137.97
RESOLUTION TO ENACT LOCAL LAW NO. 2, 1997
A LOCAL LAW OF THE TOWN OF QUEENSBURY ESTABLISHING A
TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON ADULT USES AND ADULT ENTERTAINMENT USES
RESOLUTION NO. 137.97
INTRODUCED BY: Mrs. Connie Goedert
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mrs. Betty Monahan
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 may
constitute a detriment to the health, safety and welfare of the
people of the Town of Queensbury, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury is therefore
considering regulation of 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. 2 of 1997 entitled "A Local Law of the
Town of Queensbury Establishing a Temporary Moratorium on Adult
Uses and Adult Entertainment Uses," which Law shall authorize a
temporary moratorium on the conduct of new 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 while the Town contemplates regulation of such uses
through further Local Laws, 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
WHEREAS, a public hearing with regard to this Local Law was
duly conducted on April 7, 1997,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury hereby
enacts the proposed Local Law Establishing a Temporary Moratorium
on Adult Uses and Adult Entertainment Uses" to be known as Local
Law No. 2 of 1997, 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,
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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.
Duly adopted this 7th day of April, 1997, by the following
vote:
AYES : Mr. Turner, Mrs. Goedert, Mrs. Pulver, Mrs. Monahan,
Mr. Champagne
NOES : None
ABSENT: None
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