N.Y. General Municipal Law § 692: Definitions

§ 692. Definitions. As used in this article the following terms shall

mean:

1. "Governing body". The local legislative body.

2. "Municipality". A city having a population of one hundred thousand

or more and the town of Huntington.

3. " Eligible area". Real property, title to which is held by a

municipality. Provided, however, that in a city of one million or more,

property that the city conveys by deed made pursuant to a judgment of

foreclosure in an in rem tax lien foreclosure proceeding, or property

whose conveyance is caused by, or the result of, the city's foreclosure

of a tax lien thereon, including property to which title has not vested

in the city, which is then acquired by a third party, shall also be

deemed an eligible area under this article. Provided further, however,

that in a city of one million or more, property that has been acquired

by the federal government as the result of the foreclosure of a mortgage

loan insured or held by the federal government shall also be deemed an

eligible area under this article. Provided further, however, that real

property consisting of two contiguous acres or more of wooded land which

exists as substantially undeveloped at the time this article becomes

effective shall not be included as an eligible area for purposes of this

article.

4. "Agency". The officer, board, commission, department, or other

agency of the municipality designated by the governing body, or as

otherwise provided by law, to carry out the functions vested in the

agency under this article or delegated to the agency by the governing

body in order to carry out the purpose and provisions of this article,

except that in a city having a population of one million or more, the

term "agency" shall mean a department of housing preservation and

development.

5. "Urban development action area". An area designated by the

governing body, or by the commission where so authorized to act by the

governing body, pursuant to section six hundred ninety-three of this

article as appropriate for urban development, at least sixty percent of

which constitutes an eligible area.

6. "Urban development action area project". A project which shall be

consistent with the policy and purposes stated in section six hundred

ninety-one of this article, and located in an urban development action

area, unless the area designation requirement is waived pursuant to

section six hundred ninety-three of this article. The project summary

for an urban development action area project shall include but shall not

be limited to: a statement of proposed land uses; proposed public,

semi-public, private or community facilities or utilities; a statement

as to proposed new codes and ordinances and amendments to existing codes

and ordinances as are required or necessary to effectuate the project; a

proposed time schedule for the effectuation of such project, and such

additional statements or documentation as the agency may deem

appropriate.

7. "Commission". The local commission or board charged with the

planning of land use within the municipality or other analogous body or,

if there be none, the board of estimate or other governing body of the

municipality.