 365 - Bay Street, thence running by and with
the centerline of MD Route 365 - Bay Street in an easterly direction
to the corporate limit line for the Town of Snow Hill, thence running
by and with the centerline of the corporate limit line for the Town
of Snow Hill in a northwesterly direction to the Maryland & Delaware
Railroad right-of-way, thence running by and with the centerline of
Maryland & Delaware Railroad right-of-way in a northeasterly direction
to US Route 113 - Worcester Highway, thence running by and with the
centerline of US Route 113 - Worcester Highway in a northeasterly
direction to Census Block No. 1549, 760 feet more or less north of
the intersection of US Route 113 - Worcester Highway and Timmons Road,
thence running by and with the southerly perimeter of said census
block in a southeasterly direction to the Maryland & Delaware
Railroad right-of-way, thence running by and with the centerline of
the Maryland & Delaware Railroad right-of-way in a northeasterly
direction to US Route 113 - Worcester Highway, thence running by and
with the centerline of US Route 113 - Worcester Highway in a northeasterly
direction to Massey Branch, thence running by and with the centerline
of Massey Branch in a northerly direction to Newark Road, thence running
by and with the centerline of Newark Road in a westerly direction
to Tindley Road, thence running by and with the centerline of Tindley
Road in a northwesterly direction to Maryland & Delaware Railroad
right-of-way, thence running by and with the centerline of Maryland
& Delaware Railroad right-of-way, in a southwesterly direction
to Patey Woods Road, thence running by and with the centerline of
Patey Woods Road in a northerly direction to Bethards Road, thence
running by and with the centerline of Bethards Road in a northeasterly
direction to Ironshire Station Road, thence running by and with the
centerline of Ironshire Station Road in an easterly direction to Foreman
Road, thence running by and with the centerline of Forman Road in
a northerly direction to its terminus, then following the perimeter
of Census Block No. 1199 coinciding with Foreman Road to Cedar Lane
Road, thence running by and with the centerline of Cedar Lane Road
in an easterly direction to Evans Road, thence running by and with
the centerline of Evans Road in a southerly direction to Ironshire
Station Road, thence running by and with the centerline of Ironshire
Station Road in an easterly direction to the Maryland & Delaware
Railroad right-of-way, thence running by and with the centerline of
the Maryland & Delaware Railroad right-of-way in a southerly direction
to a line which is an extension of Williams Church Road, thence running
by and with the said extension and the centerline of Williams Church
Road in a southeasterly direction to Newark Road, thence running by
and with the centerline of Newark Road in a southeasterly direction
to US Route 113 - Worcester Highway, thence running by and with the
centerline of US Route 113 - Worcester Highway to Census Block No.
1140 situated on the westerly side of US Route 113 - Worcester Highway,
2,157 feet more or less north of the intersection of US Route 113
- Worcester Highway and Hayes Landing Road, thence running by and
with the perimeter of said census block, returning to US Route 113
- Worcester Highway (Census Block No. 1140 is part of the Central
district), thence running by and with the centerline of US Route 113
- Worcester Highway in a northerly direction 307 feet more or less
to Census Block No. 2573 situated on the westerly side of US Route
113 - Worcester Highway, thence running by and with the perimeter
of said census block, returning to US Route 113 - Worcester Highway
(Census Block No. 2573 is part of the Central district), thence running
by and with the centerline of US Route 113 - Worcester Highway in
a northerly direction to MD Route 818 - South Main Street (southbound
merge lane), thence running by and with the centerline of MD Route
818 - South Main Street (southbound merge lane) in a northerly direction
1,250 feet more or less to Census Block No. 3889, thence running by
and with the southerly perimeter of said census block in an easterly
direction to US Route 113 - Worcester Highway, thence running by and
with the centerline of US Route 113 - Worcester Highway in a northerly
direction to MD Route 376 - Bay Street, thence running by and with
the centerline of MD Route 376 - Bay Street in a westerly direction
to Pitts Street, thence running by and with the centerline of Pitts
Street in a westerly direction to Vine Street, to Census Block No.
4380 situated at the corner of Vine Street and Williams Street, (Census
Block No. 4380 is not part of the Central District), thence to Williams
Street, thence running by and with the centerline of Williams Street
in a northerly direction to Franklin Avenue, thence running by and
with the centerline of Franklin Avenue in an easterly direction to
US Route 113 - Worcester Highway, and thence running by and with the
centerline of US Route 113 - Worcester Highway in a northerly direction
to the place of beginning.
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Sinepuxent district. The Sinepuxent district
shall be designated as County Commissioner District Number Three and
shall be described as follows: Beginning at a point at the intersection
of US Route 113 - Worcester Highway and Georgetown Road, thence running
by and with the centerline of Georgetown Road in an easterly direction
to Griffin Road, thence running by and with the centerline of Griffin
Road in an easterly direction to MD Route 707 - Grays Corner Road,
thence running by and with the centerline of MD Route 707 - Grays
Corner Road in an easterly direction to MD Route 589 - Racetrack Road,
thence running by and with the centerline of MD Route 589 - Racetrack
Road in a southerly direction to US Route 50 - Ocean Gateway, thence
running by and with the centerline of US Route 50 - Ocean Gateway
in an easterly direction to Herring Creek, thence running by and with
the mid line of Herring Creek in a northerly direction to the mid
line of Turville Creek, continuing in a northerly and easterly direction
around Keyser Point to the midline of the Isle of Wight Bay northeast
of Dog and Bitch Islands, thence in a southerly direction by and with
the mid lines of Isle of Wight and the Sinepuxent Bays around Captain's
Hill and Drum Point to the Ocean City Inlet, thence in an easterly
direction out the Ocean City Inlet so far as the sovereignty of the
County Commissioners of Worcester extends, thence in a general southerly
direction in the Atlantic Ocean to an easterly projection of the Maryland
- Virginia state line, thence by and with the state line dividing
Maryland and Virginia or the county line dividing Worcester County,
Maryland and Accomack County, Virginia both being the same, in a westerly
direction to its intersection with the mid line of the Chincoteague
Bay, Newport Bay, Ayer Creek and Trappe Creek and its meanderings
in a northerly and westerly direction to within approximately 380
feet of the bridge on Harrison Road, thence extending a line approximately
512 feet in length in a northerly direction to MD Route 376 - Assateague
Road along the easterly side of Census Block No. 4052, thence running
by and with the centerline of MD Route 376 - Assateague Road in an
easterly direction to Sinepuxent Road, thence running by and with
the centerline of Sinepuxent Road in an easterly direction to Ayer
Creek, thence running by and with the mid line of Ayer Creek to the
bridge on MD Route 376 - Assateague Road, thence running by and with
the centerline of MD Route 376 - Assateague Road in an easterly direction
to MD Route 611 - Stephen Decatur Highway, thence running by and with
the centerline of MD Route 611 - Stephen Decatur Highway in a northerly
direction to a point 1,227 feet more or less from the abandoned railroad
right-of-way formerly part of the Baltimore, Chesapeake & Atlantic
Railroad, thence running by and with the centerline of the edge of
Census Block Nos. 3324 and 3330 in a westerly then northerly direction
to the abandoned railroad right-of-way formerly part of the Baltimore,
Chesapeake & Atlantic Railroad, thence running by and with the
centerline of railroad right-of-way in a westerly direction 2,040
feet more or less to Census Block No. 4163, thence running by and
with the easterly perimeter of said census block in a southerly direction
to Sinepuxent Road, thence running by and with the centerline of Sinepuxent
Road in a westerly direction to Holly Grove Road, thence running by
and with the centerline of Holly Grove Road in a northerly direction
to the abandoned railroad right-of-way formerly part of the Baltimore,
Chesapeake & Atlantic Railroad, thence running by and with the
centerline of the abandoned railroad right-of-way formerly part of
the Baltimore, Chesapeake & Atlantic Railroad in a westerly direction
4,760 feet more or less to an unnamed stream which coincides with
the boundaries of Census Block No. 2634, thence running by and with
the centerline of the unnamed stream which coincides with the boundaries
of said census block in a northerly direction to the intersection
with the adjacent Census Block No. 2632, thence running by and with
the centerline of the boundary of the second census block both of
which are located on the easterly side of Mary Road in a northerly
then westerly direction to Mary Road, thence running by and with the
centerline of Mary Road in a northerly direction to Seahawk Road,
thence running by and with the centerline of Seahawk Road in a northerly
direction 46 feet more or less to Census Block No. 4148 located on
the westerly side of Seahawk Road, thence running by and with the
boundaries of Census Block No. 4148, (Census Block No. 4148 is a part
of the Sinepuxent District), also coinciding with the 38C Legislative
District line, returning to Seahawk Road, thence running by and with
the centerline of Seahawk Road in a southerly direction 45 feet more
or less to another Census Block No. 4149 located on the easterly side
of Seahawk Road, thence running by and with the boundaries of Census
Block No. 4149, (Census Block No. 4149 is not part of the Sinepuxent
District), returning to Seahawk Road, thence running by and with the
centerline of Seahawk Road in a northerly direction 2,470 feet more
or less to Census Block No. 4298 which coincides with the corporate
limit line of the Town of Berlin extending on the easterly side of
Seahawk Road, thence by and with the boundary of the census block
in a northerly direction to US Route 50 - Ocean Gateway, crossing
US Route 50 - Ocean Gateway following the centerline of a connector
road to MD Route 707 - Grays Corner Road, thence running by and with
the centerline of MD Route 707 - Grays Corner Road crossing MD Route
452 - Friendship Road to MD Route 50 - Ocean Gateway, thence running
by and with the centerline of US Route 50 - Ocean Gateway which coincides
with the corporate limit line for the Town of Berlin in a westerly
direction to a point where the corporate limit line makes a 90°
turn (at Census Block No. 3002) and runs in a southerly direction
to MD Route 346 - Old Ocean City Boulevard, thence running by and
with the centerline of MD Route 346 - Old Ocean City Boulevard in
a westerly direction to US Route 113 - Worcester Highway, thence running
by and with the centerline of US Route 113 - Worcester Highway in
a southerly direction to Franklin Avenue, thence running by and with
the centerline of Franklin Avenue in a westerly direction to Williams
Street, thence running by and with the centerline of Williams Street
in a southerly direction 1,840 feet more or less to Census Block No.
4380 located at the corner of Williams Street and Vine Street, (Census
Block No. 4380 is part of the Sinepuxent District), thence running
by and with the perimeter of said census block in an easterly then
southerly direction to Vine Street, thence running by and with the
centerline of Vine Street in an easterly then southerly direction
to Pitts Street, thence running by and with the centerline of Pitts
Street in an easterly direction to MD Route 376 - Bay Street, thence
running by and with the centerline of MD Route 376 - Bay Street in
an easterly direction to US Route 113 - Worcester Highway, thence
running by and with the centerline of US Route 113 - Worcester Highway
in a southerly direction 3,774 feet more or less to a Census Block
No. 2590 which is situated between US Route 113 - Worcester Highway
and MD Route 818 - South Main Street, thence running by and with the
northerly perimeter of said census block in a westerly direction 806
feet more or less to MD Route 818 - South Main Street, thence running
by and with the centerline of MD Route 818 - South Main Street in
a southerly direction to Buckingham Lane, thence running by and with
the centerline of Buckingham Lane in a northwesterly direction to
the Maryland & Delaware Railroad right-of-way, thence running
by and with the centerline of Maryland & Delaware Railroad right-of-way
in a northerly direction to MD Route 374 - Broad Street, thence running
by and with the centerline of MD Route 374 - Broad Street in a westerly
direction to Harrison Street, thence by and with the centerline of
Harrison Street in a northerly direction to MD Route 818 - North Main
Street, thence by and with the centerline of MD Route 818 - Main Street
in a northerly direction to MD Route 346 - Old Ocean City Boulevard,
thence by and with the centerline of MD Route 346 - Old Ocean City
Boulevard in an easterly direction to the Maryland & Delaware
Railroad right-of-way, thence by and with the centerline of the Maryland
& Delaware Railroad right-of-way to MD Route 818 - North Main
Street, and thence running by and with the centerline of MD Route
818 - North Main Street in an easterly direction to US Route 113 -
Worcester Highway, crossing US Route 113 - Worcester Highway to the
place of beginning.
(4)Â
Western district. The Western district
shall be designated as County Commissioner District Number Four and
shall be described as follows: Beginning at a point where the State
of Maryland and the State of Delaware intersect, specifically at the
intersection of Wicomico County, Maryland, Worcester County, Maryland
and Sussex County, Delaware, thence running by and with the state
line between Maryland and Delaware, and the county line between Sussex
County, Delaware and Worcester County, Maryland in an easterly direction
to Hotel Road, thence running by and with the centerline of Hotel
Road in a southerly direction to Old Stage Road, thence running by
and with the centerline of Old Stage Road in a southerly direction
to MD 575-I - Service Road B, thence running by and with the centerline
of MD Route 575-I - Service Road B in a westerly direction to US Route
113 - Worcester Highway, thence running by and with the centerline
of US Route 113 - Worcester Highway in a southerly direction 3,275
feet more or less to a point which is the beginning of the curve of
the original alignment of US Route 113 - Worcester Highway prior to
dualization, to the end of the curve at Danzi Road, thence running
by and with the centerline of Danzi Road to its terminus, thence extending
a straight line projecting from the terminus of Danzi Road in a southerly
direction to US Route 113 - Worcester Highway, thence running by and
with the centerline of US Route 113 - Worcester Highway in a southerly
direction 1,500 feet more or less to a point, at said point extending
a straight line to be in alignment with the terminus of MD Route 575-B,
access road, thence running by and with the said extension and centerline
of MD Route 575-B in a southerly direction to a point which is the
original alignment of US Route 113 - Worcester Highway prior to dualization,
continuing to MD Route 575-A - West Frontage Road, thence running
by and with the centerline of MD Route 575-A - West Frontage Road
in a southerly direction 2,100 feet more or less to a Point, thence
along the projection of a straight line from said point across the
north and southbound lanes of US Route 113 - Worcester Highway to
the intersection of an off ramp associated with the northbound lane
of US Route 113 - Worcester Highway, and MD Route 575 - Worcester
Highway formerly US Route 113 - Worcester Highway, thence running
by and with the centerline of MD Route 575 - Worcester Highway in
a southerly direction to Crippen Branch, thence running by and with
the centerline of Crippen Branch in a southeasterly direction to Cathell
Road, thence running by and with the centerline of Cathell Road in
a southerly direction to Adkins Road, thence running by and with the
centerline of Adkins Road in an easterly direction to Crippen Branch,
thence running by and with the centerline of Crippen Branch in a southerly
direction to Taylorville Creek, thence running by and with the centerline
of Taylorville Creek in a westerly direction to MD Route 452 - Friendship
Road, thence running by and with the centerline of MD Route 452 -
Friendship Road in a southerly direction to Griffin Road, thence running
by and with the centerline of Griffin Road in a westerly direction
to Georgetown Road, thence running by and with the centerline of Georgetown
Road to US Route 113 - Worcester Highway, thence crossing US Route
113 - Worcester Highway to MD Route 818 - North Main Street, thence
running by and with the centerline of MD Route 818 - North Main Street
in a westerly direction to the railroad right-of-way, thence running
by and with the centerline of the railroad right-of-way in a southerly
direction to MD Route 346 - Old Ocean City Boulevard, thence running
by and with the centerline of MD Route 346 - Old Ocean City Boulevard
in a westerly direction to MD Route 818 - North Main Street, thence
running by and with the centerline of MD Route 818 - North Main Street
in a southerly direction to Harrison Street, thence running by and
with the centerline of Harrison Street in a southerly direction to
MD Route 374 - Broad Street, thence running by and with the centerline
of MD Route 374 - Broad Street in an easterly direction to the railroad
right-of-way, thence running by and with the centerline of the railroad
right-of-way in a southerly direction to Evans Road, thence running
by and with the centerline of Evans Road or Buckingham Lane (within
the Town of Berlin) in an easterly direction to MD Route 818 - South
Main Street, thence running by and with the centerline of MD Route
818 - South Main Street in a southerly direction to the merge lane
of MD Route 818 - South Main Street to US Route 113 - Worcester Highway,
thence running by and with the centerline of US Route 113 - Worcester
Highway in a southerly direction 2,460 feet more or less to Census
Block No. 2573 situated on the westerly side of and adjacent to US
Route 113 - Worcester Highway and 147 feet more or less north of an
unnamed stream, (Census Block No. 2573 is not part of the Western
District), going around the census block returning to US Route 113
- Worcester Highway, thence running by and with the centerline of
US Route 113 - Worcester Highway in a southerly direction 307 feet
more or less south of same unnamed stream to Census Block No. 1140
situated on the westerly side of US Route 113 - Worcester Highway,
(Census Block No. 1140 is not part of the Western District), going
around the census block returning to US Route 113 - Worcester Highway,
thence running by and with the centerline of US Route 113 - Worcester
Highway in a southerly direction to Newark Road, thence running by
and with the centerline of Newark Road in a northwesterly direction
to Williams Church Road, thence running by and with the centerline
of Williams Church Road in a northerly direction to the intersection
of Williams Church Road and Mulberry Road, thence from said intersection
extending a straight line more or less perpendicular in a northwesterly
direction to the Maryland & Delaware Railroad right-of-way, thence
running by and with the centerline of the Maryland & Delaware
Railroad right-of-way in a northeasterly direction to Ironshire Station
Road, thence running by and with the centerline of Ironshire Station
Road in a westerly direction to Evans Road, thence running by and
with the centerline of Evans Road in a northerly direction to Cedar
Lane Road, thence running by and with the centerline of Cedar Lane
Road in a westerly direction 2,596 feet more or less to Census Block
No. 1199, thence running by and with the westerly perimeter of the
census block to its intersection with Forman Road, thence running
by and with the centerline of Forman Road in a southerly direction
to Ironshire Station Road, thence running by and with the centerline
of Ironshire Station Road in a westerly direction to Bethards Road,
thence running by and with the centerline of Bethards Road in a westerly
then southerly direction to Patey Woods Road, thence running by and
with the centerline of Patey Woods Road in a southerly then easterly
direction to the Maryland & Delaware Railroad right-of-way, thence
running by and with the centerline of Maryland & Delaware Railroad
right-of-way in a northeasterly direction to Tindley Road, thence
running by and with the centerline of Tindley Road in a southeasterly
direction to Newark Road, thence running by and with the centerline
of Newark Road in a northeasterly direction 115 feet more or less
to Massey Branch, thence running by and with the centerline of Massey
Branch to US Route 113 - Worcester Highway, thence running by and
with the centerline of US Route 113 - Worcester Highway in a westerly
direction to the Maryland & Delaware Railroad right-of-way, south
of Newark, thence running by and with the centerline of Maryland &
Delaware Railroad right-of-way in a southwesterly direction to south
edge of Census Block No. 1549 which is 580 feet north of Timmons Road,
thence running by and with the southerly perimeter of said census
block in a westerly direction to US Route 113 - Worcester Highway,
thence running by and with the centerline of US Route 113 - Worcester
Highway to Maryland & Delaware Railroad right-of-way, north side
of the Town of Snow Hill, thence running by and with the centerline
of Maryland & Delaware Railroad right-of-way in a southerly direction
3,350 feet more or less to the corporate limit line of the Town of
Snow Hill, thence by and with the corporate limit line of Town of
Snow Hill in a southeasterly direction to MD Route 365 - Bay Street,
thence running by and with the centerline of MD Route 365 - Bay Street
in a westerly direction 1,080 feet more or less to Census Block No.
2316 at the corner of MD Route 365 - Bay Street and Timmons Street,
(Census Block No. 2316 is not part of the Western District), thence
running by and with the perimeter of said census block in a northerly
then westerly direction to Timmons Street, thence running by and with
the centerline of Timmons Street in a southerly direction to MD Route
365 - Bay Street, thence running by and with the centerline of MD
Route 365 - Bay Street in a westerly direction to Federal Street,
thence running by and with the centerline of Federal Street in a southwesterly
direction to Washington Street, thence running by and with the centerline
of Washington Street in a southeasterly direction to the Maryland
& Delaware Railroad right-of-way, thence running by and with the
centerline of Maryland & Delaware Railroad right-of-way in a southwesterly
direction to MD Route 12 - Church Street, thence running by and with
the centerline of MD Route 12 - Church Street in a southeasterly direction
to Census Block No. 1762 which coincides with the corporate limit
line of the Town of Snow Hill, thence running by and with the southwesterly
perimeter of said census block in a westerly and southerly direction
to Coulbourne Lane, thence running by and with the centerline of Coulbourne
Lane in a northeasterly direction to Morris Street, thence running
by and with the centerline of Morris Street in a northwesterly direction
to Federal Street, thence running by and with the centerline of Federal
Street in a northeasterly direction to Gunby Street, thence running
by and with the centerline of Gunby Street in a northwesterly direction
to US Business Route 113 - Market Street, thence running by and with
the centerline of US Business Route 113 - Market Street in a northeasterly
direction to Green Street, thence running by and with the centerline
of Green Street in a northeasterly direction to US Business Route
113 - Market Street, thence running by and with the centerline of
US Business Route 113 - Market Street in a northeasterly direction
920 feet more or less to the boundary of a Census Block No. 2295;
thence running by and with the northerly perimeter of said census
block in a northerly then westerly direction to the Pocomoke River,
thence running by and with the mid line of meanderings of the Pocomoke
River in a southerly direction to Dividing Creek which coincides with
the boundary between Somerset County, Maryland and Worcester County,
Maryland, thence running by and with the centerline of said county
line between Somerset County, Maryland and Worcester County, Maryland
in a northerly direction to the point of intersection between Worcester
County, Wicomico County and Somerset County, Maryland, thence running
by and with the centerline of the county line between Wicomico County
and Worcester County, Maryland in an easterly direction to the place
of beginning.
(5)Â
Ocean Pines district. The Ocean Pines
district shall be designated as County Commissioner District Number
Five and shall be described as follows: Beginning at a point at the
intersection of Ocean Parkway and MD Route 589 - Racetrack Road at
the north gate of Ocean Pines, thence by and with the centerline of
Ocean Parkway east to Fairway Lane, thence projecting a straight line
in alignment with Fairway Lane in a southerly direction to the mid
line of a man-made canal locally referred to as Wood Duck Canal, situated
between Wood Duck Drive, Watertown Road and Westfield Circle, thence
by and with the mid line of Wood Duck Canal in a southerly direction
to the mid line of Manklin Creek (easterly perimeter of Census Block
No. 3655), thence by and with the mid line of Manklin Creek in an
easterly direction around Horse Island curving east then south to
the mid lines of Turville and Herring Creeks, tributaries of the Isle
of Wight Bay, thence by and with the mid lines of Turville Creek and
Herring Creek in a southerly direction to a point where it meets a
line which is an easterly projection of the southerly boundary line
of Ocean Pines, thence running by and with the southern boundary line
of Ocean Pines in a westerly direction to MD Route 589 - Racetrack
Road, and thence by and with the centerline of MD Route 589 - Racetrack
Road in a northerly and northwesterly direction to the place of beginning.
(6)Â
Northern district. The Northern district
shall be designated as County Commissioner District Number Six and
shall be described as follows: Beginning at a point at the intersection
of Hotel Road and the boundary between the State of Maryland and the
State of Delaware specifically Sussex County, Delaware and Worcester
County, Maryland, thence running by and with the centerline of the
state line between Maryland and Delaware or the county line between
Sussex County, Delaware and Worcester County, Maryland being all the
same in an easterly direction to the mid line of Assawoman Bay, thence
running by and with the mid lines of the Assawoman Bay and Isle of
Wight Bay in a southerly direction to the mid line of Manklin Creek,
including all of the islands and hammocks adjacent or in close proximity
to the mainland, thence running by and with the mid line of Manklin
Creek to the mid line of a man-made canal locally referred to as Wood
Duck Canal, situated between Wood Duck Drive, Watertown Road and Westerfield
Circle, thence running by and with the mid line of Wood Duck Canal
to a point that intersects with a straight line projecting from and
in alignment with Fairway Lane (easterly perimeter of Census Block
No. 3655), thence running by and with said line to Ocean Parkway,
thence running by and with the centerline of Ocean Parkway in an easterly
direction to MD Route 589 - Racetrack Road, thence running by and
with the centerline of MD Route 589 - Racetrack Road in a southerly
direction to the southern boundary of Ocean Pines, thence running
by and with the southern boundary of Ocean Pines in an easterly direction
to a point which is the projection of the southern boundary of Ocean
Pines to the mid lines of Turville Creek and Herring Creek, thence
running by and with the mid lines of Turville Creek and Herring Creek
in a southerly direction to the Herring Creek bridge at US Route 50
- Ocean Gateway, thence running by and with the centerline of US Route
50 - Ocean Gateway in a westerly direction to MD Route 589 - Racetrack
Road, thence running by and with the centerline of MD Route 589 -
Racetrack Road in a northerly direction to MD Route 707 Grays Corner
Road, thence running by and with the centerline of MD Route 707 -
Grays Corner Road in a westerly direction to Griffin Road, thence
running by and with the centerline of Griffin Road in a westerly direction
to MD Route 452 - Friendship Road, thence running by and with the
centerline of MD Route 452 - Friendship Road in a northerly direction
to Taylorville Creek, thence running by and with the centerline of
Taylorville Creek in a northeasterly direction to Crippen Branch,
thence running by and with the centerline of Crippen Branch in a northerly
direction to Adkins Road, thence running by and with the centerline
of Adkins Road in a westerly direction to Cathell Road, thence running
by and with the centerline of Cathell Road in a northerly direction
to Crippen Branch, thence running by and with the centerline of Crippen
Branch in a westerly direction to MD Route 575 - Worcester Highway
(Old US Route 113), thence running by and with the centerline of MD
Route 575 - Worcester Highway in a northerly direction to the off
ramp associated with the northbound lane of US Route 113 - Worcester
Highway, thence along the projection of a straight line from the intersection
of MD Route 575 - Worcester Highway and the off ramp of US Route 113
- Worcester Highway, across US Route 113 - Worcester Highway in a
northwesterly direction to MD Route 575-A - West Frontage Road, thence
running by and with the centerline of West Frontage Road in a northerly
direction 2,100 feet more or less to a point which is the original
alignment of US Route 113 - Worcester Highway prior to dualization,
continuing to MD Route 575-B - Worcester Highway at the Village of
Showell, thence running by and with the centerline of MD Route 575-B
- Worcester Highway in a northerly direction to its terminus at a
cul-de-sac, thence along the projection of a straight line from the
terminus of MD Route 575-B - Worcester Highway in a northerly direction
1,500 feet more or less across US Route 113 - Worcester Highway to
the terminus of MD Route 575-E - Danzi Road (located on the easterly
side of US Route 113 - Worcester Highway), thence running by and with
the centerline of MD Route 575-E - Danzi Road in a northerly direction
550 feet more or less to a point which is the beginning of the curve
of the original alignment of US Route 113 - Worcester Highway prior
to dualization, to the end of the curve at US Route 113 - Worcester
Highway, thence running by and with the centerline of US Route 113
- Worcester Highway in a northerly direction to MD Route 575-I - Service
Road B (located on the easterly side of US Route 113 - Worcester Highway
(northbound lane), thence running by and with the centerline of MD
Route 575-I - Service Road B in an easterly direction to Old Stage
Road, thence running by and with the centerline of Old Stage Road
in a northerly direction to Hotel Road, and thence running by and
with the centerline of Hotel Road in a northerly direction to the
place of beginning.
(7)Â
Ocean City district. The Ocean City district
shall be designated as County Commissioner District Number Seven and
shall be described as follows: Bounded on the north by the Transpeninsular
Line erected originally by Colonial Surveyors in the mid 18th Century,
erroneously run from the "False Cape," Cape Fenwick rather than from
Cape Henlopen as agreed between the heirs and successors of William
Penn and Lord Baltimore to the main waters of the Chesapeake Bay and
which is often mistaken for the Mason-Dixon Line but which, regardless
of name, now separates the County of Worcester, State of Maryland
from the State of Delaware; bounded on the east by the Atlantic Ocean;
bounded on the south by the Ocean City Inlet; and bounded on the west
by the midline of the Sinepuxent Bay, Isle of Wight Bay, Assawoman
Bay, and Fenwick Ditch; and including all lands within the corporate
limits of the Town of Ocean City, and also a peninsula of land situated
between the Fenwick Ditch and the Assawoman Bay locally referred to
as Edgewater Acres, Yellow Banks, or Glen Acres.
(b)Â
County Commissioner district maps. The maps
attached hereto are made a part of this section and shall be included
in the Code of Public Local Laws of Worcester County, Maryland as
Appendix II. They shall be used as guides in interpreting district
boundaries.
(c)Â
Conflicts between text and maps. The County
Commissioner district boundary lines shall be interpreted by the Board
of Election Supervisors in accordance with the text of the law using
the maps to aid in such interpretation. The boundary lines as described
in the text shall govern in the event of any and all otherwise unresolvable
inconsistencies. The Board of Election Supervisors in making interpretations
shall be provided by the County Commissioners with such census data,
paper and electronic, as may be reasonably necessary to determine
all district boundary lines. In addition, aerial photographs, other
maps and data may be used. Where roads, waterways and other features
have varying names, the Board of Election Supervisors shall interpret
this section in accordance with the best evidence and the legislative
findings hereof.
[Amended 8-19-1986 by Bill No. 86-6]
The salary and traveling expenses of each of the Commissioners
shall be as set by resolution of the County Commissioners. The County
Commissioners shall adopt said resolution, which shall set the salary
and expenses of the County Commissioners for the forthcoming term,
prior to each general election for the office of County Commissioner.
The salaries of the County Commissioners shall not be increased or
decreased during their terms in office. A County Commissioner may
also receive additional allowance or reimbursement for specific extraordinary
expenses actually incurred in the course of his official duties as
may have been specifically authorized and approved by the County Commissioners.
[Added 5-15-1984 by Bill No. 84-4]
(a)Â
Intent. It is the legislative intention of
the County Commissioners that actions of the county government shall
be by act of the County Commissioners duly taken and not by the Commissioners
as individuals and that the county government shall not be bound by
the individual acts of Commissioners. Individual Commissioners and
county employees should, however, be able to serve the community or
independent nongovernmental boards, agencies and commissions, but
not as representatives of the county government except as specifically
authorized.
(b)Â
Limitation. No County Commissioner, designee
of the County Commissioners or county employee shall serve as a representative
of the County Commissioners or county government on any independent
nongovernmental board, agency or commission or organization except
where specifically prescribed or authorized by Public General Law
or Public Local Law or specifically authorized in individual cases
by resolution of the County Commissioners.
(c)Â
Private action. Nothing in this section shall
prohibit a Commissioner or county employee from sitting as a member
of such board, agency, commission or organization as an individual
and not in his capacity as a County Commissioner or as a county employee.
(d)Â
Actions nonbinding. The act of a Commissioner, a designee of the County Commissioners or other county employee sitting as a member of such a board, agency, commission or organization shall not be binding upon the County Commissioners or county government except in such cases where the Commissioner, designee or county employee is serving as a representative of the county government as provided in Subsection (b) hereof and then only where such action is specifically approved by the appropriate act of the County Commissioners duly taken.
[Added 4-16-1985 by Bill No. 85-1]
(a)Â
Selection by Commissioners; qualifications. In the event of a vacancy prior to the expiration of the term in the office of County Commissioner due to death, resignation or other reason, that vacancy shall be filled by a person selected by majority vote of the remaining members of the Board of County Commissioners from nominations submitted pursuant to Subsections (b) and (c) herein. The selection of a person to fill the vacancy shall be an executive act of the County Commissioners. The person chosen to fill the vacancy shall meet the same residency requirements and be of the same political party as the Commissioner who has vacated the office. The person chosen to fill the vacancy shall serve for the remainder of the unexpired term of the Commissioner who has vacated the office.
(b)Â
Nominations for vacancy. Within thirty days
of the creation of the vacancy, the State Central Committee of the
political party of the Commissioner who has vacated the office shall
submit to the Board of County Commissioners at least three nominations
to fill the vacancy. The individuals nominated shall meet the same
residency requirements as the Commissioner who has vacated the office.
In the event that the County Commissioners cannot select from the
nominations submitted, the Board of County Commissioners may request
additional nominations from the State Central Committee.
(c)Â
Public hearing required. The County Commissioners
shall hold a public hearing on the nominations submitted to fill the
vacancy.
(d)Â
Multiple vacancies. Should more than three
vacancies on the Board of County Commissioners occur simultaneously,
then those vacancies shall be filled by a special election to be held
within ninety days of the creation of those vacancies. The Commissioners
so elected shall meet the same residency requirements as the Commissioners
who have vacated the office. The Commissioners so elected shall serve
the remainder of the unexpired terms of the Commissioners who have
vacated the office.
[Amended 8-20-2002 by Bill No. 02-11]
[Added 8-19-1986 by Bill No. 86-6]
The Board of County Commissioners shall elect one of their members
to serve as the President of the Board of County Commissioners. The
duties of the President shall be to serve as Chairman of meetings
of the County Commissioners and to sign official documents on behalf
of the Board. The Commissioners shall also elect one of their members
to serve as Vice President, who shall assume the duties of the President
in his absence. The President and Vice President may perform such
additional functions as shall be specifically authorized and directed
by the Board of Commissioners.
[Added 8-20-2002 by Bill No. 02-11]
The Board of County Commissioners may, by resolution, authorize
and empower the Chief Administrative Officer to execute documents
other than deeds, bonds, resolutions, bills and laws, on behalf of
the County. Execution of a document by the Chief Administrative Officer
pursuant to any such resolution shall be binding as though executed
by the President of the Board of County Commissioners.
[Added 8-19-1986 by Bill No. 86-6; amended 8-20-2002 by Bill No. 02-11]
The Commissioners shall meet at least two days each month and
shall remain in session so long as may be necessary to properly transact
the business of the County as established on the meeting agenda. The
Commissioners shall meet at such other times after proper notice as
a majority of the entire Board may determine.
(a)Â
Decisions in open meetings. So that members
of the public are advised of the performance of the County Commissioners
and of the decisions that are reached in public activity, whenever
the County Commissioners make a decision or recommendation involving
official action, they shall conduct their business in an open and
public manner, unless such action is executive or otherwise permitted
to be taken in closed session by Public General Law.
[Amended 8-20-2002 by Bill No. 02-11]
(b)Â
Notice of meetings.
(1)Â
The County Commissioners shall give written public notice of
their regular meetings at the beginning of each calendar or fiscal
year or at the time the Commissioners begin to meet. This notice shall
include the dates, times and places of the meetings.
(2)Â
The County Commissioners shall give supplemental written public
notice of any special or rescheduled meeting no later than forty-eight
hours before the meeting. The notice shall include the agenda, date,
time and place of the meeting.
[Amended 12-18-1990 by Bill No. 90-15; 8-20-2002 by Bill No. 02-11; 9-20-2022 by Bill No. 22-17]
(a)Â
Regular legislative sessions. The County Commissioners
may hold a regular legislative session on the first, second, and third
Tuesdays of each month.
(b)Â
Additional legislative sessions. Additional
legislative sessions, not to exceed the total legislative sessions
in any one year as limited by law, may be held following due notice
as provided by law upon resolution of the County Commissioners.
(c)Â
Publication of bills. All bills other than
emergency bills, as provided by law or a fair summary thereof shall
be published in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the
County not less than two times between the time of the bill's introduction
and the time the hearing required by law is held on such bill. The
notice of publication of any such bill shall include information as
to the time, date and place of the hearing to be held on such bill
as required by law. The notice of publication may include such other
information as the County Commissioners may deem appropriate. In the
event that a bill is amended, it need not be readvertised.
(d)Â
Executive and legislative sessions on same day. Executive and legislative sessions may be held on the same day.
(e)Â
Bills not voted on declared defeated. Any
bill pending before the County Commissioners which is not passed or
defeated within one year from the date of the initial public hearing
thereon shall be declared defeated and may not be further considered
by the County Commissioners unless reintroduced in the same manner
in which any bill must be introduced.
(f)Â
Legislative procedures. Legislative procedures
shall be in accordance with Public General Law.
[Amended 8-20-2002 by Bill No. 02-11]
(a)Â
Quorum. Unless otherwise provided by law,
four Commissioners shall constitute a quorum.
(b)Â
Majority of total Board to govern actions. Unless otherwise provided by law, a majority of the total number
of Commissioners shall govern actions of the Board of County Commissioners.
(c)Â
Emergency executive action. Subject to the
provisions of this section as to required vote and quorum for participation,
the Board of County Commissioners may take emergency (as determined
by the Board) executive action where deemed appropriate and necessary
by the Commissioners through telephonic, electronic or other communication
techniques provided that a good faith effort is made to provide for
participation of all Commissioners.
(d)Â
Confirming action. Failure to strictly comply
with the requirements of this section shall not automatically void
any action taken not in compliance with such requirements unless void
by Public General Law. Any action not in compliance with these requirements
may be confirmed, nunc pro tunc, by the Commissioners, and if so,
shall be effective as of the original date of the action thereon.
