[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Phoenix 11-3-1981
by L.L. No. 1-1982, approved by referendum 1-6-1982
(Ch. 24 of the 1993 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
An authorized organization as defined in Subdivision 4 of § 186
of the General Municipal Law.
A game of chance as defined in Subdivision 3 of § 186 of
the General Municipal Law.
Authorized organizations may, upon the obtaining of a license from the
Village Clerk, conduct games of chance within the village as provided in Article
9-A of the General Municipal Law, as the same may be amended from time to
time, and as provided further in this chapter. Such games of chance shall
be conducted in accordance with the general state law and with the rules and
regulations of the New York State Racing and Wagering Board and this chapter,
as the same may be amended from time to time.
The conduct of games of chance authorized by this chapter shall be subject
to those restrictions contained in § 189 of the General Municipal
Law and in other applicable statutory and case law and the rules and regulations
of the New York State Racing and Wagering Board.
Games of chance on the first day of the week, commonly known as "Sunday,"
may be conducted pursuant to this chapter and appropriate statutes and regulations.
Any person, association, corporation or organization who or which shall
make a false statement in any application for any license authorized to be
issued for the conduct of games of chance in the village or any statement
annexed thereto or who or which shall violate any of the provisions and restrictions
contained in Article 9-A of the General Municipal Law and this chapter shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall forfeit any license issued to him, her
or it under this chapter authorizing the conduct of games of chance in the
village and shall be ineligible to apply for another license for at least
one year thereafter.
The Chief of Police of the Village of Phoenix Police Department shall
exercise control over and supervision of all games of chance conducted under
a duly authorized license. The Chief of Police shall have all those powers
and duties set forth in and for the enforcement of Article 9-A of the General
Municipal Law.
This chapter shall become effective upon the approval of the same by
a majority of the qualified electors of this village voting on a proposition
therefor, duly submitted at a special election held within the Village of
Phoenix on the sixth day of January 1982, and its publication in accordance
with the Village Law.
