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

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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]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7949

                               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

        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-11) to read as
     3  follows:
     4    (e-11) 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;
    23    5. South 00°00'00" East 48.35 feet to a point on the southerly interi-
    24  or wall; thence along  said  southerly  wall  North  90°00'00"  West,  a
    25  distance  of  40.38 feet to a point on the exterior face of the existing

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13022-01-9
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     1  retail space; thence along the exterior face  South  00°00'00"  East,  a
     2  distance  of  1.42  feet  to  a  point on proposed exterior dining area,
     3  thence along said proposed exterior dining area the following three  (3)
     4  courses and distances:
     5    1. North 90°00'00" West 13.71 feet to a point;
     6    2. North 00°00'00" East 75.51 feet to a point;
     7    3.  North 90°00'00" East 13.71 feet to a point on the exterior face of
     8  the  existing  retail  space;  thence  along  the  exterior  face  South
     9  00°00'00"  East,  a  distance  of 3.50 feet to a point; thence along the
    10  northerly interior wall North 90°00'00" East 47.63 feet to the point  of
    11  beginning, containing 4,023± square feet.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.