Bill Text: NY A07949 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Exempts certain property in the borough of Manhattan from the prohibition of alcohol sales for on-premises consumption within a certain distance from a church.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-13 - print number 7949a [A07949 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A07949-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         7949--A

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      May 29, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GOTTFRIED  --  read once and referred to the
          Committee on Economic Development -- recommitted to the  Committee  on
          Economic  Development  in  accordance  with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 --
          committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
          recommitted to said committee

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to a
          license to sell liquor at retail for consumption on certain premises

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  7  of  section  64 of the alcoholic beverage
     2  control law is amended by adding a  new  paragraph  (e-12)  to  read  as
     3  follows:
     4    (e-12)  Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this subdi-
     5  vision, the  authority  may  issue  a  retail  license  for  on-premises
     6  consumption  for  a  premises  which shall be located within two hundred
     7  feet of a building occupied as a church, synagogue  or  other  place  of
     8  worship,  provided  such  premises constitute a premises for the sale of
     9  food or beverages at retail for  consumption  on  the  premises  located
    10  wholly within the boundaries of the borough of Manhattan in the city and
    11  county of New York, bounded and described as follows:
    12    All that certain tract, piece or parcel of land situate in the City of
    13  New  York,  Borough of Manhattan, County of New York, State of New York,
    14  known as Paramount Plaza as represented  on  a  map  entitled  "EXISTING
    15  BUILDING  FOOTPRINT" dated January 2, 2019 as prepared by Maser Consult-
    16  ing and being more particularly bounded and described as follows:
    17  BEGINNING at a point on the northeasterly interior wall  corner;  thence
    18  along the easterly wall the following five (5) courses and distances:
    19    1. South 00°00'00" East 16.85 feet to a point;
    20    2. North 90°00'00" West 4.50 feet to a point;
    21    3. South 00°00'00" East 5.38 feet to a point;
    22    4. North 90°00°00" West 2.75 feet to a point;

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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        A. 7949--A                          2

     1    5. South 00°00'00" East 48.35 feet to a point on the southerly interi-
     2  or  wall;  thence  along  said  southerly  wall  North 90°00'00" West, a
     3  distance of 40.38 feet to a point on the exterior face of  the  existing
     4  retail  space;  thence  along  the exterior face South 00°00'00" East, a
     5  distance  of  1.42  feet  to  a  point on proposed exterior dining area,
     6  thence along said proposed exterior dining area the following three  (3)
     7  courses and distances:
     8    1. North 90°00'00" West 13.71 feet to a point;
     9    2. North 00°00'00" East 75.51 feet to a point;
    10    3.  North 90°00'00" East 13.71 feet to a point on the exterior face of
    11  the  existing  retail  space;  thence  along  the  exterior  face  South
    12  00°00'00"  East,  a  distance  of 3.50 feet to a point; thence along the
    13  northerly interior wall North 90°00'00" East 47.63 feet to the point  of
    14  beginning, containing 4,023± square feet.
    15    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.