Mt. Kisco Modell’s Sporting Goods Slated to Open in April
The operators of a recently approved Modell’s Sporting Goods are targeting a spring opening for the new store.
A recent sign on a front window of the building at 154-162 E. Main St. in the space formerly occupied by Borders bookstore, stated that the sporting goods chain will debut in the village in April.
In November, the planning board approved the plan for Modell’s to occupy 12,793 square feet on both floors of the two-level building. Cindrich said he did not know if a second tenant had been located to move into most of the remaining space of the roughly 22,000-square-foot building.
Village attorney Whitney Singleton said a second tenant would not need additional approvals from any of the village’s boards.
Drug paraphernalia ban
Deputy Mayor Anthony Markus said he wants the village board to pursue local legislation to ban the sale of drug paraphernalia in Mount Kisco.
Westchester County already has a law to prohibit the sale of the items, a resolution approved by the Board of Legislators in 1980. The law addresses the sale and display of Drug Accessories.
The county law makes it a misdemeanor for merchants to sell items such as marijuana pipes and cocaine spoons.
Markus said the board has instructed Singleton to review enforcement options, including enforcement of Westchester County Law Sec. 863.223. That statute makes it a violation for anyone to knowingly sell, offer for sale or display a marijuana pipe, hashish pipe or any other drug-related paraphernalia.
Village officials want this section to be enforced to the fullest extent of the law.
“It is best for our village, including children who reside or travel here, to be free from exposure to the sale of illicit drug related items,” Markus said.
He also wants the village attorney to review options to regulate state medical marijuana dispensaries for the same reasons.
Singleton is working on related legislation to regulate how medical marijuana is sold in the village.
