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TOWN OF AURORA LOCAL LAW INTROJ-2026 LOCALLAWNO, 2 _ - 2026 A LOCAL LAW, TO AMEND LOCAL LAW 1-1990 “ADOPTION OF CODE” ADOPTED BY THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF AURORA ON JANUARY 22, 1990, BY REPEALING AND RESCINDING CHAPTER 87 “PONDS” SECTION 2 “PERMIT REQUIRED; CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS; MAINTENANCE; INSPECTION”. BE IT ENACTED BY THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF AURORA AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. TITLE. This Local Law shall be known as Local Law No. 423! of the year 2026 and titled the “Ponds Code of the Town of Aurora, Erie County, and State of New York.” SECTION 2, PURPOSE AND INTENT. The purpose of this local law is to repeal and rescind Chapter 87 Section 2 “Permit required; construction requirements; maintenance; inspection” and replace as described herein. SECTION 3. AMENDMENT. Chapter 87, Section 2 of the Code of the Town of Aurora originally adopted on January 13, 2003 is hereby repealed and replaced as follows: SECTION 2, PERMIT REQUIRED; CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS; MAINTENANCE; INSPECTION. A. A building permit pursuant to this chapter must be issued prior to construction, at a fee set by the Town Board by resolution. (1) All new ponds shall either: (a) Conform to the requirements of and be approved by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS), or the Erie County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD), or their successor agencies; or (b) Be designed and sealed by a licensed professional engineer or landscape architect. (2) Site plan. All pond building permit applications shall be accompanied by a site plan, drawn to scale, showing the total acreage of the property, property lines, existing features and structures (i.c., dwellings, accessory structures, drives, septic fields, wells, floodplains, wetlands, streams and topographical features), and the proposed pond location. (3) Pond site plan approval shall be by the Town Code Enforcement Officer. (4) A pond shall not be constructed within 50 feet of any property lines nor within 100 feet of existing or proposed septic fields or sewage disposal systems. If a subdivision of the site occurs, the fifty~foot setback requirement remains. (5) Pond drainways shall flow to a natural stream, creek or other suitable outlet, Man-made ditches may be utilized to effect this and avoid flowing onto neighboring property. B. New and preexisting ponds shall be maintained so as to assure that they do not become offensive to neighboring properties by reason of leaking. C. The Town of Aurora reserves the right to have a representative enter onto the property to review