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Town of Aurora | Town Board Meeting | April 13, 2026 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.e., 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 pond construction and investigate any complaints concerning pond construction or leakage onto neighboring property. 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. Councilmember Wrazen moved to adopt the following resolution; Action #121 seconded by Councilmember McCann: SEQR negative declaration for LL3- 2026 Town Code: SEQRA LEAD AGENCY DETERMINATION Sewers LOCAL LAW NO. 3-2026 (CHAPTER 93, SEWERS) WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town of Aurora (the “Town Board”) has proposed Local Law No. 3-2026 to amend Article I of Chapter 93 “Sewers,” Section 1 “Definitions” of the Town Code; and WHEREAS, the proposed Local Law redefines “Superintendent” to mean the Superintendent of Highways of the Town of Aurora; and WHEREAS, the proposed Local Law is subject to the State Environmental Quality Review Act (“SEQRA”), 6 NYCRR Part 617, and does not appear on the Type I or Type II Action lists, making it an Unlisted Action; and WHEREAS, the Town Board is the only involved agency and has reviewed the Short Environmental Assessment Form (“EAF”) and the criteria in 6 NYCRR § 617.7(c); NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Town Board declares itself Lead Agency for SEQRA review of proposed Local Law No. 3-2026; and be it further RESOLVED, that the proposed Local Law is classified as an Unlisted Action under SEQRA; and be it further RESOLVED, that based on its review of the EAF and the criteria in 6 NYCRR § 617.7(c), the Town Board determines the proposed Local Law will not have a significant adverse environmental impact and issues a Negative Declaration under 6 NYCRR § 617.7; and be it further RESOLVED, that this Resolution shall take effect immediately. Action #122 LL3-2026 Town Councilmember McCann moved to adopt the following law; seconded Code: Sewers by Councilmember Armbrust: adopted 6