Bill Text: NY S04999 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended


Bill Title: Exempts certain parcels of land containing the Smith Opera House from licensing restrictions prohibiting manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers of alcoholic beverages from sharing an interest in a licensed premises.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-01-04 - PRINT NUMBER 4999A [S04999 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S04999-Amended.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         4999--A

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 21, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. HELMING -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
          ment Operations -- recommitted to the Committee on Investigations  and
          Government  Operations  in  accordance  with  Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
          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
          exempting certain parcels of land from licensing restrictions  prohib-
          iting  manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers of alcoholic beverages
          from sharing an interest in a licensed premises

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

     1    Section  1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 101 of the alco-
     2  holic beverage control law is  amended  by  adding  a  new  subparagraph
     3  (xvii) to read as follows:
     4    (xvii)  All that certain lot, piece or parcel of land, with the build-
     5  ings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being  on  the
     6  northerly side of Seneca Street in the city of Geneva, county of Ontario
     7  and  state  of  New  York,  more  particularly  bounded and described as
     8  follows:
     9    PARCEL 1
    10  BEGINNING at a point in the northerly line of  said  Seneca  street  and
    11  distant  one  hundred  eighteen  and  five-tenths (118.5) feet westerly,
    12  measured along said northerly line of Seneca Street, from  the  westerly
    13  line  of  Linden Street, as at present monumented by the city of Geneva;
    14  thence running (1) northerly at an angle in the  northwest  quadrant  of
    15  ninety  (90)  degrees,  sixteen  (16) minutes with the northerly line of
    16  Seneca Street a distance  of  one  hundred  ninety-two  and  five-tenths
    17  (192.5)  feet,  more  or  less,  to a point in the old line fence, which
    18  point is the northeasterly corner of the premises;  thence  running  (2)
    19  westerly along said old line fence at an angle in the northwest quadrant

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08002-05-3

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     1  of  eighty-five (85) degrees, fifty-two (52) minutes with the line fence
     2  herein described a distance of seventy-eight and two-tenths (78.2)  feet
     3  to  a  point;  thence running (3) northerly at an angle in the northeast
     4  quadrant  of  ninety-four  (94)  degrees, four (4) minutes with the last
     5  described course and along a jog in said fence a distance of  three  and
     6  five-tenths  (3.5)  feet,  more  or less, to a point; thence running (4)
     7  westerly and continuing along said old fence line a distance  of  eleven
     8  and  five-tenths  (11.5)  feet, more or less, to a point, which point is
     9  the northwest corner of the premises, and running thence (5) in a south-
    10  erly direction a distance of two hundred two (202) feet, more  or  less,
    11  to  the  northerly  line of said Seneca Street, as now monumented, which
    12  point is the southwest corner of the premises, and  running  thence  (6)
    13  along the northerly line of said Seneca Street a distance of eighty-nine
    14  and seven-tenths (89.7) feet to the point or place of beginning.
    15  PARCEL 2
    16  All  that  certain  lot,  piece or parcel of land situate in the city of
    17  Geneva, County of Ontario and  state  of  New  York,  more  particularly
    18  bounded and described as follows:
    19  Commencing at a point in the east line of lands of Agnes Dempsey Doxsee,
    20  said  point  being  one foot south of the south wall of the present barn
    21  now on said land, and running thence southerly  about  twenty-nine  (29)
    22  feet,  more  or  less, to the north line of the lands of the S-G Theatre
    23  Corporation; thence westerly along the north line of the land of the S-G
    24  Corporation thirty-three (33) feet to  a  point;  thence  northerly  and
    25  parallel with the first course hereof and along the westerly line of the
    26  lands  of  Agnes Dempsey Doxsee to a point; which point if measured in a
    27  straight line east and west would be one (1) foot  south  of  the  south
    28  line  of the present barn; thence easterly thirty-three (33) feet to the
    29  place of beginning.
    30  Being the same premises shown on a map of a survey prepared  by  William
    31  J.    Newton, L.S. dated January 15, 1975 (Survey No. 74-202-C) filed in
    32  the Ontario County Clerk's office.
    33    § 2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 13 of section 106 of  the  alcoholic
    34  beverage  control  law  is amended by adding a new subparagraph (xix) to
    35  read as follows:
    36    (xix) ALL THAT TRACT  OR  PARCEL  OF  LAND,  with  the  buildings  and
    37  improvements  thereon  erected,  situate, lying and being on County Road
    38  153 in Military Lot 14 & 23 in the Town of Ovid, County of Seneca, State
    39  of New York bounded and described as follows:
    40    BEGINNING at a point in the assumed centerline of County Road  153  at
    41  the  apparent center of the bridge over Sheldrake Creek, said point also
    42  being southerly a distance of 292 feet more or less  from  the  apparent
    43  intersection of said centerline with the assumed centerline of Sheldrake
    44  Road; thence leaving the point of beginning South 18° 21' 25" East along
    45  the assumed centerline of County Road 153 a distance of 260.70 feet to a
    46  point; thence South 19° 47' 57" East along said centerline a distance of
    47  107.76 feet to a point; thence South 21° 16' 18" East along said center-
    48  line a distance of 182.94 feet to a point; thence North 73° 21' 51" East
    49  along  lands reputedly of Atwood (lib. 385, page 398) passing through an
    50  iron pipe 17.91 feet distant, and continuing  further  along  that  same
    51  course  a distance of 80.43 feet farther, the total distance being 98.34
    52  feet to an iron pipe in concrete at or near the  shore  line  of  Cayuga
    53  Lake;  thence  in  a  southerly  direction  the  following  courses  and
    54  distances along tie lines at or near the  shore  line  of  Cayuga  Lake:
    55  South 03° 51' 47" West a distance of 91.67 feet to a point; thence South
    56  09°  41'  08" East a distance of 60.89 feet to a point; thence South 25°

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     1  12' 40" East a distance of 86.20 feet to an iron pin; thence  South  68°
     2  29'  53" West along lands reputedly of Boyle (lib. 397, page 1128) pass-
     3  ing through an iron pin 35.00 feet distant, and continuing further along
     4  that  same  course  passing through another iron pin 40.00 feet farther,
     5  and continuing still further along that same course a distance of 149.00
     6  feet farther, the total distance being  224.00  feet  to  an  iron  pin;
     7  thence South 17° 34' 07" East along said lands of Boyle, passing through
     8  a  concrete  post 170.00 feet distant, and continuing further along that
     9  same course along lands reputedly of Riemenschneider (lib. 449, page 61)
    10  a distance of 159.70 feet farther, the total distance being 329.70  feet
    11  to  an  iron pin; thence South 75° 00' 23" West along lands reputedly of
    12  Diamond-Carey (lib. 430, page 271) a distance of 250.00 feet to an  iron
    13  pin;  thence  South 62° 21' 07" West along said lands of Diamond-Carey a
    14  distance of 168.29 feet to an iron pipe 2 feet east of a 12 inch hickory
    15  tree; thence South 01° 32' 47" West along said lands of Diamond-Carey  a
    16  distance  of  377.63  feet to an iron pin; thence North 72° 01' 46" East
    17  along said lands of Diamond-Carey a distance of 17.49 feet  to  an  iron
    18  pin;  thence  South 13° 10' 51" East along lands reputedly of Poes (lib.
    19  533, page 327) a distance of 174.57 feet to an iron  pin;  thence  South
    20  61°  15'  35" West along lands reputedly of Diamond, Helfman & Day (lib.
    21  482, page 354) a distance of 44.90 feet to an iron  pipe;  thence  South
    22  23°  58'  18"  East  along said lands of Diamond, Helfman & Day and also
    23  along lands reputedly of Day (lib. 317, page 341) a distance  of  197.28
    24  feet  to an axle; thence South 03° 33' 43" East along lands reputedly of
    25  Dusinbere (lib. 510, page 151) a distance of 76.42 feet to an iron pipe;
    26  thence South 04° 24' 03" East along said  lands  of  Dusinbere,  passing
    27  through  an  iron pipe 102.31 feet distant, and continuing further along
    28  that same course along lands reputedly of Frantz (lib. 432, page  69)  a
    29  distance of 238.42 feet farther, the total distance being 340.73 feet to
    30  an  iron  pin;  thence  South  05° 1 T 20" East along lands reputedly of
    31  Holman (lib. 331, page 398) a distance of 199.65 feet to an  iron  pipe;
    32  thence North 85° 47' 17" West along lands reputedly of Travis (lib. 413,
    33  page  61) a distance of 60.22 feet to an iron pipe; thence South 49° 37'
    34  13" West along said lands of Travis a distance of 136.80 feet to an iron
    35  pipe; thence South 52° 29'  03"  West  along  said  lands  of  Travis  a
    36  distance  of 201.20 feet to a point; thence South 67° 02' 08" West along
    37  said lands of Travis a distance of 203.75 feet to an  iron  pin;  thence
    38  South  05°  58' 13" West a distance of 25.95 feet to a point in a double
    39  basswood stump; thence North 84° 57' 23" West along lands  reputedly  of
    40  Travis  (Lib.   413, page 61) a distance of 643.08 feet to an iron pipe;
    41  thence North 85° 19' 03" West along  lands  reputedly  of  George  (lib.
    42  501,  page  283) a distance of 2953.18 feet to an iron pin; thence North
    43  85° 01' 43" West a distance of 260.88 feet to an iron  pin;  thence  the
    44  following  courses  and  distances along tie lines being along the south
    45  bank of Sheldrake Creek: North 04° 58' 17" East a distance of 75.00 feet
    46  to a point; North 53° 32' 03" East a distance of 257.36 feet to a point;
    47  North 49° 46' 21" East a distance of 388.42 feet to a point;  North  70°
    48  07'  21"  East  a  distance of 113.39 feet to a point; North 85° 22' 45"
    49  East a distance of 158.74 feet to a point; South  75°  38'  53"  East  a
    50  distance of 138.69 feet to a point; North 75° 27' 23" East a distance of
    51  123.03 feet to a point; North 01° 49' 54" West a distance of 286.17 feet
    52  to a point; North 45° 15' 53" East a distance of 124.41 feet to a point;
    53  South  74°  36' 39" East a distance of 235.69 feet to a point; North 76°
    54  37' 59" East a distance of 203.07 feet to a point;  North  44°  08'  15"
    55  East  a  distance  of  225.05  feet to a point; North 32° 19' 26" East a
    56  distance of 175.45 feet to a point; North 87° 20' 19" East a distance of

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     1  266.75 feet to a point; North 50° 26' 38" East a distance of 286.68 feet
     2  to a point; North 69° 39' 24" East a distance of 218.  09  fee  t  to  a
     3  point;  North  34°  09'  56"  East a distance of 183.80 feet to a point;
     4  North  06°  30' 06" East a distance of 173.73 feet to a point; North 82°
     5  28' 34" East a distance of 318.45 feet to a point;  North  63°  12'  37"
     6  East  a  distance  of  457.87  feet to a point; North 47° 33' 36" East a
     7  distance of 228.07 feet to a point; North 60° 11* 17" East a distance of
     8  263.17 feet to a point; North 71° 05' 04" East a distance of 179.45 feet
     9  to a point; North 81° 35' 05" East a distance of 337.03 feet to a point;
    10  North 76° 08' 39" East a distance of 164.59  feet  to  a  point;  thence
    11  North  21°  30'  07"  West  a  distance  of 56.80 feet to a point in the
    12  assumed centerline of Sheldrake Creek; thence North  64°  26'  00"  East
    13  along said centerline a distance of 140.00 feet to a point; thence North
    14  38°  10'  00"  East along said centerline a distance of 150.00 feet to a
    15  point, said point being the point and place of beginning.  COMPRISING an
    16  area of 155.081 acres of land according to a survey completed by Michael
    17  D. Karlsen on December 20, 1996 entitled "Plan of Land to be Conveyed by
    18  Seymour Diamond" known as job number 96-572-2 and a survey completed  by
    19  Michael  D.  Karlsen on December 9, 1996 entitled "Plan Showing Easterly
    20  Lines of Seymour Diamond" known as job number 96-572-1.  Said  maps  are
    21  filed  in  the  Seneca County Clerk's Office in Map book 97 pages 38 and
    22  39.
    23    Also quit claiming all right, title and interest in and  to  the  land
    24  lying  between  the  centerline of Sheldrake Creek and the south bank of
    25  said Sheldrake Creek.
    26    SUBJECT TO a right of way conveyed to New York State Electric and  Gas
    27  Corporation by instrument dated June 14, 1945 and recorded in the Seneca
    28  County Clerk's Office in Liber 186 of Deeds at Page 454.
    29    SUBJECT TO the rights of the public in and to County Road 153.
    30    SUBJECT  TO  a  permanent right of way and easement for ingress to and
    31  egress from the spring on the premises herein conveyed across the  prem-
    32  ises  herein  conveyed  to the premised herein excepted and reserved for
    33  purposes of the installation, maintenance and repair  of  a  water  pipe
    34  line  running  from  the  said  spring to the said premises excepted and
    35  reserved which said pipe line shall be used for  purposes  of  supplying
    36  water  from  said  spring  to said reserved premises for residential and
    37  allied uses (Liber 397, page 1128).
    38    SUBJECT TO the right to use water from a certain  spring  situated  on
    39  the  premises herein conveyed, said water from said spring to be used to
    40  supply the dwelling house identified in Liber 449 of Deeds  at  Page  61
    41  only  and  said  water  to be piped to the said house as the same is now
    42  piped and no larger pipes to be installed at any time,  for  such  water
    43  supply,  together with the right to go upon the premises herein conveyed
    44  for the purpose of repairing and renewing said pipes.
    45    TOGETHER with all of the right, title and interest of the  grantor  in
    46  and  to any lands or waters that may lie between high and low water mark
    47  of Cayuga Lake and immediately to the east of the above described  prem-
    48  ises  and  between the north and south line of said premises produced in
    49  an easterly direction; it being understood between  the  parties  hereto
    50  that all the premises conveyed herein which tend to convey any rights in
    51  and  to Cayuga Lake are subject to all lawful rights of the State of New
    52  York and to lawful usage during times of high water.
    53    TOGETHER with a 20-foot right of way from Lake Road  over  and  across
    54  premises now or formerly of Dusinbere (510/151), subject to the right of
    55  Dusinbere, their heirs, distributees and assigns, to relocate said right
    56  of way at any time hereafter.

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     1    BEING AND INTENDING the same premises which were conveyed to the party
     2  of  the  first  part  herein  by  warrant deed of Seymour Diamond, dated
     3  February 6, 1997 and recorded in the Seneca  County  Clerk's  office  on
     4  February 6, 1997 in Liber 550 of Deeds at page 243.
     5    ALSO  ALL  THAT  TRACT  OR PARCEL OF LAND situate in the Town of Ovid,
     6  Seneca County, New York being a part of Lot No. 23 in said town and more
     7  particularly bounded and described as follows:
     8    BEGINNING at a point in the center line of County Road No.  153,  said
     9  point being located southerly along said center line a distance of 1,080
    10  feet  from  its  intersection  with  the  center line of Sheldrake Road;
    11  thence North 68° 29' 53' East, said course passing through a found on at
    12  14.64 feet a total distance of 49.64 feet to a found  pin  in  the  high
    13  water  mark  of  Cayuga  Lake; thence southeasterly along the high water
    14  line of Cayuga Lake a distance of 174 feet, said course having  a  chord
    15  tie of South 32° 06' 16" East and a chord tie distance of 172.91 feet to
    16  a  point  at  the  high  water mark; thence South 68° 29' 53" West, said
    17  course passing through a found iron bar in the easterly right of way  of
    18  County  Road No. 153 at 53.85 feet and continuing across County Road No.
    19  153 and passing through a found iron bar in the west line of County Road
    20  No.  153 at 103.60 feet a total distance  of  267.50  feet  to  a  found
    21  concrete  monument;  thence  North 13° 34' 07" West a distance of 170.35
    22  feet to a found pin; thence North 68° 29' 53" east, said course  passing
    23  through  a  found  pin  near the west line of County Road No. 153 at 149
    24  feet a total distance of 174.36 feet to the point or place of beginning,
    25  containing 0.77 acre of land, more or less.
    26    The above described premises are as shown on a survey entitled "Survey
    27  Map Showing Lands of Judith Boyle No. 7488 County Road No.  153  -  Mil.
    28  Lot  14  Town  of Ovid, Seneca County, New York" dated April 24, 1998 as
    29  prepared by T.G. Miller P.C., Engineers and Surveyors. Said map is filed
    30  in the Seneca County Clerk's Office in Map book 98 page 159.
    31    BEING the same premises conveyed to the  grantor  herein  by  deed  of
    32  Judith  Boyle  dated June 3, 1998, recorded in the Seneca County Clerk's
    33  Office on June 26, 1998 in Liber 573 of Deeds at Page 37.
    34    This conveyance is made SUBJECT to the following:
    35    1. The rights of the public in and to County Road No. 153.
    36    2. Any and all easements or rights of way of record.
    37    TOGETHER with the appurtenances and all the estate and rights  of  the
    38  party of the first part in and to said premises.
    39    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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