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Trustees renew one-year exemption for Cerebral Palsy of Westchester property from leaf-blower ban
Summary
The Board of Trustees approved a one-year renewal allowing Cerebral Palsy of Westchester to use gas-powered leaf blowers on larger commercial areas while requiring battery-powered blowers near residences, citing battery runtime and nonprofit budget constraints.
The Rye Brook Board of Trustees on March 25 approved a one-year exemption to the village's seasonal ban on gas-powered leaf blowers for the property owned by Cerebral Palsy of Westchester (CPW).
The exemption maintains the same conditions imposed the prior year: battery-powered blowers must be used within residential buffer zones and gas-powered blowers may be used on larger, commercial portions of the property. The board approved the…
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