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VILLAGE OF EAST AURORA, NEW YORK LOCAL LAW NO. ___ OF 2026 A LOCAL LAW AMENDING CHAPTER 249, VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC, ARTICLE IV, SPEED REGULATIONS, TO REDUCE THE GENERAL VILLAGE SPEED LIMIT FROM 30 MILES PER HOUR TO 25 MILES PER HOUR BE IT ENACTED by the Board of Trustees of the Village of East Aurora, County of Erie, State of New York, as follows: Section 1. Legislative Intent and Purpose. The purpose of this Local Law is to reduce the general maximum speed limit within the Village of East Aurora from thirty (30) miles per hour to twenty-five (25) miles per hour to promote public safety for motorists, pedestrians, bicyclists, and other roadway users. Section 2. Amendment to Chapter 249, Article IV, § 249-4. Chapter 249, Vehicles and Traffic, Article IV, Speed Regulations, § 249-4, Maximum speed; school speed zones, of the Code of the Village of East Aurora is hereby amended by revising the first paragraph to read as follows: “Twenty-five miles per hour is hereby established as the maximum speed at which vehicles may proceed within the corporate limits of the Village, except where a lower speed limit is established by this section or where a different speed limit is lawfully established by the State of New York or another governmental authority having jurisdiction over the roadway.” The existing table of designated school speed zones and all other provisions of § 249-4 shall remain in effect, except as expressly amended herein. Section 3. Implementation and Signage. The appropriate Village officials are hereby authorized and directed to take such administrative actions as may be necessary to implement this Local Law, including coordinating with the appropriate governmental authorities and installing or updating speed-limit signage as required by applicable law. Section 4. Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, or section of this Local Law shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, or section directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered. Section 5. Effective Date. This Local Law shall take effect upon filing with the Secretary of State as required by the Municipal Home Rule Law, or on such later date as may be specified herein, and shall be implemented in accordance with applicable law.