New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter XXI - Metropolitan Transportation Authority › Subchapter D - Rules and Regulations Governing the Conduct and Safety of the Public › Part 1045 - Rules Governing The Conduct And Safety Of Public In The Use Of The Facilities Of The Metropolitan Suburban Bus Authority › Section 1045.2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
As used or referred to in this Part, the following terms
					 have the following meanings, unless a different meaning clearly appears from
					 the context in which the term is used:
(a) Authority means the Metropolitan
				  Transportation Authority, the public benefit corporation created by section
				  1263 of the New York Public Authorities Law.
(b) Commercial activities means activities
				  whose main purpose is the sale of goods or services or the promotion or
				  advertising of goods or services, including the distribution of goods or
				  materials for free.
(c) Controlled
				  substance means those substances designated as "controlled substances" in the
				  New York Penal Law, section 200.00.
(d) Facilities includes the Hempstead Transit
				  Center and all other property and equipment owned, occupied or operated by MSBA
				  under contract, lease or other arrangement, including without limitation,
				  depots, terminals, storage locations, signs, repair and maintenance shops,
				  yards, offices and other real estate used by or incidental to the operation of
				  the MSBA.
(e) Hempstead Transit
				  Center or transit center means the facility operated and occupied by MSBA and
				  including all appurtenances including but not limited to bus platforms and
				  bays.
(f) Hempstead Transit Center
				  manager means that individual or individuals designated by MSBA to have
				  supervisory responsibilities for the Hempstead Transit Center.
(g) MSBA and the Metropolitan Suburban Bus
				  Authority means the independent subsidiary and public benefit corporation
				  created by the authority.
(h)
				  Noncommercial activities means activities involving public speaking;
				  distribution of written materials related to a charitable, religious or
				  political cause; solicitation of contributions for charitable, religious or
				  political causes; and artistic performances, including the acceptance of
				  donations for such performances.
(i) Bus shall mean all buses operated by MSBA
				  in revenue service.
(j) Person
				  means any natural person, individual, corporation, society, organization,
				  company, association firm, partnership, or other entity.
(k) Police officer refers to any police
				  officer duly appointed pursuant to New York Criminal Procedure Law, section
				  1.20, or Nassau County
				  Administrative Code, section 801 et seq., who, pursuant to his authority, has
				  jurisdiction within the transit center, facility premises, or bus.
(l) Unreasonable noise means excessively or
				  unusually loud sounds produced by any means which are audible to another person
				  and which cause public inconvenience, annoyance or alarm, but does not include
				  conversational speech or sounds incident to walking or normal movement. The
				  term unreasonable noise also includes sounds which interfere with the
				  audibility of the normal communication, audio communication equipment and
				  speaker system of a transit facility or bus.