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Board grants one-year extension to Doral Greens HOA on seasonal leaf blower ban with conditions
Summary
The Rye Brook Board of Trustees approved a one-year exemption/extension allowing Doral Greens HOA continued carve-outs from the village's seasonal gas-powered leaf blower ban, with the same conditions as the prior extension: no gas blowers on driveways/walkways during the ban and a minimum percentage of electric equipment used.
The Rye Brook Board of Trustees voted unanimously Tuesday to approve a one-year extension of an exemption for the Doral Greens homeowners association from the village's seasonal ban on gas-powered leaf blowers.
The extension applies to the local law in chapter 158 —2.1 that bans gas-powered leaf blowers from May 1 through Sept. 30. The trustees approved the HOA's application for an extension under the code provision that allows properties of five acres or more to seek a full or partial exemption.
The board resumed discussion after hearing a presentation from the HOA's attorney and the association's landscaping contractor. "I'm from the law firm Guy Schwartz and Jelenich on behalf of the applicant," said Russ Jelenich, who spoke for the HOA. Henry Valencia, president of Valencia Work Group, the…
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