Bill Text: NY A04606 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An act to amend the general municipal law, in relation to prohibiting the location of an adult entertainment business within one thousand feet of certain public places

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to economic development [A04606 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A04606-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4606
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 5, 2009
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  LATIMER,  LAVINE, BENEDETTO, LUPARDO, GALEF,
         QUINN, ROBINSON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of  A.  BARRA,  BENJAMIN,
         BRENNAN,  COLTON,  DelMONTE,  DIAZ,  EDDINGTON, FIELDS, GREENE, MAGEE,
         MAYERSOHN, PEOPLES, PHEFFER, REILLY, TITUS -- read once  and  referred
         to  the  Committee on Economic Development, Job Creation, Commerce and
         Industry
       AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in  relation  to  prohibiting
         the  location  of  an adult entertainment business within one thousand
         feet of certain public places
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new arti-
    2  cle 13-E to read as follows:
    3                                ARTICLE 13-E
    4                  ADULT ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESSES; LOCATION
    5  SECTION 300. ADULT ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESSES; LOCATION.
    6    S 300. ADULT ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESSES; LOCATION. THE OPERATION  OF  AN
    7  ADULT  ENTERTAINMENT  BUSINESS  WITHIN  ONE  THOUSAND FEET OF ANY PUBLIC
    8  PLACE OF WORSHIP, ANY SCHOOL OR BUS STOP, ANY MUNICIPAL OR COUNTY  PLAY-
    9  GROUND  OR PLACE DESIGNATED FOR PUBLIC RECREATION, OR ANY AREA ZONED FOR
   10  RESIDENTIAL USE IS PROHIBITED, UNLESS EXPRESSLY PERMITTED  BY  ORDINANCE
   11  OF THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE MUNICIPALITY EXERCISING ZONING JURISDICTION
   12  OVER THE GEOGRAPHIC AREA. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS SECTION, "ADULT ENTER-
   13  TAINMENT  BUSINESS"  SHALL  INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO ADULT ARCADES,
   14  ADULT BOOKSTORES OR VIDEO  STORES,  ADULT  PARAPHERNALIA  STORES,  ADULT
   15  CABARETS,  ADULT LIVE ENTERTAINMENT ESTABLISHMENTS, ADULT MOTION PICTURE
   16  THEATERS,  ADULT  THEATERS,  MASSAGE  ESTABLISHMENTS  THAT  OFFER  ADULT
   17  SERVICE OR NUDE MODEL STUDIOS.
   18    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
   19  it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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