Showing ordinances that apply to Peach Lake CDP (part), Westchester County, New York, NY
Peach Lake CDP (part), Westchester County, New York is an unincorporated community (population 600) in Westchester County, New York. Because Peach Lake CDP (part), Westchester County, New York is not an incorporated city, it does not have its own municipal code. Instead, Westchester County ordinances apply directly to properties here. The brush clearance rules below are the ones that govern your area.
Westchester has no county-level defensible space ordinance. NYS Property Maintenance Code requires yards clear of combustible debris. Enforcement is municipal.
Unlike wildfire-prone western states, Westchester does not impose defensible-space clearance distances. The NYS Property Maintenance Code (adopted countywide) requires properties to be kept free of weeds, brush over 10 inches, and accumulated combustible refuse. Enforcement is handled by municipal building/code officials. The county's leafy northern towns (Bedford, Pound Ridge, Lewisboro) have the highest wildland-urban interface risk.
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