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Town of Aurora | Town Board Meeting | April 13, 2026 SECTION 9. ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW. The Chief of Police whose jurisdiction is the Town of Aurora, or his designee, and/or the Code Enforcement Officer of the Town of Aurora, or his designee, shall establish a policy and procedure whereby an owner of real property or lessee thereof on which an alarm system has been installed and who has been notified of a false alarm may present evidence as to why any such alarm should not be classified as a false alarm. The Chief of Police, or his designee, and/or the Code Enforcement Officer, or his designee, shall designate one or more members of their departments, which may include themselves, not to exceed three in total, to receive such evidence and make recommendations and findings of fact concerning such classification. The Chief of Police, or his designee, and/or the Code Enforcement Officer, or his designee, shall make the final determination concerning a classification, which determination shall be reviewable only pursuant to procedures under Article 78 of the New York Civil Practice Law and Rules. To challenge the classification of an alarm as a false alarm, the real property owner or lessee thereof shall, in writing, notify the Chief of Police and/or the Code Enforcement Officer within 10 days after receipt of notice of the alarm, which will be presumed to have been received three days after mailing pursuant to §35-8 of this chapter. The failure to give such timely notice shall be deemed a waiver of the right to review any such determination. SECTION 10. PAYMENT OF CHARGES. Charges for false alarms shall be paid to the Town Clerk of the Town of Aurora at the Aurora Municipal Center, within 30 days of the mailing date of any notice provided pursuant to §35- 8 of this chapter. SECTION 11. FAILURE TO REMIT CHARGES. Failure of a real property owner or lessee of property on which an alarm system is installed to pay any false alarm charges, as defined in §35-7 of this chapter, within 30 days of the mailing date of a notice of the amount due provided pursuant to §35-8 of this chapter shall be deemed a violation of this chapter and may result in said real property owner or lessee, as the case may be, being served with a summons. SECTION 12. ENFORCEMENT. The Chief of Police shall enforce this chapter for alarm systems which detect intrusions or holdup alarms at a building, structure or facility. The Code Enforcement Officer shall enforce this chapter for alarm systems which detect smoke, fire, water flow or abnormal rate of rise in temperature or emergency medical systems. If both Police Department and Fire Department alarms are activated, the Code Enforcement Officer will enforce this chapter. SECTION 13. PENALTIES FOR OFFENSES. Any person or persons, association or corporation committing an offense against this chapter or any section or provision thereof is guilty of a violation punishable by a fine not exceeding $250 or imprisonment for a period not exceeding 15 days for each such offense, or by both such fine and imprisonment. SECTION 14. EFFECTIVE DATE This chapter shall become effective on the latter of the first day of March 1994 or its proper filing with the Secretary of State of New York in a manner consistent with §27 of the New York Municipal Home Rule Law. SECTION 4. SEVERABILITY. If any part or provision of this Local Law or the application thereof to any person or circumstances be adjusted invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such judgment shall be confined in its operation to the part or provision or application directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered and shall not affect or impair the validity of the remainder of this Local Law or the application thereof to other persons or circumstances and the Town Board of the Town of Aurora hereby declares that it would have passed this Local Law or the remainder thereof had such invalid application or invalid provision been apparent. SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE This local law shall take effect immediately upon filing in the office of the New York State Secretary of State in accordance with section 27 of the Municipal Home Rule Law. Upon roll call vote being taken: Councilmember Armbrust, aye; Councilmember McCann, aye; Councilmember Wrazen, aye; Supervisor Snyder, aye. Motion carried. Action #119 Councilmember McCann moved to adopt the following law; seconded by SEQR negative Councilmember Armbrust: declaration for LL2- 2026 Town Code: SEQRA LEAD AGENCY DETERMINATION Ponds LOCAL LAW NO. 2-2026 (CHAPTER 87, PONDS) WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town of Aurora (the “Town Board”) has proposed Local Law No. 2-2026 to repeal and replace Section 2 of Chapter 87 “Ponds” of the Town Code; and WHEREAS, the proposed Local Law updates permit requirements, construction standards, setbacks, and inspection provisions for ponds in the Town of Aurora; and 4