216.98
RESOLUTION TO ENACT LOCAL LAW NO. 3 OF 1998
A LOCAL LAW OF THE TOWN OF QUEENSBURY REGULATING
THE CONDUCT OF ADULT USES AND
ADULT ENTERTAINMENT USES
RESOLUTION NO. 216. 98
INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Douglas Irish
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. Richard Merrill
WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury feels that adult uses and adult
entertainment uses in proximity to religious institutions, schools, residential uses and other adult uses
constitute a detriment to the health, safety and welfare of the people of the Town of Queensbury and
therefore, the Town Board wishes to regulate such adult and adult entertainment uses in the Town
through Local Law, and,
WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury is desirous of enacting Local Law
No. 3 of 1998 entitled "A Local Law of the Town of Queensbury Regulating the Conduct of Adult
Uses and Adult Entertainment Uses," which Law shall prohibit the conduct of adult uses and adult
entertainment uses within one-thousand feet (1,000') of institutions of religious worship, schools,
zoning districts which allow residential uses or any existing adult uses in the Town of Queensbury, and
WHEREAS, a copy of the proposed Local Law has been presented at this meeting, a copy of
said Local Law also having been previously given to the Town Board at the time the Resolution was
adopted which set the date and time for the public hearing, and
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WHEREAS, a public hearing with regard to this Local Law was duly conducted on June 1,
1998,
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury hereby enacts the Local Law
Regulating the Conduct of Adult Uses and Adult Entertainment Uses to be known as Local Law No. 3
of 1998, the same to be titled and contain such provisions as are set forth in a copy of the proposed
Law presented at this meeting, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Clerk of the Town of Queensbury is hereby directed to file the
said Local Law with the New York State Secretary of State in accordance with the provisions of the
Municipal Home Rule Law and that said Local Law will take effect immediately and as soon as
allowable under law.
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Duly adopted this 1 day of June, 1998, by the following vote:
AYES : Mr. Turner, Mr. Irish, Mr. Tucker, Mr. Merrill, Mr. Champagne
NOES : None
ABSENT: None
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