127.98
RESOLUTION TO ENACT LOCAL LAW NO. 1, OF 1998
A LOCAL LAW OF THE TOWN OF QUEENSBURY ESTABLISHING A
TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON ADULT USES AND
ADULT ENTERTAINMENT USES
RESOLUTION NO. 127. 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
may constitute a detriment to the health, safety and welfare of the people of the Town of Queensbury
and therefore, the Town Board is 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. 1 of 1998 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
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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 April 6,
1998,
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. 1 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 6 day of April, 1998, by the following vote:
AYES : Mr. Merrill, Mr. Turner, Mr. Irish, Mr. Tucker, Mr. Champagne
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NOES : None
ABSENT:None
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