[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Cheektowaga 10-21-1985
as Ch. 31 of the 1985 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Bingo — See Ch. 63.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Cheektowaga Games
of Chance Licensing Law."
A.
This chapter is subject and subordinate to all the conditions
and provisions contained in Article 9-A of the General Municipal Law, and
amendments thereto, and any and all rules and regulations and opinions adopted
or to be adopted by the New York State Racing and Wagering Board.
B.
This chapter shall apply to the entire Town of Cheektowaga
outside the limits of the Villages of Depew and Sloan.
A.
The words and terms used in this chapter shall have the
same meaning as such words and terms used in Article 9-A of the General Municipal
Law, unless otherwise provided herein or the context requires a different
meaning.
The Town Board of the Town of Cheektowaga, New York hereby provides
that it shall be lawful for any authorized organization upon obtaining a license
therefor as provided in Article 9-A of the General Municipal Law, to conduct
games of chance within the territorial limits of the Town of Cheektowaga,
subject to the provisions of this chapter.
During the conduct of games of chance, beer may be offered for sale,
but the offering of all other alcoholic beverages is prohibited on games of
chance premises.
The conduct of games of chance on Sundays is authorized, except as otherwise
provided in Article 9-A of the General Municipal Law.
This chapter shall take effect immediately after proper posting and
publication as provided in the Town Law in the event that, at a referendum
to be held at the general election in November of 1979 for the purpose of
approving this chapter pursuant to the provisions of law, a majority of the
qualified electors of the Town of Cheektowaga voting at said referendum shall
approve the same by voting for the proposition.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Approved at referendum 11-6-1979.
If any provisions of this chapter or the application thereof to any
person or circumstances shall be adjudged unconstitutional by any court of
competent jurisdiction, the remainder of this chapter or the application thereof
to other persons and circumstances shall not be affected thereby, and the
Town Board hereby declares that it would have enacted this chapter without
the invalid provision or application, as the case may be, had such invalidity
been apparent.
