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Government
Town of Aurora
Board
Town Board
Meeting
Mar 9, 2026
Kind
Agenda packet
Topics
Zoning and land use, Energy and data center siting, Water, sewer and drainage, Public safety, Budget and taxes, Parks and recreation, Roads and traffic

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TOWN OF AURORA
  LOCAL LAW INTRO h2026
  LOCAL LAW NO.  ‘  - 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 AMENDING
ARTICLE I OF CHAPTER 116 “ZONING”: SECTION 4 “DEFINITIONS”; SECTION 8.5 “DISTRICT
REGULATIONS”; AND SECTION 8.6 “COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS GENERALLY”,
  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.  of the year 2026 and titled the
“Zoning 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 amend Article I of Chapter 116, Section 4 “Definitions”;
and repeal and rescind parts of Article 1 of Chapter 116 Section 8.5 “A Agriculture” and Section 8.6
“Commercial Districts Generally”.

SECTION 3. AMENDMENT NO. 1.
Article I of Chapter 116, Section 4 of the Code of the Town of Aurora originally adopted on June 20, 2022
is hereby amended as follows:
SECTION 4, DEFINITIONS.
  A.  The definition of ‘Building, Height of’ in Section 4 of the Town Zoning Code is hereby amended
  to include the word ‘shed’ with respect to site lines, The revised definition shall read as follows:

BUILDING, HEIGHT OF
The vertical distance measured from the average elevation of the proposed finished grade at the front of the
building to the highest point of the roof for flat roofs, to the deck line of mansard roofs and to the mean
height between eaves and ridge for gable, shed, hip, and gambrel roofs.

SECTION 4, AMENDMENT NO, 2.
Article I of Chapter 116, Section 8.5 and 8.6 of the Code of the Town of Aurora originally adopted on June
20, 2022 is hereby permanently rescinded as follows:

SECTION 8.5. DISTRICT REGULATIONS.
  A.  Article [of Chapter 116, Section 8.5D(3) is permanently rescinded.
  B.  Article I of Chapter 116, Section 8.5E(3) is permanently rescinded.

SECTION 8.6. COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS GENERALLY.

  A.  Article I of Chapter 116, Section 8.6E(3) is permanently rescinded.