Cayuga County, NY Composition and Districting

The legislative body of the County of Cayuga on and after January 1, 1994, shall continue to be known as the "Cayuga County Legislature." The County Legislature shall consist of 15 members, each member representing a specifically described legislative district.

[Amended 5-28-2019 by L.L. No. 2-2020]

A.

Residency. Each Legislator shall be a resident of the district he or she represents.

B.

Term and term limit. The term of office for Legislators shall commence January 1 of the year following an election at which there is an election of Legislators and the terms shall run as follows:

(1)

At the general election held in November of 2021, Legislators elected in districts with odd numbers shall have a two-year term.

(2)

At the general election held in November of 2023, and all subsequent elections, Legislators elected for any district shall have a four-year term.

(3)

Term limit. Any person who has been elected to three full four-year terms on the Legislature shall be ineligible to run for an additional full or partial term. Service as a County Legislator before January 1, 2008, shall not be considered for purposes of this term limit calculation.

The apportionment of the County Legislature shall be based on the last official federal decennial census for total County population less inmates of state prisons that exclusively have felons.

Descriptions of the legislative districts established by this law and the population for each district are as follows:

District Number	Population	Description
1	4,820	Entire Towns of Sterling and Victory
2	6,301	Entire Towns of Cato, Conquest and Ira
3	5,525	Entire Towns of Mentz, Montezuma and Throop
4	5,013	Entire Town of Brutus
5	5,557	Entire Towns of Aurelius and Fleming
6	6,403	Entire Towns of Owasco and Sennett
7	5,452	Entire Towns of Ledyard, Scipio and Springport
8	5,100	Entire Towns of Genoa, Locke and Venice
9	5,708	Entire Towns of Moravia, Niles, Sempronius and Summerhill
10	4,916	That part of the City of Auburn described as follows: BEGINNING at a point where U.S. Route 20 intersects the western boundary of the City of Auburn, thence easterly along U.S. Route 20 to the intersection with Washington Street; thence northerly along Washington Street to the intersection with Wall Street; thence easterly along Wall Street to the intersection with Cross Street; thence northerly along Cross Street to the intersection with Cottage Street; thence easterly along Cottage Street to the intersection with North Street; thence northerly along North Street to the intersection with the northern boundary of the City of Auburn and thence westerly and southerly along the City boundary to the point and place of beginning
11	4,935	That part of the City of Auburn described as follows: BEGINNING at a point where East Genesee Street intersects the eastern boundary of the City of Auburn, thence westerly along East Genesee Street to the intersection with Perry Street; thence northerly along Perry Street to the intersection with Capitol Street; thence westerly along Capitol Street to the intersection with Foote Street; thence northerly along Foote Street to the intersection with Franklin Street; thence northeasterly along Franklin Street to the intersection with Beach Avenue; thence northwesterly along Beach Avenue to the intersection with Grant Avenue; thence northeasterly along Grant Avenue to the intersection with Lansing Street; thence westerly along Lansing Street to the intersection with North Street; thence northerly along North Street to the intersection with the northern boundary of the City of Auburn and thence easterly and southerly along the City boundary to the point and place of beginning
12	4,945	That part of the City of Auburn described as follows: BEGINNING at a point where East Genesee Street intersects the eastern boundary of the City of Auburn, thence westerly along East Genesee Street to the intersection with Chestnut Street; thence southerly along Chestnut Street to the intersection with Walnut Street; thence westerly along Walnut Street to the intersection with Owasco Street; thence southerly along Owasco Street to the intersection with Mill Street; thence westerly along Mill Street to the intersection with Miller Street; thence southerly along Miller Street to the intersection with Lizette Street; thence westerly along the extension of Lizette Street to the waters of the Owasco River; thence northerly along the waters of the Owasco River to the extension of Logan Street; thence westerly along Logan Street to the intersection with Steel Street; thence southerly along Steel Street to the intersection with Hamilton Avenue; thence easterly along Hamilton Avenue to the intersection with Mattie Street; thence southerly along Mattie Street to the intersection with Vandenbosch Avenue; thence easterly along Vandenbosch Avenue to the intersection with Lake Avenue; thence southerly along lake Avenue to the intersection with Jarvis Street; thence easterly along Jarvis Street to the intersection with Throop Avenue; thence southerly along Throop Avenue to the southern boundary of the City of Auburn and thence easterly and northerly along the City boundary to the point and place of beginning
13	4,957	That part of the City of Auburn described as follows: BEGINNING at a point at the intersection of Genesee Street and North Street, thence southwesterly along Genesee Street to the intersection with Garrow Street; thence southeasterly along Garrow Street to the intersection with Fitch Avenue; thence easterly along Fitch Avenue to the intersection with Forgette Place; thence southerly along Forgette Place to the intersection with Chapman Avenue; thence easterly along Chapman Avenue to the intersection with South Street; thence southerly along South Street to the intersection with Swift Street; thence easterly along Swift Street to the intersection with Steel Street; thence northerly along Steel Street to the intersection with Logan Street; thence easterly along Logan Street extended to the waters of the Owasco River; thence southerly along the waters of the Owasco River to the extension of Lizette Street; thence easterly along the extension of Lizette Street to the intersection with Miller Street; thence northerly along Miller Street to the intersection with Mill Street; thence easterly along Mill Street to the intersection with Owasco Street; thence northerly along Owasco Street to the intersection with Walnut Street; thence easterly along Walnut Street to the intersection with Chestnut Street; thence northerly along Chestnut Street to the intersection with East Genesee Street; thence easterly along East Genesee Street to the intersection with Perry Street; thence northerly along Perry Street to the intersection with Capitol Street; thence westerly along Capitol Street to the intersection with Foote Street; thence northerly along Foote Street to the intersection with Franklin Street; thence southwesterly along Franklin Street to the intersection with Lewis Street; thence northerly along an extension of Lewis Street to intersection with Route 5; thence southwesterly along Route 5 to the intersection with North Street and thence southerly along North Street to the point and place of beginning
14	4,927	That part of the City of Auburn described as follows: BEGINNING at a point where Genesee Street intersects the western boundary of the City of Auburn, thence northeasterly along Genesee Street to the intersection with Garrow Street; thence southeasterly along Garrow Street to the intersection with Fitch Avenue; thence easterly along Fitch Avenue to the intersection with Forgette Place; thence southerly along Forgette Place to the intersection with Chapman Avenue; thence easterly along Chapman Avenue to the intersection with South Street; thence southerly along South Street to the intersection with Swift Street; thence easterly along Swift Street to the intersection with Steel Street; thence northerly along Steel Street to the intersection with Hamilton Avenue; thence easterly along Hamilton Avenue to the intersection with Mattie Street; thence southerly along Mattie Street to the intersection with Vandenbosch Avenue; thence easterly along Vandenbosch Avenue to the intersection with Lake Avenue; thence southerly along Lake Avenue to the intersection with Jarvis Street; thence easterly along Jarvis Street to the intersection with Throop Avenue; thence southerly along Throop Avenue to the southern boundary of the City of Auburn and thence westerly and northerly along the City boundary to the point and place of beginning
15	4,871	That part of the City of Auburn described as follows: BEGINNING at a point where U. S. Route 20 intersects the western boundary of the City of Auburn, thence easterly along U. S. Route 20 to the intersection with Washington Street; thence northerly along Washington Street to the intersection with Wall Street; thence easterly along Wall Street to the intersection with Cross Street; thence northerly along Cross Street to the intersection with Cottage Street; thence easterly along Cottage Street to the intersection with North Street; thence northerly along North Street to the intersection with Lansing Street; thence easterly along Lansing Street to the intersection with Grant Avenue; thence southwesterly along Grant Avenue to the intersection with Beach Avenue; thence southerly along Beach Avenue to the intersection with Franklin Street; thence southwesterly along Franklin Street to the intersection with Lewis Street; thence northerly along an extension of Lewis Street to intersection with Route 5; thence southwesterly along Route 5 to the intersection with North Street; thence southerly along North Street to the intersection with Genesee Street; thence southwesterly along Genesee Street to the western boundary of the City of Auburn and thence northerly along the City boundary to the point and place of beginning

It is intended that:

A.

The apportionment and districting herein provided shall result in a County Legislature which will conform to judicial and constitutional standards of equality of representation. This reapportionment plan is adopted pursuant to authority of Article 2 of the Municipal Home Rule Law of the State of New York.

B.

The legislative districts herein described shall completely encompass all the geographical area of Cayuga County.

C.

The legislative districts described herein contain the total permanent population of Cayuga County as determined by the 1990 official decennial census less inmates of state prisons that exclusively have felons.

D.

No legislative district shall include any geographical area which is included within the description of any other district.

If the descriptions of the legislative districts do not carry out the purposes hereof because of unintentional omissions, duplications, erroneous names, street closings, or other changes or conditions, the County Legislature, at the request of any person or candidate aggrieved thereby, may, by resolution, correct such omissions, overlaps or other defects in the description of the districts so as to accomplish the purposes and objectives of this article.

The Cayuga County Legislature as existing immediately before the time this article takes effect shall continue to be the legislative body of Cayuga County until the expiration of the terms of the Legislators in office.

After this article becomes effective, the populations of the legislative districts shall be submitted to a qualified weighted voting expert who will compute weighted voting numbers for each legislative district. A weighted voting plan shall be computed for simple majority voting and a separate weighted voting plan shall be computed for 2/3 majority voting. The mathematical computation shall utilize the same computer program as used in connection with the present weighted voting system. The Cayuga County Legislature shall, by resolution, confirm the weighted voting plans as so computed.

If any portion of this article shall be adjudged by the courts to be invalid, said judgment shall not affect the remainder thereof if the remainder is sufficient to carry out the intent of this article.