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VILLAGE OF EAST AURORA LOCAL LAW NO. 11-2007 A LOCAL LAW amending Chapter 142, Flood Damage Prevention; Chapter 227, Subdivision of Land; and Chapter 285, Zoning, of the Code of the Village of East Aurora, in relation to stormwater pollution prevention. BE IT ENACTED BY THE VILLAGE BOARD OF THE VILLAGE OF EAST AURORA AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. STATUTORY AUTHORITY. In accordance with Section 10 of the Municipal Home Rule Law of the State ofNew York, the Board of Trustees of the Village of East Aurora has the authority to enact local laws and amend local laws for the purpose of promoting the health, safety or general welfare of the Vil lage of East Aurora and for the protection and enhancement of its physical environment. In addition, Section IOof the Municipal Home Rule Law of the State of New York grants the Board of Trustees of the Village of East Aurora the authority to exercise any of the powers granted to it in the Statute of Local Governments, including the power to adopt, amend, or repeal zoning regulations, through the enactment of local laws or the amendment of local laws. In any such local law, the Village Board of Trustees may provide for the appointment of any municipal officer, employee, or independent contractor to effectuate, administer and enforce such local law. Section 2. Section 285-8 of Chapter 285, Zoning, of the Code of the V illage of East Aurora is hereby amended by adding the following definitions: AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITY - The activ ity of an active farm, including grazing and watering livestock, irrigating crops, harvesting crops, using land for growing agricultural products, and cutting timber for sale, but shall not include the operation of a dude ranch or similar operation, or the construction of new structures associated w ith agricultural activities. APPLICANT - A property owner or agent of a property owner who has filed an application for a land development activity as defined herein. CHANNEL - A natural or artificial watercourse w ith a definite bed and banks that conducts continuously or periodically flowing water. CLEARING - Any activity that removes the vegetative surface cover. CODE - The Code of the Village of East Aurora DEDICATION - The deliberate appropriation of property by its owner for general public use. DEPARTMENT - The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. 36