N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 9-2302: Definitions

* § 9-2302. Definitions.

For purposes of this title, the following terms shall have the

following meanings:

1. "Appurtenances" shall mean those facilities that are directly

related to and necessary for the construction, operation, maintenance,

and public use of modern Nordic skiing and biathlon trails, such as

access roads, parking lots, sanitary facilities, offices, day lodges and

amenities, snowmaking, five kilometer of paved training trails, and an

open-air Nordic skiing and biathlon stadium. This term shall not

include:

(a) facilities such as zip lines, hotels, condominiums, swimming

pools, all-terrain vehicles or off-road vehicles for public use, tennis

courts and other structures and improvements which are not directly

related to and necessary for operation, maintenance, and public use of

the sports complex; or

(b) any structure located at or above an elevation of two thousand two

hundred feet above sea level used for the sale of any goods, services,

merchandise, food, or beverage.

2. "Mount Van Hoevenberg Olympic Sports Complex" means a one thousand

thirty-nine and two-tenths acre parcel of forest preserve land located

in the town of North Elba in Essex County on which the Mount Van

Hoevenberg Olympic Sports Complex is currently located. For purposes of

this title, land owned by the town of North Elba which is located

adjacent to forest preserve land and over which the state has an

easement, including land on which the Olympic bobsled run is located,

shall not be considered part of such sports complex.

* NB Effective on the same date as a certain CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF

THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY (see chapter 488 of 2025 § 2)