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Rye Brook board grants one-year exemptions for two large properties, requires electric blowers on sidewalks
Summary
The Rye Brook Village Board approved conditional one-year exemptions through Oct. 1, 2026 for Washington Park Plaza and Atria Rybrook from the seasonal ban on gas-powered leaf blowers, requiring electric blowers on sidewalks and stairwells while urging visible progress toward electrification.
The Rye Brook Village Board on a unanimous vote approved conditional one-year exemptions to the village's seasonal ban on gas-powered leaf blowers for two large properties, Washington Park Plaza and Atria Rybrook, extending relief through Oct. 1, 2026.
Deputy Mayor David Heiser, who opened the item in Mayor Jason Klene's absence, read the resolution language that grandfathered the two large properties under chapter 158, section 2.1 of the village code with conditions. The board made the exemptions contingent on the continued use of electric leaf blowers on sidewalks and stairwells and…
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