Bill Text: NY A04657 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 4657 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Authorizes the city of Niagara Falls, county of Niagara, to reduce the speed limit in downtown Niagara Falls to 25 miles per hour.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to transportation [A04657 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A04657-Introduced.html

                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4657
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 5, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MORINELLO  --  read once and referred to the
          Committee on Transportation
        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:
     1    Section 1.  Notwithstanding any general, special or local law or  code
     2  to  the  contrary,  the  city of Niagara Falls, Niagara county is hereby
     3  authorized and empowered to lower the speed limit to not less than twen-
     4  ty-five miles per hour in downtown Niagara Falls, Niagara county.    For
     5  the  purposes of this section, the term "downtown Niagara Falls, Niagara
     6  County" shall mean the land area described as follows:
     7    COMMENCING in the city of Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York;
     8    The TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING  is  the  point  of  intersection  of  the
     9  Westerly  right of way of John B. Daly Boulevard and the Southerly right
    10  of way of Buffalo Avenue;
    11    THENCE, leaving westerly along the Southerly right of way  of  Buffalo
    12  Avenue,  proceeding  until  its  intersection  with the easterly edge of
    13  Riverside Drive;
    14    THENCE, leaving southerly and westerly along the Boundary of Riverside
    15  Drive until its intersection with the Westerly boundary of Holly Place;
    16    THENCE, leaving westerly along the line of land  appropriated  by  and
    17  for  the  People  of the State of New York in 1885, now known as Niagara
    18  Falls State Park, then following said  property  boundary  westerly  and
    19  northerly, proceeding until its intersection with the Northerly right of
    20  way of Niagara Street;
    21    THENCE,  leaving  easterly  along  the right of way of Niagara Street,
    22  proceeding until its intersection with the  Westerly  right  of  way  of
    23  Rainbow Boulevard;
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    THENCE,  leaving  northerly along the Westerly right of way of Rainbow
     2  Boulevard, proceeding until its intersection with the Northerly right of
     3  way of Main Street;
     4    THENCE, leaving northeasterly along the Northerly right of way of Main
     5  Street, proceeding until its intersection with the Westerly right of way
     6  of Whirlpool Street;
     7    THENCE, leaving northerly along the Westerly right of way of Whirlpool
     8  Street, also abutting along the line of land appropriated by and for the
     9  People  of the State of New York, proceeding until its intersection with
    10  the Easterly right of way of Third Street;
    11    THENCE, leaving southerly along the Easterly right  of  way  of  Third
    12  Street,  proceeding  until  its intersection with the Northerly right of
    13  way of Pine Avenue;
    14    THENCE, leaving easterly along the Northerly  right  of  way  of  Pine
    15  Avenue, proceeding until its intersection with the Easterly right of way
    16  of Main Street;
    17    THENCE,  leaving southwesterly along the Easterly right of way of Main
    18  Street, proceeding until its intersection with the Easterly right of way
    19  of Fourth Street;
    20    THENCE, leaving southerly along the Easterly right of  way  of  Fourth
    21  Street,  proceeding  until  its intersection with the Northerly right of
    22  way of Niagara Street;
    23    THENCE, leaving easterly along the Northerly right of way  of  Niagara
    24  Street, proceeding until its intersection with the Westerly right of way
    25  of John B. Daly Boulevard;
    26    THENCE,  leaving  southerly along the Westerly right of way of John B.
    27  Daly Boulevard, proceeding until its  intersection  with  the  Southerly
    28  right of way of Buffalo Avenue, being also the POINT OF BEGINNING.
    29    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.