This chapter is adopted pursuant to the authority granted by § 477
of Article 14-H of the General Municipal Law and shall be known as the "Town
of Ithaca Bingo Local Law."
The words and terms used in this chapter shall have the same meanings
as such words and terms are used in Article 14-H of the General Municipal
Law, unless otherwise provided herein or unless the context requires a different
meaning. Without limiting the foregoing, the definitions of "authorized organization,"
"lawful purposes," "bingo," "game," as set forth in § 476 of the
General Municipal Law, shall have the same definitions for the purposes of
this chapter.
Pursuant to, and in accordance with, the provisions of § 478,
Subdivision 1, of the General Municipal Law of the State of New York and other
applicable provisions of law, it shall be lawful for any authorized organization,
upon obtaining a license therefor as provided in Article 14-H of the General
Municipal Law and other applicable statutes, to conduct the game of bingo
within the territorial limits of the Town of Ithaca, subject to the provisions
of this chapter, the provisions of Article 14-H of the General Municipal Law,
the provisions of the Bingo Control Law (Article 19-B of the Executive Law),
and the rules and regulations set forth by any applicable New York State or
local agency relating thereto. The conduct of bingo games shall be subject
to the restrictions imposed by § 479 of the General Municipal Law.
Pursuant to § 485 the conduct of bingo games on Sunday is
hereby authorized.
The powers and duties set forth in Subdivision 1 of § 484
shall be exercised on behalf of the Town of Ithaca by the Town Supervisor,
the Town Clerk, the Town Building and Zoning Enforcement Officer, and such
other person or persons as the Town may direct by resolution from time to
time.
In accordance with the provisions of § 478, Subdivision 2,
of the General Municipal Law and § 23, Subdivision 1, of the Municipal
Home Rule Law, this chapter shall not become operative or effective
unless and until it shall have been approved at the next general election
held within the Town of Ithaca by the affirmative vote of a majority of the
qualified electors of the Town voting upon the proposition.
If any part or provision of this chapter or the application thereof
to any person or circumstance be judged invalid by any court of competent
jurisdiction, such judgment shall be confined in its operation to the part
or provision or application directly involved in the controversy in which
such judgment shall have been rendered and shall not affect or impair the
validity of the remainder of this chapter or the application thereof to other
persons or circumstances.
This chapter shall take effect, if approved as set forth above by the
electors, on November 15, 1995.