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                                   8184
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 5, 2025
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  PALMESANO  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Economic Development
 
 AN ACT to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in  relation  to  an
   exemption  for  certain property from the prohibition of alcohol sales
   within a certain distance from a church

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  7  of  section  64 of the alcoholic beverage
 control law is amended by adding a  new  paragraph  (e-17)  to  read  as
 follows:
   (E-17)  NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDI-
 VISION, THE  AUTHORITY  MAY  ISSUE  A  RETAIL  LICENSE  FOR  ON-PREMISES
 CONSUMPTION  FOR  A  PREMISES  WHICH SHALL BE LOCATED WITHIN TWO HUNDRED
 FEET OF A BUILDING OCCUPIED EXCLUSIVELY AS A SCHOOL,  CHURCH,  SYNAGOGUE
 OR OTHER PLACE OF WORSHIP, PROVIDED SUCH PREMISES CONSTITUTES A PREMISES
 FOR THE SALE OF FOOD OR BEVERAGES AT RETAIL FOR CONSUMPTION ON THE PREM-
 ISES  LOCATED  WHOLLY  WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE VILLAGE OF HAMMONDS-
 PORT, COUNTY OF STEUBEN, BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
   ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED IN THE VILLAGE OF  HAMMONDS-
 PORT,  COUNTY  OF  STEUBEN,  AND  STATE  OF  NEW YORK, BEING BOUNDED AND
 DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT A POINT ON THE CENTERLINE OF SHETHAR
 STREET, SAID POINT ALSO BEING THE  NORTHWEST  CORNER  OF  LANDS  NOW  OR
 FORMERLY OF JENSEN AND CLARK (L 1058/ P 806), THENCE ALONG LANDS OF SAID
 JENSEN  AND  CLARK  S  04°32'09"  W A DISTANCE OF 98.55 FEET TO A POINT;
 THENCE FURTHER ALONG SAID JENSEN AND CLARK S 10°45'51" W A  DISTANCE  OF
 26.25  FEET  TO  A  POINT;  THENCE FURTHER ALONG SAID JENSEN AND CLARK S
 14°11'46" W A DISTANCE OF 19.72 FEET; THENCE FURTHER ALONG  SAID  JENSEN
 AND CLARK S 09°16'39" W A DISTANCE OF 34.64 FEET TO A 5/8" REBAR; THENCE
 ALONG  LANDS NOW OR FORMERLY OF PENNISE (L 1137/ P 246 & L 1137/ P 248),
 N 83°21'00" W A DISTANCE OF 22.94 FEET TO A  5/8"  REBAR;  THENCE  ALONG
 LANDS  NOW  OR  FORMERLY  OF WARNER (L 998/ P 1000), THE FOLLOWING EIGHT
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11862-01-5
              

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 COURSES AND DISTANCES FOR THE WEST LINE OF THE GROUND FLOOR OF THE PREM-
 ISES:
   1. N 05°03'14" E A DISTANCE OF 53.23 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE
   2. N 06°23'07" E A DISTANCE OF 26.30 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE
   3. S 84°53'38" E A DISTANCE OF 8.00 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE
   4. N 04°39'53" E A DISTANCE OF 9.75 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE
   5. N 85°20'07" W A DISTANCE OF 4.00 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE
   6. N 04°39'53" E A DISTANCE OF 11.00 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE
   7. S 85°20'07" E A DISTANCE OF 4.00 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE
   8.  N  04°14'32"  E A DISTANCE OF 76.20 FEET TO A POINT LOCATED ON THE
 CENTERLINE OF SHETHAR STREET AND, COMMENCING AT THE SAME  POINT  AS  THE
 COURSE  NUMBER  ONE  (NO. 1) HEREINABOVE, THE FOLLOWING FIVE COURSES AND
 DISTANCES FOR THE WEST LINE OF THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE PREMISES:
   1. N 05°03'14" E A DISTANCE OF 53.23 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE
   2. N 06°23'07" E A DISTANCE OF 26.30 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE
   3. S 84°53'38" E A DISTANCE OF 8.00 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE
   4. N 04°39'53" E A DISTANCE OF 20.75 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE
   5. N 04°14'32" E A DISTANCE OF 76.20 FEET TO A POINT  LOCATED  ON  THE
 CENTERLINE OF SHETHAR STREET, SAID POINT BEING THE SAME CENTERLINE POINT
 REFERRED TO IN COURSE NUMBER EIGHT (NO. 8) HEREINABOVE; THENCE ALONG THE
 CENTERLINE  OF  SHETHAR STREET S 88°52'51" E A DISTANCE OF 23.00 FEET TO
 THE POINT AND PLACE OF BEGINNING. CONTAINING AN AREA OF 0.100 ACRES.
   ALL AS MORE FULLY SHOWN ON A SURVEY MAP ENTITLED "PLAN OF LANDS TO  BE
 CONVEYED  TO 41 SHETHAR STREET, LLC", PREPARED BY GILBERT LAND SURVEYING
 SERVICES, JOB NO. GLS-707, DATED FEBRUARY 4, 2010, SAID MAP TO BE  FILED
 IN THE STEUBEN COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE CONTEMPORANEOUSLY HEREWITH.
   TOGETHER  WITH  AN  EASEMENT  FOR THE USE AND MAINTENANCE OF THE WATER
 PIPE OR THE WATER MAIN UNDER SHETHAR STREET THROUGH THE  NORTH  WALL  OF
 THE  PREMISES,  IMMEDIATELY ADJOINING ON THE WEST OF THE PREMISES HEREBY
 CONVEYED, AND THE CONNECTION WHICH THEN RUNS  THROUGH  THE  WEST  CELLAR
 WALL  OF  THE  PREMISES  HEREBY  CONVEYED.  THERE IS ALSO AN EASEMENT IN
 CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF SOIL PIPE FROM TOILETS ACROSS THE BASEMENT OF
 THE BUILDING IMMEDIATELY ADJOINING ON THE WEST OF  THE  ABOVE  DESCRIBED
 PREMISES AND RUNNING TO A CESSPOOL. TOGETHER WITH THE EASEMENT AND RIGHT
 TO  ENTER  UPON  THE  PREMISES  IMMEDIATELY ADJOINING ON THE WEST OF THE
 ABOVE DESCRIBED PREMISES FOR THE PURPOSE OF INSPECTING,  REPAIRING,  AND
 MAINTAINING  ADEQUATE WATER SUPPLY FROM SAID WATER MAIN AND TO THE PREM-
 ISES HEREBY CONVEYED, AND ALSO TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN THE SOIL  PIPE  IN
 THE  EVENT  THE ADJOINING OWNERS FAIL TO DO SO. THE WALL NOW SITUATED ON
 THE WEST SIDE OF THE PREMISES  HEREBY  CONVEYED  WHICH  RUNS  NORTH  AND
 SOUTH,  IS  A  PARTY  WALL, AND THE MAINTENANCE SHALL BE DONE EQUALLY BY
 EACH ADJOINING OWNER. THE ROOF ON THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE ALSO  IS  CONSID-
 ERED  AS  A  PARTY  ROOF  AS TO THAT PORTION WHICH COVERS THE PARTY WALL
 AFORESAID.
   TOGETHER WITH THE STAIRWAY EASEMENT FOR INGRESS AND EGRESS BY MEANS OF
 THE STAIRWAY IN THE EASTERLY  SIDE  OF  THE  SAID  PREMISES  IMMEDIATELY
 ADJOINING ON THE WEST OF THE PREMISES HEREBY CONVEYED.
   TOGETHER  WITH  THE  RIGHT  OF WAY AND THE RIGHT TO TRAVEL ON FOOT AND
 WITH TEAMS AND VEHICLES OVER THE ALLEYWAY AND 12 FEET OF  THE  RIGHT  OF
 WAY  LEADING  FROM  SHETHAR  STREET  AND ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF THE TOWN
 HALL, AND FORMER FIRE HOUSE AND THEN EASTERLY  ALONG  THE  REAR  OF  THE
 BUILDINGS TO THE EAST LINE OF THE PREMISES HEREBY CONVEYED.
   TOGETHER  WITH AND SUBJECT TO THE RIGHTS OF THE PUBLIC IN AND TO LANDS
 WITHIN ANY PUBLIC STREET, ANY AND ALL EASEMENTS,  OIL  AND  GAS  LEASES,
 RESTRICTIONS  AND RIGHT(S) OF WAY OF RECORD, AS THE SAME MAY AFFECT SAID
 PREMISES.
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   BEING THE SAME PREMISES CONVEYED TO  THE  STEVENS  LIVING  TRUST  FROM
 JAMES  H. STEVENS BY DEED DATED JUNE 9, 2000 AND RECORDED IN THE STEUBEN
 COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE ON JUNE 12, 2000 IN LIBER 1662 OF  DEEDS  AT  PAGE
 176.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.