N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 43-0103: Definitions

§ 43-0103. Definitions.

As used in this article:

1. "Lake George park" means the bed, waters, islands, and shore of

Lake George and all land in the counties of Essex, Warren and Washington

surrounding said lake and situate within the following described

boundaries:

Beginning at the southwesterly corner of lot 18 of the Crane Brush

Patent in the northerly bounds of the Ogilvie Patent, running from

thence northerly along the westerly bounds of the said lot 18 and the

easterly bounds of lot 11 of the said Crane Brush Patent, to the

northwesterly corner of the said lot 18 and the northeasterly corner of

the said lot 11; thence westerly along the northerly bounds of the said

lot 11 to the southeasterly corner of lot 12, Crane Brush Patent; thence

northerly along the easterly bounds of the said lot 12 to the

northeasterly corner thereof in the southerly bounds of lot 13, Crane

Brush Patent; thence easterly along the southerly bounds of a portion of

the southerly bounds of the said lot 13 to the southeasterly corner

thereof and the southwesterly corner of lot 16, Crane Brush Patent;

thence northerly along the westerly bounds of the said lot 16 to the

northwesterly corner thereof in the southerly bounds of lot 3, Garland

Patent; thence easterly along the southerly bounds of lot 3, Garland

Patent to the southeasterly corner thereof; thence northerly along the

easterly bounds of the said lot 3 to the northeasterly corner thereof in

the southerly bounds of the Norman Patent; thence northerly, crossing

the said Norman Patent in a straight line, to the southeasterly corner

of lot 10, McDonald Patent; thence northerly along the easterly bounds

of the said lot 10 to the northeasterly corner thereof in the southerly

bounds of Porter's Patent; thence westerly along the southerly bounds of

lots 7 and 6, Porter's Patent to the southwesterly corner of the said

lot 6; thence northerly along the westerly bounds of the said lot 6,

Porter's Patent, to the northwesterly corner thereof; thence running in

a straight line northerly, crossing the remaining portion of Porter's

Patent and also crossing Robert's Patent, to the southwesterly corner of

lot 86, Northwest Bay Tract; thence northwesterly along the westerly

bounds of lots 86, 91 and 99, Northwest Bay Tract, to the northwesterly

corner of the said lot 99; thence easterly along the northerly bounds of

the said lot 99 to the southwesterly corner of lot 116, Brant Lake

Tract; thence northerly along the westerly bounds of lots 116, 117, and

118, Brant Lake Tract, to the northwesterly corner of the said lot 118;

thence easterly along the northerly bounds of lots 118, and 113, Brant

Lake Tract to the northeasterly corner of the said lot 113; thence

northerly along the westerly bounds of lots 87 and 88, Brant Lake Tract,

to the northwesterly corner of the said lot 88; thence easterly along

the northerly bounds of lots 88, 79, 56, 47, 24 and 15, Brant Lake

Tract, to the northeasterly corner of the said lot 15 and to a point in

the westerly bounds of the Hague Tract; thence northerly along the

westerly bounds of the Hague Tract to the northwesterly corner of lot

38, Hague Tract; thence easterly along the northerly bounds of the said

lot 38 to the northeasterly corner thereof; thence northerly along the

westerly bounds of a portion of the westerly bounds of lot 37 and the

westerly bounds of lot 36, Hague Tract, to the northwesterly corner of

the said lot 36; thence easterly along a portion of the northerly bounds

of the said lot 36 to the southwesterly corner of lot 33, Hague Tract;

thence northerly along the westerly bounds of lots 33, 30 and a portion

of lot 29, Hague Tract, to the Warren-Essex County line; thence running

northeasterly along the said county line to the center of Trout Brook;

thence northerly, downstream, along Trout Brook as it winds and turns,

to the intersection of Trout Brook with State Highway Route 9N; thence

southwesterly along said State Highway to the intersection of the said

State Highway with Alexandria Avenue south of Ticonderoga Village;

thence easterly along Alexandria Avenue, crossing the outlet of Lake

George, and continuing along said Alexandria Avenue and said line

extended, to the American Telephone and Telegraph Company's telephone

cable line; thence southerly along said telephone cable line to the

north bounds of lot 77 of the Alexander Turner Patent; thence westerly

along the north bounds of lot 77 and lot 79 of said Patent to the

northwest corner of lot 79; thence southerly along the west bounds of

lots 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, and 84 to the southwest corner of said lot 84;

thence westerly along the division line between lots 85 and 67 of said

Turner Patent to the northwest corner of lot 67; thence southerly along

the west bounds of lots 67, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20 of said Turner Patent

to the division line between the Town of Putnam and the Town of Dresden;

thence westerly along said town line to the northwest corner of lot 52

of the aforesaid Turner Patent; thence southerly along the west bounds

of lots 52, 51, and 50 of said Turner Patent, to the division line

between the Turner Patent and the South Bay Tract; thence southwesterly

along said division line to the northwest corner of lot 148, South Bay

Tract; thence southerly along the west bounds of lots 148 and 149 of the

South Bay Tract to the north line of lot 162 of said tract; thence

westerly along the north line of said lot 162 to the northwest corner

thereof; thence southerly along the west bounds of lots 162, 161, 160,

159, 158 and 44 to the southwest corner of said lot 44; thence westerly

along the southerly bounds of lots 39 and 22, South Bay Tract, to the

southwesterly corner of the said lot 22; thence southerly along the

westerly bounds of lot 23, South Bay Tract to the southwesterly corner

thereof; thence westerly along the southerly bounds of lot 12, South Bay

Tract, to the southwesterly corner thereof; thence southerly along the

westerly bounds of lot 11 of South Bay Tract to the southwest corner of

lot 11; thence westerly along the south bounds of lot 77 to the

southwest corner thereof; thence southerly along the west bounds of lots

76, 75, and 74 of the South Bay Tract to the southwest corner of lot 74;

thence westerly along the south bounds of lots 89, 99, 105, and 118 of

the South Bay Tract to the southwest corner of lot 118; thence southerly

along the west bounds of lots 117, 116, and 115 to the division line

between the South Bay Tract and the Westfield Tract; thence westerly

along said division line to the northwest corner of lot 56 of the

Westfield Tract; thence southerly along the westerly bounds of lots 56

and 49 of the Westfield Tract to the southwesterly corner of the said

lot 49; thence westerly along the southerly bounds of lot 50, Westfield

Tract to the southwesterly corner of the said lot 50; thence southerly

along the westerly bounds of lots 43 and 42, of the Westfield Tract to

the southwesterly corner of the said lot 42; thence running in a

straight line crossing lots 37 and 31 of the Westfield Tract to the

northwesterly corner of lot 25 of the Westfield Tract; thence westerly

along the southerly bounds of an unnumbered lot, and the southerly

bounds of lot 28, Westfield Tract and the southerly bounds of lot 47,

Lake George Tract, to the southwesterly corner of the said lot 47, and

the northwesterly corner of lot 46, and the northeasterly corner of lot

45, Lake George Tract; thence southerly along the easterly bounds of

lots 45, 39, 37 and 27, Lake George Tract; to the southeasterly corner

of the said lot 27; thence westerly along the southerly bounds of the

said lot 27 to the easterly bounds of lot 28, Lake George Tract; thence

southerly along a portion of the easterly bounds of the said lot 28 and

the easterly bounds of lot 29, Lake George Tract to the southeasterly

corner of the said lot 29; thence westerly along the southerly bounds of

the said lot 29 and a portion of the southerly bounds of lot 30, being

also along a portion of the northerly bounds of lot 23, and the

northerly bounds of lot 24, all in Lake George Tract, to the

northwesterly corner of the said lot 24; thence southerly along the

westerly bounds of the said lot 24 to the southwesterly corner thereof;

thence westerly along a portion of the northerly bounds of lot 18, Lake

George Tract, to the northwesterly corner thereof; thence southerly

along the easterly bounds of lots 17, 15, 16, 14, 12, 9 and a portion of

lot 5, Lake George Tract and continuing the same course southerly to the

center of the Farm to Market Road; thence westerly in the center of the

said road to the Warren-Washington County Line; thence southerly along

the said county line to the northeasterly corner of the Queensbury

Patent; thence westerly along the northerly bounds of the Queensbury

Patent to the southeasterly corner of the Hasborne Patent; thence

northerly along the easterly bounds of the Hasborne Patent to the

northeasterly corner thereof; thence westerly along the northerly bounds

of the Hasborne Patent and the northerly bounds of the Fairlie Patent to

the northwesterly corner of the said Fairlie Patent; thence southerly

along a portion of the westerly bounds of the Fairlie Patent to the

northeasterly corner of lot 18, French Mountain Tract; thence westerly

along the northerly bounds of lots 18, 20, 21, and 25 of the French

Mountain Tract to the northwesterly corner of the said lot 25; thence

running in a straight line westerly crossing the southerly portion of

the Houghton Patent to the northwesterly corner of lot 60, Luzerne

Tract; thence southerly along the westerly bounds of the said lot 60 to

the southwesterly corner thereof; thence westerly along the southerly

bounds of lots 59, 58 and 57, Luzerne Tract to the southwesterly corner

of the said lot 57; thence northerly along a portion of the westerly

bounds of the said lot 57 to the southeasterly corner of lot 66, Luzerne

Tract; thence westerly along the southerly bounds of the said lot 66 to

the southwesterly corner thereof; thence northerly along a portion of

the westerly bounds of the said lot 66 to the northeasterly corner of

lot 67, Luzerne Tract and being in the southerly bounds of the Randall

Location; thence westerly along the southerly bounds of the said Randall

Location to the southwesterly corner thereof; thence northerly along the

westerly bounds of the said Randall Location and the westerly bounds of

lots 75, 78, 83, 93, 98 and 107, Luzerne Tract, to a point in the

southerly bounds of lot 113, Luzerne Tract; thence westerly along a

portion of the southerly bounds of the said lot 113 to the southwesterly

corner thereof; thence northerly along the westerly bounds of the said

lot 113 to the northwesterly corner thereof in the southerly bounds of

the J. Ross Patent; thence easterly along a portion of the southerly

bounds of the J. Ross Patent to the southeasterly corner thereof; thence

northerly along the easterly bounds of the said J. Ross Patent to the

northeasterly corner thereof; thence running in a straight line

northerly to the southeasterly corner of the J. Thurman Farm; thence

northerly along a portion of the easterly bounds of the said J. Thurman

Farm to the northwesterly corner of lot 143, Luzerne Tract; thence

easterly along the northerly bounds of the said lot 143, Luzerne Tract,

to the northeasterly corner thereof in the westerly bounds of the

McCauley Patent; thence northerly along a portion of the McCauley Patent

to the northwesterly corner thereof; thence easterly along a portion of

the northerly bounds of the McCauley Patent to the southwesterly corner

of lot 6, David Smith Patent; thence easterly along the southerly bounds

of lots 6, 7, and 22 of the said Smith Patent to the southeasterly

corner of the said lot 22; thence northerly along the easterly bounds of

lots 22, 21, 20, 19, 18, 17, 16, and 15 of the said Smith Patent to the

northeasterly corner of the said lot 15 in the southerly bounds of lot

29 of the James Abeel 3000 acre Patent; thence westerly along a portion

of the southerly bounds of the said lot 29 to the southwesterly corner

thereof; thence northerly along the westerly bounds of lots 29, 27, 26,

22, 21 and 16 of the said James Abeel 3000 acre Patent to the

northwesterly corner of the said lot 16; thence westerly along the

northerly bounds of lot 17, of the James Abeel 3000 acre Patent to the

northwesterly corner thereof; thence northerly along the westerly bounds

of lots 14, 11, 8, 5 and 2 of the James Abeel 3000 acre Patent to a

point in the southerly bounds of lot 33, Northwest Bay Tract; thence

westerly along a portion of the southerly bounds of the said lot 33 to

the southwesterly corner thereof, the same being the southeasterly

corner of the John Campbell Patent; thence northerly and northeasterly

along the easterly and southeasterly bounds of the said John Campbell

Patent to the southeasterly corner of the Ogilvie Patent; thence

northeasterly along the southeasterly bounds of the said Ogilvie Patent

to the northeasterly corner thereof at the southeasterly corner of lot

10 of the Crane Brush Patent; thence westerly along the southerly bounds

of the said lots 10 and 18 to the point and place of beginning.

2. "Zone" means any area of land within the Lake George park in which

the use of land for commercial purposes is prohibited, restricted, or

controlled pursuant to the provisions of this article, local law or

ordinance, agreement, restrictive covenant, or otherwise.

3. "Commercial purposes" means use of lands, including structures

thereon for any purpose from which a profit may be derived, other than a

lease or rental of residential property for single, private family

residential purposes.

4. "Commission" means the Lake George park commission.

5. "Surface water runoff" means water which flows over the land and

does not percolate into the soil.

6. "Stormwater runoff" means any surface water runoff or runoff in

channels which results directly either from a rain storm or from the

melting of snowpack.