City of Mount Vernon, New York - File #: TMP -250

• File #: TMP -250
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 11/29/2023
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 12/13/2023
• Final action: 12/13/2023
• Title: CIty Clerk: An ordinance amending Section 191-42 A of the Code of the City of Mount Vernon, New York entitled "Gas-Powered Leaf and Lawn Blowers."
• Sponsors: LPW
• Code sections: 191 - Peace and Good Order

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/13/2023	1	City Council	approved and sent to BOE	Pass

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 191-42A. OF

THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MOUNT VERNON, NEW YORK

ENTITLED “GAS-POWERED LEAF AND LAWN BLOWERS”

                     WHEREAS, by letter dated November 21, 2023, the Clerk of the City of Mount Vernon, New York, Tanesia M. Walters, has requested legislation to amend the gasoline-powered leaf blower regulations in the City of Mount Vernon in order to safeguard public health, welfare, and the environment; and

WHEREAS, the general public has expressed concerns regarding noise pollution, the spread of airborne pollutants, and evolving seasonal needs with regard to leaf removal; and

WHEREAS, this amendment incorporates feedback from the general public, as well as the needs of the City, thereby providing a balanced policy in the city of Mount Vernon; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT

The City of Mount Vernon, in City Council convened, does hereby ordain and enact:

Section 1.                     § 191-42A Gas-Powered Leaf and Lawn Blowers is hereby amended as follows:

A.                     No person shall operate a gas-powered leaf and lawn blower for any purpose except during the months of [April and October 1 to {November 15} November 30] March 1^st through April 30^th and October 1^st through December 31^st of each year.  Any other non-gas leaf blowers may be operated from June 1^st through September 30^th.  This will allow for the complete collection and removal of leaves that fall throughout the year.  Any person violating this prohibition shall be subject to a written warning for the first offense, a fine not to exceed $250.00 for the second offense, $500.00 for the third offense, and $1,000.00 for the fourth offense and any subsequent offense thereafter. The operator of the leaf blower and the homeowner shall be subject to the fine.

Section 2.                     This ordinance shall take effect upon the filing in the Clerk’s Office.

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