[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Glen Cove 8-25-1981
by L.L. No. 1-1981 as Ch. 112 of the 1981 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The purpose of this chapter is to permit the operation of the game of
bingo by authorized organizations in the City of Glen Cove pursuant to Article
1, Section 9, of the Constitution of the State of New York, and as implemented
by the State Bingo Control Law and the Bingo Licensing Law.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Art. 19-B of the Executive Law and Art. 14-H of
General Municipal Law, § 475 et seq.
It shall be lawful for any authorized organization, as defined in § 476
of Article 14-H of the General Municipal Law of the State of New York, upon
obtaining the required license, to conduct the game of bingo within the territorial
limits of the City of Glen Cove, New York, subject to the provisions of this
chapter, Article 14-H of the General Municipal Law, Article 19-B of the Executive
Law and any amendments to said laws.
The conduct of bingo games authorized by this chapter shall be subject
to the restrictions contained in General Municipal Law § 479.
The City Clerk is hereby designated to exercise all of the authority
granted to the City Council under § 498 of the General Municipal
Law, in relation to the issuance, amendment and cancellation of licenses,
the conduct of investigations and hearings, the supervision of the operation
of the games and the collection and transmission of fees.
A.
Games of bingo may be conducted in the city on the first
day of the week, commonly known and designated as Sunday, provided that the
license to conduct such games so specifies.
B.
Any license issued pursuant to this chapter shall specify
that the holding, operating and conducting of the game of bingo on Sunday
is permissible unless the City Clerk shall determine that the conduct of the
game on Sundays shall interfere with the good order and repose of the neighborhood
where the game is to be conducted.