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                                    402
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2017
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
 AN ACT relating to authorizing the city  of  Niagara  Falls,  county  of
   Niagara, to reduce the speed limit in downtown Niagara Falls

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  Notwithstanding any general, special or local law or  code
 to  the  contrary,  the  city of Niagara Falls, Niagara county is hereby
 authorized and empowered to lower the speed limit to not less than twen-
 ty-five miles per hour in downtown Niagara Falls, Niagara county.    For
 the  purposes of this section, the term "downtown Niagara Falls, Niagara
 County" shall mean the land area described as follows:
   COMMENCING in the city of Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York;
   The TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING  is  the  point  of  intersection  of  the
 Westerly  right of way of John B. Daly Boulevard and the Southerly right
 of way of Buffalo Avenue;
   THENCE, leaving westerly along the Southerly right of way  of  Buffalo
 Avenue,  proceeding  until  its  intersection  with the easterly edge of
 Riverside Drive;
   THENCE, leaving southerly and westerly along the Boundary of Riverside
 Drive until its intersection with the Westerly boundary of Holly Place;
   THENCE, leaving westerly along the line of land  appropriated  by  and
 for  the  People  of the State of New York in 1885, now known as Niagara
 Falls State Park, then following said  property  boundary  westerly  and
 northerly, proceeding until its intersection with the Northerly right of
 way of Niagara Street;
   THENCE,  leaving  easterly  along  the right of way of Niagara Street,
 proceeding until its intersection with the  Westerly  right  of  way  of
 Rainbow Boulevard;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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   THENCE,  leaving  northerly along the Westerly right of way of Rainbow
 Boulevard, proceeding until its intersection with the Northerly right of
 way of Main Street;
   THENCE, leaving northeasterly along the Northerly right of way of Main
 Street, proceeding until its intersection with the Westerly right of way
 of Whirlpool Street;
   THENCE, leaving northerly along the Westerly right of way of Whirlpool
 Street, also abutting along the line of land appropriated by and for the
 People  of the State of New York, proceeding until its intersection with
 the Easterly right of way of Third Street;
   THENCE, leaving southerly along the Easterly right  of  way  of  Third
 Street,  proceeding  until  its intersection with the Northerly right of
 way of Pine Avenue;
   THENCE, leaving easterly along the Northerly  right  of  way  of  Pine
 Avenue, proceeding until its intersection with the Easterly right of way
 of Main Street;
   THENCE,  leaving southwesterly along the Easterly right of way of Main
 Street, proceeding until its intersection with the Easterly right of way
 of Fourth Street;
   THENCE, leaving southerly along the Easterly right of  way  of  Fourth
 Street,  proceeding  until  its intersection with the Northerly right of
 way of Niagara Street;
   THENCE, leaving easterly along the Northerly right of way  of  Niagara
 Street, proceeding until its intersection with the Westerly right of way
 of John B. Daly Boulevard;
   THENCE,  leaving  southerly along the Westerly right of way of John B.
 Daly Boulevard, proceeding until its  intersection  with  the  Southerly
 right of way of Buffalo Avenue, being also the POINT OF BEGINNING.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.