Work Session

Village of Ossining Work Session Agenda Wednesday, February 25, 2026 @ 7:30 PM 16 Croton Ave. Board Room OSSINING, NEW YORK and VIA ZOOM Members of the public can view the meeting via computer or mobile app: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82853127894 Members of the public can listen to the meeting by dialing in via phone: +1 312 626 6799 Webinar ID: 828 5312 7894 **Please note that by dialing in, your phone number will be visible to the host, participants, and attendees of the meeting.** Topic: US Help, Inc.- Request for a hardship exception to the T-zoning district moratorium Contact: Stuart Kahan, Corporation Counsel The BOT will be asked to re-visit the Request for Hardship Exemption from US Help for the property at 50 N. Malcolm. Topic: PILOP (Payment in Lieu of Parking) Fee Schedule Discussion Contact: Maddi Zachacz, Assistant Village Manager and Valerie Monastra, AICP- Principal Planner- Nelson Pope Voorhis Valerie Monastra, AICP- Principal Planner- Nelson Pope Voorhis will join us to re-visit the discussion about PILOP (Payment in Lieu of Parking) fees. PILOP260120 Topic: Local Law -2026- Amend chapter 5 (appearance tickets) Contact: Stuart Kahan, Corporation Counsel Local Law- Amendment to chapter 5 (appearance tickets)- The amendment clarifies that Parking Enforcement Officers may issue parking tickets citing to violations of the Vehicle and Traffic Law. Chapter 5 (Appearance tickets) Topic: Local Law -2026- Amend chapter 250, section 250-28.1, snow emergency streets Contact: Stuart Kahan, Corporation Counsel Local Law- Amendment to chapter 250 (vehicles and traffic)- Revises section 250-28.1 (snow emergency streets) to include municipal parking lots. The associated schedule (250-61.1) adds the municipal parking lot at 16 Croton Avenue to a snow emergency location. Chapter 250 (Snow Emergency Streets) Work Session February 25, 2026 Page 1 of 9  Topic: Tax Certiorari for Terraces on the Hudson/ SCAR (Small Claim Assessment Review) for 55 Sherwood Avenue Contact: Stuart Kahan, Corporation Counsel Terraces on the Hudson (217 North Highland Avenue) is seeking a reduction in taxes. ADJOURNMENT - WORK SESSION Work Session February 25, 2026 Page 2 of 9 MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor Levin and Members of the Village Board of Trustees FROM: Valerie Monastra, AICP Re: Payment In Lieu of Parking Fees DATE: February 20, 2026 CC: Karen D’Attore, Village Manager Stuart Kahan, Corporation Counsel Maddi Zachacz, Assistant Village Manager At the last Village Board work session, when the Board was reviewing a few applications for Payment In Lieu of Parking (PILOP), the Village Board requested more information on the fees collected by other communities that offer PILOP programs. The table below shows the community and the required fees. Table 1: Municipalities with PILOP Programs and Fees Charged Municipality Fee Cost Scarsdale $500 Ardsley $10,000/space Tarrytown From one to five parking spaces: $1,000 per parking space From six to 10 parking spaces: $2,000 per parking space. From 11 to 15 parking spaces: $3,000 per parking space. Mount Kisco Payment in lieu of required parking: $10,000 per space. Dobbs Ferry From one to five additional parking spaces: $5,000 per parking space. From six to ten parking spaces: $10,000 per parking space. Developments requiring a waiver for more than 10 additional parking spaces shall make a payment of $15,000 per required space White Plains New Development: - First 3 spaces: $20,000/space - 4+ spaces: $20,000/space Existing Development: - First 3 spaces: $5,000/space - 4+ spaces: $10,000/space New Rochelle 1 to 6 dwelling unit development $1,000.00 per space 7 to 10 dwelling unit development $2,000.00 per space 11 to 20 dwelling unit development $6,000.00 per space More than 20 dwelling unit development $20,000.00* per space Hudson Valley: 156 Route 59, Suite C6, Suffern, NY 10901  845.368.1472 Long Island: 70 Maxess Road, Melville, NY 11747  631.427.5665 Page 3 of 9  Payment In Lieu of Parking Fees Municipality Fee Cost New Rochelle Annual fee for projects with more than 20 $1,000 continued units in perpetuity Per space if no annual fee is paid for $30,000 projects with more than 20 units The current scale for the payment in lieu of parking fees for the Village of Ossining is below: • 1-5 spaces: $5,000 for each space • 6-10 spaces: $10,000 for each space • 11-15 spaces: $15,000 for each space • 16-20 spaces: $20,000 for each space • 21+ spaces: $25,000 for each space The Village’s current fees are comparable to those of the other communities. If the Village Board wants to increase the fees, I recommend increasing the fees as follows, which will be comparable to the higher- end fees that other communities charge: • 1-10 spaces: $10,000 for each space • 11-15 spaces: $15,000 for each space • 16-20 spaces: $20,000 for each space • 21+ spaces: $30,000 for each space Page 2 of 2 Page 4 of 9  Local Law -2026 A local law amending Chapter 5 (Appearance Tickets) of the Village of Ossining Code. BE IT ENACTED by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Ossining as follows: Section 1. Chapter 5, section 5-2 (Appearance Tickets; General provisions) is amended with new language underlined and deleted language in [brackets]. § 5-2. General provisions. [Amended 8-3-1999 by L.L. No. 2-1999] The following employees of the Village of Ossining are authorized to issue and serve appearance tickets, as such term is defined in § 150.10 of the Criminal Procedure Law of the State of New York, for violations of the local laws of the Village of Ossining committed in their presence: A. [The] Building Inspector [of the Village of Ossining]. B. [An] Assistant Building Inspector [of the Village of Ossining]. C. [An] Assistant Building and Plumbing Inspector of the Village of Ossining.] D. [All] Park Rangers. E. [The] Parks Foreman. F. [All] Department of Public Works Foremen. G. [The Housing Inspector.] Police officers. H. [The] Animal Control Officer. I. All Parking Enforcement Officers. Parking Enforcement Officers also are authorized to issue appearance tickets for violations of the New York Vehicle and Traffic Law. J. [All] Community Service Workers. K. [All] Code Enforcement Officers. [Added 8-1-2000 by L.L. No. 2-2000] Code Enforcement Officers who are Certified Code Enforcement Officials by the New York State Department of State, Division of Building Standards and Codes also may issue and serve appearance tickets for violations of the New York State Fire Prevention and Building Code (Uniform Code) and the State Energy Conservation Construction Code (Energy Code). Section 2. Effective Date. This local law shall be effective upon filing with the Secretary of State pursuant to section 27 of the Municipal Home Rule Law. Page 5 of 9 Village of Ossining, NY Local Law -2026 A local law amending chapter 250 (Vehicles and Traffic) of the Village of Ossining Code: BE IT ENACTED by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Ossining as follows: Section 1. Chapter 250, section 250-28.1 (Vehicles and Traffic; Snow emergency streets) is amended with new language underlined and deleted language in [brackets]. § 250-28.1. Snow emergency streets and municipal parking lots. [Added 2-20-2007 by L.L. No. 3-2007] The streets and municipal parking lots described in § 250-61-1. Schedule XXIVA, of the Village Code are hereby designated as snow emergency streets and municipal parking lots, and the parking, standing or stopping of vehicles is prohibited thereon as follows. A. Authority of Village Manager (1) Duty to declare emergency. (a) It shall be the duty of the Village Manager or his or her designee (hereinafter Village Manager) to declare a snow emergency. Such condition will exist whenever [he] the Village Manager finds that falling snow, sleet or freezing rain will create a condition which makes it necessary that the standing of motor vehicles on snow emergency streets and municipal parking lots be prohibited; or, whenever [he] the Village Manager finds, on the basis of a firm forecast of snow, sleet or freezing rain, that the weather conditions as so forecast may create a condition making it necessary that such standing be prohibited, [he] the Village Manager is authorized to announce such prohibition, to become effective at a time specified by the Village Manager, but not less than one hour after such announcement. Announcement of such prohibition shall be in accordance with the requirements of Subsection A(2) hereof. After the effective time of such prohibition, no person shall stand any vehicle or permit any vehicle to remain standing on a snow emergency street or municipal parking lot, except that if a fall of snow, sleet or freezing rain occurs after 11:00 p.m. and prior to 6:00 a.m. and the Village Manager has not announced prior to 11:00 p.m. that standing on snow emergency streets is to be prohibited after a specified time, a vehicle parked on a snow emergency street may remain so parked until 7:00 a.m. first following such fall. (b) The prohibition of standing announced by the Village Manager under the authority of this subsection shall remain in effect until the Village Manager announces the termination of the snow emergency, in part or in whole, after which the prohibition of standing authorized by this section shall no longer be in effect. (2) Each snow emergency parking regulation announcement by the Village Manager shall be made between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m. by means of broadcasts or telecasts from not less than two radio or television stations with a normal operating range covering the Village of Ossining and, if possible, shall also be made through newspapers of general circulation. Each such announcement shall state the time these snow emergency parking regulations become effective. (3) Whenever the Village Manager shall find that some or all of the conditions which gave Downloaded from https://ecode360.com/OS1500 on 2026-02- 18 Page 6 of 9 Village of Ossining, NY rise to the snow emergency prohibition no longer exist, [he] the Village Manager is authorized to declare the termination of the emergency, in part or in whole, effective immediately upon announcement, except that if such announcement is made other than between 6:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m., it shall be repeated between those hours. (4) The Village Manager shall make or cause to be made a record of the date and time when the announcement of a snow emergency parking regulation is first made to the public in accordance with the requirements of Subsection A(2) and the date, time and conditions of any announcements made to the public of the termination of each snow emergency packing regulation, either in part or in whole, in accordance with the requirements of this section. B. Between November 15 and April 1 of the following year, no person operating a motor vehicle on a snow emergency street or municipal parking lot on which there is a covering of snow, sleet or ice shall allow such vehicle to become stalled, wholly or partly, because the drive wheels thereof are not equipped with effective tire chains or snow tires. No person operating a motor vehicle on a part of a snow emergency street on which there is a covering of snow, sleet or ice or on which there is a parking prohibition in effect shall park or allow such vehicle to become stalled because the motor fuel supply is exhausted or the battery has become inoperative. C. Whenever a vehicle becomes stalled for any reason, whether or not in violation of this section, on any part of a snow emergency street or municipal parking lot on which there is a covering of snow, sleet or ice or on which there is a parking prohibition in effect, the person operating such vehicle shall take immediate action to have the vehicle towed or pushed off the roadway of such snow emergency street or municipal parking lot, either onto the first cross street or other municipal parking lot which is not a snow emergency street or municipal parking lot or onto the public space portion of a nearby driveway. No person shall abandon or leave this vehicle in the roadway of a snow emergency route or municipal parking lot (regardless of whether [he] the person indicates, by raising the hood or otherwise, that the vehicle is stalled), except for the purpose of securing assistance during the actual time necessary to go to a nearby telephone or to a nearby garage, gasoline station or other place of assistance and return without delay. D. Signs to mark snow emergency streets and municipal parking lots. (1) On each street and municipal parking lot designated by this section as a snow emergency street or municipal parking lot, there shall be posted, at intervals not exceeding 100 feet, signs with the following wording: NO PARKING DURING SNOW EMERGENCY TOW-AWAY ZONE (2) These signs shall be distinctive and uniform in appearance and shall be plainly readable to persons traveling on the street or highway and may be made of either wood, metal or cardboard. E. Members of the Police Department are hereby authorized to remove or have removed a vehicle from a street or municipal parking lot to the nearest garage or other place of safety, including another place on a street, or to a garage or municipal parking lot designated or Downloaded from https://ecode360.com/OS1500 on 2026-02- 18 Page 7 of 9 Village of Ossining, NY maintained by the Police Department or otherwise maintained or designated by the Village when the vehicle is stalled or otherwise stopped in contravention of this section on a snow emergency street or municipal parking lot on which there is a parking prohibition in effect, and the person who was operating such vehicle does not appear to be removing it in accordance with the provisions of this Section, all as more fully provided in Article IV, entitled "Removal and Storage," of Chapter 250, entitled "Vehicles and Traffic," of the Village Code. Section 2. Chapter 250, section 250-61.1 (Schedule XXIVA: Snow Emergency Streets) is amended with new language underlined. § 250-61.1. Schedule XXIVA: Snow Emergency Streets and Municipal Parking Lots. [Added 2-20- 2007 by L.L. No. 3-2007] In accordance with the provisions of § 250-28.1, snow emergency streets and municipal parking lots are established as follows: Name of Street Side Location Broad Avenue South From South Highland Avenue to State Street Croton Avenue Both Entire length Dale Avenue Both Entire length Edward Street West From Broad Avenue to Washington Avenue Everett Avenue South From South Highland Avenue to Spring Street Ferris Place West Entire length Lafayette Avenue South From Spring Street to State Street Main Street Both Entire length North Highland Avenue Both Entire length Pleasantville Road Both Entire length Secor Road Both Entire length South Highland Avenue Both Entire length Spring Street West Entire length State Street West Entire length William Street South From South Highland Avenue to State Street Name of Municipal Parking Lot Municipal Building Parking Lot Downloaded from https://ecode360.com/OS1500 on 2026-02- 18 Page 8 of 9 Village of Ossining, NY Section 3. Effective Date This local law shall be effective upon filing with the Secretary of State pursuant to section 27 of the Municipal Home Rule Law. Downloaded from https://ecode360.com/OS1500 on 2026-02- 18 Page 9 of 9