N.Y. PAR Law § 1.03 — New York Code / Act PAR / Title A / Article 1 / Section 1.03
Definitions
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§ 1.03 Definitions. Whenever used in this chapter, unless a different\nmeaning clearly appears from the context:\n  1. "Office" shall mean the state office of parks, recreation and\nhistoric preservation.\n  2. "Commissioner" shall mean the state commissioner of parks,\nrecreation and historic preservation.\n  3. "Council" shall mean the state council of parks, recreation and\nhistoric preservation.\n  4. "Regional park, recreation and historic preservation commission"\nshall mean a regional park, recreation and historic preservation\ncommission as described in section 7.03.\n  5. "Person" shall mean any individual, partnership, public or private\ncorporation, political subdivision (including a school district),\ndepartment, bureau or division of the state or a government agency,\nassociation, firm, trust, estate, joint-venture or any other legal\nentity whatsoever.\n  6. "Region" or "park region" shall mean a park region as established\nby the provisions of section 7.01.\n  7. "Municipality" shall mean a city, county, town or village, or an\nimprovement district within a city, county, town or village or within\nany combination thereof.\n  8. "Governing body" shall mean:\n  (a) in the case of a town, the town board;\n  (b) in the case of a county outside the city of New York, the county\nboard of supervisors or other elective governing body;\n  (c) in the case of a city, the local legislative body thereof.\n  (d) in the case of a village, the board of trustees or other elective\ngoverning body;\n  (e) in the case of an improvement district, the official body or board\nhaving responsibility for the conduct of the affairs of such district.\n  9. "Improvement district" shall mean an improvement, assessment or\nspecial district.\n  10. "Property" shall mean real or personal property.\n  11. "Real property" shall mean lands, improvements and structures\nthereon, rights, franchises and interests therein, lands under water and\nriparian rights, and any and all interests in lands less than full\ntitle, including, without limitation, temporary or permanent easements\n(including scenic or conservation easements), divided or undivided\ninterests, rights of way, uses, leases, licenses, and any other estate,\ninterest or right in lands, legal or equitable.\n  12. "Personal property" shall mean any property, or interest therein,\nother than real property.\n  14. "Historic site" shall mean any real property, buildings or\nstructures acquired or designated by the commissioner pursuant to his\nhistoric preservation powers, functions and duties, and those historic\nsites continued pursuant to the provisions of sections 13.01 and 19.05.\n  15. "Traffic" shall mean traffic as defined in section one hundred\nfifty-two of the vehicle and traffic law.\n  16. "Highway" shall mean a highway as defined in section one hundred\neighteen of the vehicle and traffic law.\n  17. "Parkway" shall mean a highway heretofore or hereafter acquired or\nconstructed by the department, a regional park commission or any state\npark or parkway authority for the purpose of access to state parks,\nwhich is listed in the regulations of the commissioner pursuant to\nsection 13.03.\n  18. "Vehicle" shall mean a vehicle as defined in section one hundred\nfifty-nine of the vehicle and traffic law.\n