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Also attached to this agenda item: CAF - LL Intro 3 CRO 24-003 Zoning Text Amendment - Adult Entertainment Use February 28th Resolution 44-2024 Public Hearing LL... LL Intro 3 of 2024 - Adult Entertainment Use Businesses Memo to VB Local Law 3 of 2024 SEAF 1 - LL Intro 3 WAC Memo to VB re Local Law 3of 2024 Adult Entertainment

To: From: Date: March 13, 2024 Re: Local Law Intro 3 of 2024 The Village Board is holding a public hearing this evening on Local Law Introductory No. 3 of 2024, which would repeal Chapter 66 of the Village Code and incorporate it into Chapter 230 of the Village Code. The Village Board will not be voting on this law tonight. You may recall that in 2022, the Village undertook the process of reviewing the entire Village Code for inconsistencies, outdated references and other items which generally needed to be updated. This review process was undertaken by General Code, the publisher of our Village Code, and they identified more than 100 items which could potentially be updated. The Village staff has been working through these items since that time. One of the items identified was the chapter on Adult Entertainment Use Businesses. It was noted that “adult entertainment uses are not mentioned anywhere in Chapter 230, Zoning, including the listing of permitted principal uses or special permit uses for the LI District.” Upon further discussion with the Village Attorney, it was decided to incorporate the regulations on these businesses directly into the Zoning Chapter. The two items which are being changed as part of this incorporation are: the updating of definitions to reflect the current realities of today (the law was originally adopted in 1994) and the removal of the prohibitions against these businesses where residential uses are permitted. As has been mentioned by the Village Attorney previously, municipalities are not permitted to prohibit these businesses completely; there must be some area in the Village where such business are permitted to operate, albeit with strict standards. The Village decided long ago that the Light Industrial (LI) District would permit these businesses. With the addition of the transit-oriented community overlay zoning in the LI District, it has become necessary to tweak the original language to ensure the Village is not acting unconstitutionally. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you. Mayor Brian Pugh Trustees Nora Moriarty Nicholson Ian Murtaugh Cara Politi Len Simon Village Manager Bryan T. Healy Village Treasurer Daniel Tucker Village Clerk Pauline DiSanto Village of Croton-on-Hudson New York Stanley H. Kellerhouse Municipal Building One Van Wyck Street Croton-on-Hudson, NY 10520-2501