Exempts certain property in the village of Lake Placid from the prohibition of alcohol sales within a certain distance from a church

S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          10551

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                                      May 20, 2026
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  STEC  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Commerce, Economic  Devel-
          opment and Small Business

        AN  ACT  to  amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to an
          exemption for certain property in the village of Lake Placid 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:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 7 of  section  64  of  the  alcoholic  beverage
     2  control  law  is  amended  by  adding  a new paragraph (e-18) to read as
     3  follows:
     4    (E-18) NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS  SUBDI-
     5  VISION,  THE  AUTHORITY  MAY  ISSUE  A  RETAIL  LICENSE  FOR ON-PREMISES
     6  CONSUMPTION FOR A PREMISES WHICH SHALL BE  LOCATED  WITHIN  TWO  HUNDRED
     7  FEET  OF  A BUILDING OCCUPIED EXCLUSIVELY AS A SCHOOL, CHURCH, SYNAGOGUE
     8  OR OTHER PLACE OF WORSHIP, PROVIDED SUCH PREMISES CONSTITUTES A PREMISES
     9  FOR THE SALE OF FOOD OR BEVERAGES AT RETAIL FOR CONSUMPTION ON THE PREM-
    10  ISES LOCATED WHOLLY WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE VILLAGE OF LAKE PLACID,
    11  TOWN OF NORTH ELBA, COUNTY OF ESSEX, BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
    12    ALL THAT CERTAIN PIECE OR 0.35 ACRE PARCEL  OF  LAND  SITUATE  IN  THE
    13  VILLAGE  OF  LAKE  PLACID, TOWN OF NORTH ELBA, COUNTY OF ESSEX, STATE OF
    14  NEW YORK, BEING PART OF LOT 258, TOWNSHIP 11, OLD MILITARY TRACT,  RICH-
    15  ARDS' SURVEY LYING WEST OF THE CENTER OF MAIN STREET, SO CALLED, AKA NYS
    16  ROUTE  86,  S.H. NO. 1511, AND SAID PARCEL BEING MORE PARTICULARLY BOUND
    17  AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
    18    BEGINNING AT A POINT IN THE EAST BOUNDS OF MAIN STREET AT  THE  SOUTH-
    19  EAST  CORNER  OF  THE  PREMISES HEREIN DESCRIBED AND BEING THE NORTHEAST
    20  CORNER OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF LAKE PLACID, LOCATED NORTH 18° 08' 10"
    21  EAST, 129 FEET, MORE OR LESS, FROM THE BOUNDS OF HAYES STREET  FKA  PARK
    22  STREET;  THENCE NORTH 69° 59' 28" WEST, 161.59 FEET ALONG THE SOUTH LINE
    23  OF THE PARCEL TO A POINT AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER MARKED BY  A  5/8  INCH
    24  IRON  ROD WITH A PLASTIC CAP, AND SAID COURSE PASSING THROUGH A 3/4 INCH
    25  DRILL HOLE IN A STONE MASONRY RETAINING WALL AT A DISTANCE OF 0.30 FEET;

         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15970-01-6
        S. 10551                            2

     1    THENCE, NORTH 18° 27' 00" EAST, 90.24 FEET ALONG THE WEST LINE OF  THE
     2  PREMISES  MARKED  BY A DECORATIVE WIRE FENCE TO A POINT AT THE NORTHWEST
     3  CORNER AND MARKED BY A 5/8 INCH IRON ROD, AND SAID POINT  BEING  IN  THE
     4  SOUTH  LINE  OF  A  TWENTY  (20')  FOOT WIDE RIGHT-OF-WAY IN COMMON WITH
     5  OTHERS  RUNNING  EAST/WEST  BETWEEN  ELM STREET FKA WOODLAND TERRACE AND
     6  MAIN STREET, AND KNOWN AS MARGARET PLACE;
     7    THENCE, SOUTH 72° 17' 47" EAST, 161.02 FEET ALONG THE  SOUTH  LINE  OF
     8  SAID RIGHT-OF-WAY, MARGARET PLACE, TO A POINT IN THE WEST BOUNDS OF MAIN
     9  STREET, AND SAID POINT PASSING THROUGH A 1 INCH IRON PIPE LINE MARKER AT
    10  A  DISTANCE  OF  2.01  FEET, A 5/8 INCH IRON ROD MARKER AT A DISTANCE OF
    11  98.66 FEET, AND A MASONRY NAIL LINE MARKER IN  THE  CENTER  OF  CONCRETE
    12  CAPPED RETAINING WALL AT A DISTANCE OF 153.61 FEET;
    13    THENCE,  SOUTH  18°  08' 10" WEST, 96.73 FEET ALONG THE WEST BOUNDS OF
    14  MAIN STREET TO THE  POINT-OF-BEGINNING  AND  ENCOMPASSING  THEREIN  0.35
    15  ACRES, MORE OR LESS.
    16    TOGETHER  WITH  ALL  RIGHT, TITLE AND INTEREST IN AND TO THE CENTER OF
    17  MAIN STREET AS THE NORTH AND SOUTH LINES ARE EXTENDED EASTERLY THERETO.
    18    TOGETHER WITH A TWENTY (20')  FOOT  WIDE  RIGHT-OF-WAY  OVER  MARGARET
    19  PLACE,  SO  CALLED,  FROM  MAIN STREET TO ELM STREET FOR THE PURPOSES OF
    20  INGRESS AND EGRESS AND THE CONNECTION TO PUBLIC UTILITIES LOCATED THERE-
    21  IN.
    22    TOGETHER WITH AND SUBJECT TO THE RIGHTS OF THE PUBLIC IN AND TO  LANDS
    23  WITHIN  ANY  PUBLIC  STREET,  ANY  AND  ALL  EASEMENTS, RESTRICTIONS AND
    24  RIGHT(S) OF WAY OF RECORD, AS THE SAME MAY AFFECT SAID PREMISES.
    25    SAID PREMISES ALSO BEING KNOWN AS AND BY THE STREET ADDRESS 2442  MAIN
    26  STREET, LAKE PLACID, NEW YORK.
    27    BEING THE SAME PREMISES CONVEYED TO CJDLP LLC FROM KANE REALTY MANAGE-
    28  MENT  LLC  BY  DEED DATED JUNE 30, 2025 AND RECORDED IN THE ESSEX COUNTY
    29  CLERK'S OFFICE ON AUGUST 14, 2025 IN BOOK 2210 OF DEEDS AT PAGE 272.
    30    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.