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Rye Brook approves one-year exemptions to gas-powered leaf blower ban for two properties with electric-only condition near buildings
Summary
The Rye Brook Board of Trustees approved one-year exemptions to the village's seasonal ban on gas-powered leaf blowers for Atria Ryebrook and 699 Westchester Ave., requiring battery-operated blowers on sidewalks and pathways adjacent to the buildings through Oct. 1, 2025.
The Rye Brook Board of Trustees on March 11 approved one-year exemptions for two large properties from the village's seasonal ban on gas-powered leaf blowers, but required battery-operated blowers be used in sidewalks and pathways closest to each building.
The exemptions apply to Atria Ryebrook and to 699 Westchester Ave. (the former Westchester Hilton). The board's resolutions renew prior one-year exemptions and extend the approvals through Oct. 1, 2025, covering the village's May 1'Sept. 30 ban period.
The board framed the approvals around the ordinance that enacted the seasonal ban (Village Code Chapter 158, Section 2.1) and the…
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