Lori Lee Dickson

Regular Meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Croton-on-Hudson, NY, held on Wednesday, July 1, 2026, in the Georgianna Grant Meeting Room at the Stanley Kellerhouse Municipal Building, Van Wyck Street, Croton-on-Hudson, NY 10520. Mayor …

you. It's a project in a park Mhmm. That doesn't include a large venue Yeah. Concert hall or amphitheater, and it's it's also a previously disturbed area. So therefore, you're doing upgrades and renovations, and therefore, the new amendments add this…

Right. Before the referrals that you'll be making tonight.

we had talked about and you had suggested a date certain for this to become applicable and right now you're looking at 01/01/2027 as being the date that this becomes effective. That seemed to be a consensus in providing people with the opportunity to…

Brian, you can certainly chime in. But, generally, a zoning code text amendment takes a minimum of sixty days because of the requirement in New York State law that you must refer this to the county planning. And also in your local code, there are ref…

September. Conservative. September before you would be able to actually adopt a law once it's finalized. And then, there's usually a ten day lag once you send the law up to the Department of State for for, filing because it's required to be filed, us…

Yep. When they're looking at this and certainly explaining that it takes, sixty days at least. And, for a zoning again, you know, the zoning code is sacrosancted. There are certain requirements you have to do. So I just had advised to date certain in…

There describe are the standard enforcement provisions in your zoning code. And again, it it's not intended that you make stricter enforcement requirements just for this law. That basically, it's a sort of an equal protection thing that you all, all …

no no intent to punish anybody above and beyond. No intent, to to forgive anybody above and beyond. It's all in accordance with what already exists.

Your honesty. And and the comments I've received thus far appear to be very knowledgeable, and and it's helpful to have an engaged board in this way. Yeah. So thank you. And an engaged public. I was just gonna say. Yeah. Right.

A Work Session of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Croton-on-Hudson, NY was held on Wednesday, June 24, 2026, at 7:00 PM in the Georgianna Grant Meeting Room of the Stanley H. Kellerhouse Municipal Building. The following officials were prese…

The Croton Board of Trustees tackled a packed work session agenda June 24, advancing plans to study battery energy storage on village land, overhauling winter parking rules for business districts, and wrestling with the intricacies of chicken and duc…

is appropriate to move forward once Yeah. Lindsay gets the information from any interested parties. Since it's municipal property, that's the public trust doctrine. So you're involved at the very start to make sure that's So before yeah. I think that…

Then what happens? There's It a comes here, and you have to determine whether it's inappropriate use of this particular public property. I mean, you you don't it's an RFP. It's not a solicitation of bids that binds you to a contract. It's it's to to …

the use because a special permit is a specially permitted use. So you've gone through the regulatory process and that legislative effort that you took to determine where it was most appropriate, which which zones. Right. And the special use permit fo…

Is the consultant going to prepare a contract? Or how do how do you deal with the consultant? Thousand dollars. Are we gonna are we gonna sorry. Go ahead, Lindsay. As a vendor so the consultant would get paid.

it certainly would meet your Yeah. Procurement, and it's a a professional services. It's an a vendor that's in your system. So certainly, you could vote to appropriate, $2,000.

rain gardens, ways to reduce the flush of storms into your existing storm water system.

storm water upgrade or improvement. I think it's specifically for drinking water and

And certainly, if the grant will fund your design and engineering, the soft costs that other grants don't fund, that might be a good way for you to accomplish something so it becomes shovel ready for the next round of grants. Yes.

we're Committee, like Well, we're not we don't have one. We we weren't awarded New York Forward, so we don't have a No. But I was wondering. It says an initial meeting took place to discuss the boundary area project. So Yeah. The reason I bring it up…

Us towards the part of the village. I was just gonna say, usually, this has to relate to the sort of the downtown area. So Yeah. Sometimes you can bend we just went through this process in lengthy detail in Dobbs Ferry, and you sometimes you can bend…

Do you wanna look at the third? The proposed language on farm animals in May 2026.

Properties. Yeah. But they must be confined, I think. And

You know, I offered to take the dogs home the last time, so I probably could take the mallets home this time if you'd like. Yeah. Thank you, counsel. No problem. Right. Yeah. It's just a question of whether

Okay. I don't know. I feel so overwhelmed by this topic.

if you're gonna define and limit to ducks and chickens, that will exclude pigeons and geese and roosters. Yeah. Roosters are already prohibited. Yeah. Right. Exactly. But I mean, like So that I'll take care of it and and surveillance. As to as to you…

and that's why she's asking the question two and question three is, do you wanna just move on this or do you wanna do the the livestock questions and and do it as a one fell swoop? It's

three months or, like, within a certain time? Well, that's very good be the issue of the code enforcement officer. He would issue a notice of violation.

notice would be to obtain compliance. Nobody wants to have to take these issues Right. To justice court. Yeah. But yeah. So it's a time certain that we just don't know what it is yet until until you guys draft it up. Yep. And and Well, I mean, we can…

I mean, like, it's probably already in your code. Yep. So yeah. Reference.

that so the person could make a complaint. We could, if we wanted to, consider importing them. I don't think you can because what you're trying to you have it it has to be self sustaining information in order to obtain appearance in justice court. In…

I don't know that it does work for a I think that you you don't have standing to bring to local justice court

possible here with the zoning code in. The zoning code is in the nature of a criminal violation. It it's prosecuted as criminal violation across the board. So the Whereas the dog is civil. The dog is a civil situation. So in this case, you couldn't h…

No. The the code enforcement officer issues that notice a violation. Which takes you to to Village

Like an aviary Yeah. Structure.

Well, why why wouldn't you put that in your definition of coop at some place that it needs to be constructed in such a way that the animals cannot fly or escape

Well check. Have our we have our resident farmer. I I am not aware that you have to buy them in. I thought it was, a New York state then. At the at the the tractor supply, you can buy one. You can do it. Just wanna point that out. One duck, one goose…

Or whatever it is. Once you have the structure

that you're adopting. So this is the protection against the impacts to the neighbors. The fact that you're regulating it to this extent Right. Is all that you need to do to make sure your neighbors are protected or your adjoining property owners or T…

you can do that. But I don't know that having people come in with placards that say, you know, down with chickens is really gonna help the the process of of regulating this use.

Okay. You know, the the regulations that you're adopting. Okay.

Which is related to question three. So she just wants to know if you wanna move forward on this. Well, no. Was saying, do we want vacuum, or do you wanna wait to do Oh, yes. Livestock at the same time and bring it all back in I know the mayor's prefe…

there is well, no. Actually No. I'm just I'm just kidding. Because that's how we got into trouble with foul. I don't to be honest We're not using that word. I don't think they are defined in the code, but Valerie has a has a proposed definition. Alri…

Well, I think that was but I think that was where That was her question. Sherry, do you wanna just put that in here?

Have you heard of braying donkey at 06:00 in the morning? I'm just saying. Oh. Because I have. You would you would know if it was there. Yes. You would know if there was a donkey living next door. Yeah. Okay. Okay. I think we're done. So do you want …

do you wanna incorporate that chart?

I just don't want you to to if you have people who have horses, I just don't want you to make them illegal just by virtue of this code.

that when you adopt this and it becomes effective,

under the code. Right. Because you're saying a domestic animal shall not include any farm animals.