future affordable housing/mixed use development. Finally, the Village Board should work with the Village Manager, the Village Engineer, the Village Treasurer and local building owners to develop a yellow flag list of properties that may be ripe for redevelopment or are in financial distress and could be repurposed under guidance from the Village. The Village of Croton-on-Hudson was an early innovator in adopting an Accessory Dwelling Unit ordinance to facilitate the legal construction of additional dwelling units in zoned single family housing districts. The Village should consider modifying its existing Report of the Croton Housing Taskforce Page 15 ordinance to facilitate additional legal accessory dwelling units. One consideration for the village would be to adopt the Model Accessory Dwelling Unit Ordinance recently passed by the Westchester County Board of Legislators. To encourage careful reflection on growth and the existence of limits and non-limits on the infrastructure and school capacity of our village, the Board should consider directing the Village Manager and Village Engineer to create a fact sheet, based on information available to them and to the Croton Harmon Union Free School District regarding historical growth rates in Croton, historical school population levels, current infrastructure and school capacity information and other information regarding theorized growth restraints. Finally, the pandemic may have pushed forward trends towards working from home and away from traditional commuting with parking in the lots at Croton-Harmon Train Station. The recent improvements to Croton Point Avenue may also decrease the need for the number of cars parked at the Croton-Harmon Train Station. At the same time, the movement of the DPW Garage away from the train station has opened additional areas closer to the train station for parking. Given these conditions, the village should consider whether existing Village owned properties currently used for train station parking may be ripe for development, particularly the development of additional multi-unit housing as these locations are well suited for transit-oriented development. Report of the Croton Housing Taskforce Page 16 IV. Appendices A. Amherst, NY Rental Unit Registration Code B. County Model Ordinance C. Westchester County Housing Needs Assessment – Croton Profile D. Floating Zone Ordinance Model Report of the Croton Housing Taskforce Page 17 APPENDIX A Chapter 44 of the Town of Amherst Code Town of Amherst, NY / Part I: Administrative Legislation Chapter 44Rental Unit Registration § 44-1Legislative findings and intent. The Town Board of the Town of Amherst hereby finds and declares that the rental of dwelling units constitutes a business which impacts upon the public health, safety and general welfare of the people of the Town of Amherst. The intent of this Chapter is to regulate the offering for rental of dwelling units to protect the public health, safety and general welfare of the people of the Town of Amherst and to further achieve the following beneficial purposes: A. The protection of the character and stability of residential areas; B. The correction and prevention of housing conditions that adversely affect or are likely to adversely affect the life, safety, general welfare and health, including the physical, mental and social well-being of persons occupying dwellings; C. The enforcement of minimum standards for heating, plumbing, adequate bathroom facilities and other recognized acceptable sanitary living conditions necessary for health and safety; D. The enforcement of minimum standards for light and ventilation necessary for health and safety; E. The enforcement of minimum standards for the maintenance of existing residential buildings and the prevention of slum and blight conditions; F. The preservation of the value of land and buildings throughout the Town. § 44-2Definitions. As used in this Chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated: COMMISSIONER The Commissioner of Building or his/her designee. DWELLING UNIT A room or group of rooms within a building forming a single habitable unit which may be occupied by a person for living or sleeping. HOUSING CODE All state and local laws, codes, ordinances, rules and regulations for the establishment and maintenance of housing standards. OWNER The owner or owners of the dwelling unit or lesser estate therein, a mortgagee or vendee in possession, assignee of rents, receiver, executor, trustee or agent of the owner. SHORT TERM RENTAL The rental of a dwelling unit for a time period between one and thirty days. § 44-3Rental dwelling unit registration required; exemptions. A. Registration required. No person shall allow to be occupied, or rent to another for occupancy, any dwelling unit unless the owner has first obtained either a short term rental dwelling unit registration certificate or a rental dwelling unit registration certificate as hereafter provided. B. Exemptions. Exemptions. The provisions of this Chapter shall not apply to owneroccupied properties containing two or fewer dwelling units and are not short-term rentals; properties granted an exception to these provisions by a majority vote of the Town Board; properties owned