The animal law attached to Wednesday's agenda would ban keeping pigeons and roosters in every residence district, effective the day it is filed — no grace period, no grandfathering, no variance. Wednesday is when the board sets the September 2 hearing date, and it does so on the consent agenda, without discussion. Public comment on agenda items is taken before that vote.
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The draft of Croton's new animal law attached to Wednesday's agenda would prohibit keeping pigeons — and roosters — in every residence district in the village. There is no grace period in it, no exemption for birds someone already keeps, and no variance to apply for. It would take effect the day it is filed with the Secretary of State.
Wednesday is not when the board votes on that. It is when the board sets the date it will, and in doing so fixes which version of the text goes before the public. Resolution 180-2026 would schedule a public hearing on Local Law Introductory No. 10 of 2026 for September 2 at 7 p.m. in the Georgianna Grant Meeting Room of the Stanley H. Kellerhouse Municipal Building. It sits on the consent agenda, the block of items approved in a single motion rather than taken one at a time. Unless a trustee pulls it out, nothing will be said about it on Wednesday night.
That matters more than a scheduling item normally would, because two versions of this law are in circulation, they treat pigeons differently, and the packet does not say which one is going to the hearing. MUCH MORE AT Croton's Pigeon Ban Has No Grace Period — Croton-on-Hudson, NY
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