This Charter and all amendments hereto shall
constitute the form of government for the City of Lackawanna and shall
be known and cited as the "Lackawanna City Charter."
The inhabitants of the City of Lackawanna, in
the County of Erie, State of New York, within the corporate limits
hereinafter described or as may be hereafter established, shall continue
to be a body politic and corporate with perpetual succession, under
the name of the City of Lackawanna.
For the purposes of the Charter, except as the
context may otherwise require:
The Lackawanna City Charter.
The City of Lackawanna.
The local legislative body of the City constituted and elected
pursuant to Chapter 3 of this Charter.
An organizational unit of the City government established
or designated by or pursuant to this Charter as a department, and
any agency or instrumentality of the City government not allocated
or assigned within such an organizational unit.
A state statute, charter, local law, ordinance, or resolution.
A law adopted pursuant to the Municipal Home Rule Law or
to other authorization of a state statute or this Charter by the Council,
or proposed by a Charter Commission or by petition, and ratified by
a popular vote, as provided in Article 4 of the Municipal Home Rule
Law or as provided in a state statute, this Charter or local law;
but shall not mean or include an ordinance, resolution or other similar
act of the Council or of any other board or body of this City.
A legislative act of the Council which is permanent in nature,
unless specifically self-limiting, general in its application and
may or may not contain penal provisions for its violation and must
be in written form. It shall be enacted in accordance with the provisions
hereinafter provided.
A legislative act of the Council which is limited in its
application or of a temporary nature, or both, and shall include,
as used in this Charter, all orders, rules, motions, and all other
legislative acts except local laws and ordinances. Unless specifically
provided, it need not be in writing.
For the purposes of this Charter, except as
the context may otherwise require:
The corporate boundaries of the City of Lackawanna
shall be as follows:
Beginning at the point of intersection of the
south boundary line of the City of Buffalo with the east boundary
line of Lake Erie, at low water mark, thence east along the south
boundary line of the City of Buffalo to the west line of South Park
Botanical Gardens; thence southeast to the north line of Ridge Road;
thence east to the west line of Memorial Field; thence north to the
south line of South Park Botanical Gardens; thence east along the
south line of South Park Botanical Gardens and Nason Parkway to the
center line of South Park Avenue; thence north, to the southwest right-of-way
of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad; thence northwest to the south
City line of the City of Buffalo; thence east to a point one thousand
feet east of the center line of Abbott Road; thence southeast along
a line parallel with said center line of Abbott Road to the southern
line of Ridge Road; thence east to the western right-of-way of the
Lehigh Valley Railroad; thence south to the center line of Fernald
Avenue; thence west to a point one thousand feet east of the center
line of Abbott Road; thence southeast along a line parallel with said
center line of Abbott Road to the north boundary line of the Town
of Orchard Park; thence west along said boundary line and its continuation
as the north boundary of the Town of Hamburg to the east line of Lake
Erie, at low water mark; thence north along the east line of Lake
Erie, at low water mark, to the point of beginning.
[Amended by L.L. No. 2-1977; 9-2-2003 by L.L. No. 3-2003]
The City shall be divided into four wards, the
boundaries of which shall be as follows:
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Ward I: Commencing at a point in the south line
of the City of Lackawanna at its intersection with the Norfolk and
Western Railway; thence westerly along the south line of the City
of Lackawanna to the southwest corner of the City of Lackawanna; thence
northerly along the west line of the City of Lackawanna to the north
line of the City of Lackawanna at its boundary with the City of Buffalo;
thence easterly and southeasterly along the northerly boundary line
of the City of Lackawanna to Ridge Road; thence southeasterly along
said road to the center line of Center Street; thence southerly to
the center line of Kirby Avenue; thence westerly to the center line
of Warsaw Street; thence southeasterly to its intersection with the
north branch of Smokes Creek; thence northwesterly along said creek
to the Norfolk and Western Railway; thence southeasterly along said
railway to the south line of the City of Lackawanna being the point
of beginning.
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Ward II: Commencing at a point in the south
line of the City of Lackawanna at its intersection with the center
line of South Park Avenue; thence northerly to the center line of
Newman Street; thence westerly to the center line of Colton Avenue;
thence northerly to the center line of Ridge Road; thence easterly
to the center line of South Park Avenue; thence northerly along the
center line of South Park Avenue to its intersection with the boundary
line of the City of Lackawanna and the City of Buffalo; thence westerly,
southerly, westerly and southerly along said boundary line to Ridge
Road; thence southeasterly along said road to the center line of Center
Street; thence southerly to the center line of Kirby Avenue; thence
westerly to the center line of Warsaw Street; thence southeasterly
to its intersection with the north branch of Smokes Creek; thence
northwesterly along said creek to the Norfolk and Western Railway;
thence southeasterly along said railway to the south line of the City
of Lackawanna; thence easterly along said south line of the City of
Lackawanna to the center line of South Park Avenue, being the point
of beginning.
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Ward III: Commencing at a point in the east
line of the City of Lackawanna at its intersection with the center
line of Wiesner Road; thence westerly to the center line of Abbott
Road; thence northerly to the center line of West Elmview Avenue;
thence meandering westerly along said center line of West Elmview
Avenue to the center line of South Shore Boulevard; thence northerly
to its intersection with the north branch of Smokes Creek; thence
westerly along said creek to the center line of South Park Avenue;
thence southerly to the center line of Newman Street; thence westerly
to the center line of Colton Avenue; thence northerly to the center
line of Ridge Road; thence easterly to the center line of South Park
Avenue; thence northerly along the center line of South Park Avenue
to its intersection with the boundary line of the City of Lackawanna
and City of Buffalo; thence northerly, northwesterly and westerly
along the boundary line of the City of Lackawanna and the City of
Buffalo to a northeast corner of the City of Lackawanna; thence southeasterly,
easterly, southerly, westerly and southeasterly along the east line
of the City of Lackawanna to its intersection with the center line
of Wiesner Road being the point of beginning.
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Ward IV: Commencing at a point in the east line
of the City of Lackawanna at its intersection with the center line
of Wiesner Road; thence westerly to the center line of Abbott Road;
thence northerly to the center line of West Elmview Avenue; thence
meandering westerly along said center line of West Elmview Avenue
to the center line of South Shore Boulevard; thence northerly at its
intersection with the north branch of Smokes Creek; thence westerly
along said creek to the center line of South Park Avenue; thence southerly
to the south line of the City of Lackawanna; thence easterly along
the south line of the City of Lackawanna to the southeast corner of
the City of Lackawanna at its boundary with the towns of Orchard Park
and West Seneca; thence northwesterly along the east line of the City
of Lackawanna to the center line of Wiesner Road being the point of
beginning.
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