§ 9-0101 — Definitions

§ 9-0101. Definitions.\n The following words and phrases, when used in this article, unless\notherwise expressly stated, are defined as follows:\n 1. The "Adirondack park" shall include all lands located in the forest\npreserve counties of the Adirondacks within the following described\nboundaries, to wit: Beginning at the most southerly corner of lot 166 of\nthe John Glen and 44 Others Patent in the line between such patent and\nthe twenty-first allotment of the Kayaderosseras Patent; thence\nnortheasterly along the said line and along the southerly bounds of John\nGlen and 44 Others Patent and of the Sanders Patent to the southeasterly\ncorner of the Sanders Patent; thence continuing northeasterly along the\ndivision line between the twenty-second and twenty-fourth allotments of\nthe Kayaderosseras Patent to the southeasterly corner of the\ntwenty-fourth allotment of the Kayaderosseras Patent; thence northerly\nalong the division line between the twenty-fourth and the twenty-fifth\nallotments of that patent to the northeasterly corner of the\ntwenty-fourth allotment; thence easterly along the north line of the\ntwenty-fifth allotment and the southerly lines of John Glen and 44\nOthers Patent, the Luzerne Tract and the Glen Patent to the\nsoutheasterly corner of the Glen Patent; thence northerly along the\neasterly lines of the Glen Patent and the Luzerne Tract to the\nnorthwesterly corner of the Queensbury Patent; thence easterly along the\nnortherly bounds of the Queensbury Patent to the northeasterly corner\nthereof; thence southerly along the easterly bounds of the Queensbury\nPatent to the northwesterly corner of the Kingsbury Patent; thence\neasterly along the northerly bounds of the Kingsbury Patent to the\nsouthwesterly corner of the Artillery Patent; thence northerly along the\nwesterly line of the Artillery Patent to the northwesterly corner of the\nArtillery Patent; thence easterly along the northerly bounds of the\nArtillery Patent to the southwesterly corner of the town of Whitehall;\nthence northerly along the westerly line of the town of Whitehall to the\nsouthern boundary of the town of Dresden; thence in a general northerly\nand easterly direction along the town line to the state boundary at the\noutlet of South Bay; thence in a northerly direction along the state\nboundary to the northeastern corner of the town of Peru in Clinton\ncounty; thence in a westerly direction to the low water line of Valcour\nIsland; thence in a general northerly and westerly direction along the\nnorthern shore of Valcour Island to the northern boundary of the town of\nPeru; thence in a westerly direction along the northern boundary of the\ntown of Peru to the eastern edge of the Delaware and Hudson railroad\nright-of-way; thence southerly along said eastern edge of the railroad\nright-of-way to the intersection of said right-of-way with the eastern\nedge of the right-of-way of U. S. Highway No. 9; thence in a general\nsoutherly direction along the eastern edge of said highway right-of-way\nto the southern boundary of the town of Peru; thence westerly along the\nsouthern boundary of the town of Peru to the western boundary of Platt's\nGreat Location; thence northerly to the northeastern corner of lot 4 of\nTharp's Tract; thence westerly along the northern line of lots 4, 7, 14,\n17 and 24; thence northerly along the westerly line of Tharp's Tract to\nthe northern boundary of the town of Peru; thence westerly along the\ntown of Peru boundary to the southwestern corner of lot 30 of\nLivingston's Patent in the town of Saranac; thence in a northerly\ndirection along the western line of lots 30, 29, 28, 27 and 26 to the\nnorthern line of Livingston's Patent; thence easterly to the\nsouthwestern corner of lot 12 of Canada and Nova Scotia Refugee Tract in\nthe town of Saranac; thence northerly along the western line of lot 12\nto the southwestern corner of lot 11; thence easterly along the northern\nline of lot 12 to the eastern boundary of the town of Saranac; thence\nnortherly along the eastern boundary of the town of Saranac to the\nsouthern boundary of the town of Dannemora; thence easterly along the\nsouthern boundary of the town of Dannemora to the southeastern corner of\nsaid town; thence northerly along the eastern boundary of the town of\nDannemora to the northeastern corner of said town; thence northerly\nalong the eastern line of lots 22 to 15 inclusive of Duer's Patent in\nthe town of Altona to the northeastern corner of lot 15; thence westerly\nalong the northern line of lots 15 and 14 of Duer's Patent to the\nsouthwestern corner of lot 160 of the Canada and Nova Scotia Refugee\nTract in the town of Altona; thence northerly along the western line of\nlots 160 and 161 to the northwest corner of lot 161; thence in a\nwesterly direction along the northern line of lots 163 and 186 to the\nnorthwestern corner of lot 186; thence southerly along the western line\nof lot 186 to the northeastern corner of lot 188; thence westerly along\nthe northern boundary of lot 188 to the eastern line of the B. Wallace\nPatent; thence southerly and westerly along the B. Wallace Patent\nboundary to the eastern boundary of the town of Ellenburg; thence\nnortherly along the town of Ellenburg line to the northeastern corner of\nlot 1 of the Hannah Murray Allotment; thence westerly along the northern\nboundary of lots 1 to 30 inclusive to the northeastern corner of lot 1,\nTownship 8, Old Military Tract on the county line between Clinton and\nFranklin counties; thence along the northern line of Township 8 to the\nwestern boundary of the town of Bellmont; thence southerly along the\ntown of Bellmont boundary to the southwestern corner of lot 80, Township\n8 of the Old Military Tract; thence easterly along the southern line of\nlots 80 and 79 to the southeastern corner of lot 79; thence southerly\nalong the westerly line of lots 88 and 98 to the line between townships\n8 and 9 of the Old Military Tract; thence westerly to the southwesterly\ncorner of township 8, said tract; thence northerly along the line\nbetween the towns of Bellmont and Duane to the northeasterly corner of\nthe town of Duane; thence westerly along the southerly bounds of the\ntowns of Malone, Brandon and Dickinson and the northerly bounds of\nDuane, Santa Clara and Waverly to the easterly bounds of great tract 2,\nMacomb's Purchase, and the line between Franklin and St. Lawrence\ncounties; thence northerly along said county line to the northeasterly\ncorner of township number 15 Macomb's Purchase, great tract 2; thence\nwesterly along the northerly line of said township to the easterly line\nof township number 14 in said great tract; thence southerly along the\nline between townships 14 and 15 to the northeasterly corner of lot\nnumber 2 in said township number 14; thence westerly along the northerly\nbounds of lots 2, one, 32, 31, 14 and 13 of township 14 and of lots 47\nand 39 of township 13, said great tract, to the northwesterly corner of\nlot number 39; thence southerly along the westerly bounds of lots 39,\n38, and 37 in township 13 to the northerly line of township number 11 in\ngreat tract number 2; thence westerly along the northerly line of\ntownship 11 to the northwesterly corner thereof and the northeasterly\ncorner of the town of Colton; thence southerly along the westerly line\nof township 11 and the line between the towns of Colton and Parishville\nto the southwesterly corner of lot number 31 in township number 11;\nthence westerly along the northerly lines of lots 42, 41, 40, 39, 38 and\n37 of township 10, great tract 2, to the westerly line of township 10;\nthence southerly along the westerly line of township 10 to the\nnortheasterly corner of township 6, Macomb's Purchase, great tract\nnumber 3, and the northeasterly corner of the town of Clare; thence\nwesterly along the northerly line of township number 6 and of the town\nof Clare to the northwesterly corners thereof; thence southerly along\nthe westerly lines of township number 6 and of township number 10 in the\ngreat tract and along the line between the towns of Clare and Russell to\nthe northeasterly corner of the town of Fine; thence westerly along the\nnortherly bounds of the town of Fine to the northwesterly corner\nthereof; thence southerly along the line between the town of Fine and\nthe towns of Edwards and Pitcairn to the northeasterly corner of lot\nnumber 90 in township 11, Macomb's Purchase, great tract number 3;\nthence westerly along the northerly line of lots 90, 89, 88, 87, 86, 85,\n84, 83, and 24 of township 11 to the northwesterly corner of lot number\n24; thence southerly along the westerly lines of lots 24, 99, 102, 119\nand 123 to the southwesterly corner of lot number 123 in the northerly\nline of lot number 140 in township 11; thence westerly along the\nnortherly line of lot number 140 to the line between the counties of St.\nLawrence and Lewis; thence southeasterly along the county line to the\nmost northerly corner of lot number one, Macomb's Purchase, great tract\n4 in the town of Diana; thence southwesterly along the northwesterly\nline of lots one, 2 and 3 in the great tract and town to the most\nwesterly corner of lot number 3; thence southeasterly along the\nsoutherly lines of lots 3, 9 and 14 to the most northerly corner of lot\nnumber 16; thence southwesterly along the northwesterly line of lot\nnumber 16 to the northerly bounds of great tract 5, Macomb's Purchase,\nand the line between the towns of Diana and Croghan; thence easterly\nalong said line to the northwesterly corner of lot number 24, range 11,\nMacomb's Purchase, great tract 5, Chassanis Tract; thence southerly\nalong the line between ranges 10 and 11 of said great tract to the most\nsoutherly corner of lot number 13 in range 11 of said tract, and the\nnortherly line of Watson's West Triangle in the line between the towns\nof Croghan and Watson; thence southwesterly along the said town line and\nalong the northwesterly bounds of Watson's West Triangle and the\nnortherly line of lots 292 and 302 of Watson's West Triangle to the\nwesterly line of lot number 302, Watson's West Triangle; thence\nsoutherly along the westerly lines of lots 302, 301, 300, 299, 298, 297,\n296, 295, 294 and 293 to the line between the towns of Watson and Greig\nand the northerly line of the Brantingham Tract; thence westerly along\nthe northerly bounds to the northwesterly corner of lot number 7 in said\ntract; thence southerly along the westerly lines of lots 7, 25, 43, 61,\n79, 97, 115, 133, 151, 169, and 187; thence westerly along the northern\nline of lots 204 and 203 to the midpoint of the northern line of lot\n203; thence southerly to the midpoint of the southern line of lot 203;\nthence easterly along the southern line of lots 203 and 204 to the\nsoutheastern corner of lot 204; thence southerly along the westerly line\nof lots 223, 241, 259, 276, 293, 309, 325 and 340 to the southwesterly\ncorner of lot number 340 in the Brantingham Tract; thence easterly along\nthe southerly lines of lots 340, 341, 342, 343, 344, 345 and 346 to the\nsoutheasterly corner of lot 346 and the westerly line of lot number 347;\nthence southerly along the westerly line of lot 347 to the line between\nthe counties of Oneida and Lewis and in the north line of the Seymour\nTract in Adgates Eastern Tract; thence southwesterly along the\nnorthwesterly line of the Adgates Eastern Tract to the westerly line of\nsaid tract; thence southerly along the westerly line and along the line\nbetween the towns of Boonville and Forestport to the southwesterly\ncorner of said Adgates Eastern Tract; thence easterly along the line\nbetween Adgates Eastern Tract and the Woodhull Tract to the line between\nthe counties of Oneida and Herkimer; thence southerly along the said\ncounty line to the northeastern corner of lot 8 of the Woodhull Tract;\nthence westerly along the northern line of lot 8; thence southerly along\nthe western line of lot 8, thence easterly along the southern line of\nlot 8 to the county line; thence southerly along the county line; thence\nsoutherly to the northern line of the Remsenburg Patent; thence\nsouthwesterly along the northern line of lot 8; thence southerly along\nthe western line of lot 8 to the midpoint of said line; thence\nnortheasterly along the southern boundary of state land in lot 8 to the\ncounty line; thence southerly along the county line to the northern line\nof lot 84 of the Remsenburg Patent; thence southwesterly along the\nnorthern line of lot 84, thence southerly along the western line of lot\n84 to the northern boundary of the Walker Tract; thence northeasterly\nalong this boundary to the county line; thence southerly along the said\ncounty line to its intersection with the southerly line of the\nJerseyfield Patent; thence southeasterly along the southerly line of the\nJerseyfield Patent to the northwestern corner of lot 142 of the Fourth\nAllotment of the royal grant in the town of Salisbury; thence southerly,\neasterly and northerly along the boundaries of the forest preserve land\nin lot 142 to the southerly line of the Jerseyfield Patent; thence\nsoutheasterly along the southerly line of the Jerseyfield Patent to the\nline between the counties of Herkimer and Fulton; thence southerly along\nthe county line to the southwesterly corner of Lott and Low's Patent;\nthence southeasterly along the southerly line of said Lott and Low's\nPatent to the southeasterly corner thereof; thence northerly along the\nline between said Lott and Low's Patent and the Kingsborough Patent to\nthe division line between the towns of Johnstown and Caroga; thence\nnortheasterly along the line between the towns of Caroga and Johnstown\nto the southeasterly corner of the town of Caroga; thence northerly\nalong said town line to the southerly line of the Mayfield Patent;\nthence easterly along the southerly line of the Mayfield Patent to the\nsoutheasterly corner thereof and the westerly line of the Sacandaga\nPatent; thence southeasterly along the southwesterly lines of lots 41\nand 28 in said patent to the most southerly corner of lot 28 and the\nwesterly line of John Glen and 44 Others Patent; thence northerly,\nsoutheasterly and northeasterly along the line between the Sacandaga and\nthe said John Glen and 44 Others Patent to the northwesterly corner of\nlot 161 of John Glen and 44 Others Patent; thence southeasterly along\nthe southwesterly line of lots 161 and 166 of said patent to the place\nof beginning.\n 2. The "Catskill park" shall include all lands located in the counties\nof Greene, Delaware, Ulster and Sullivan within the following described\nboundaries, to wit: Beginning in Ulster county at the intersection of\nthe easterly line of the Hardenburgh Patent with the southerly bounds of\nthe Rondout Reservoir; thence running southwesterly along the easterly\nline of Great Lot 4 of the Hardenburgh Patent to the southeasterly\ncorner of lot one of the East Allotment, east division of Great Lot 4;\nthence northwesterly along the southerly bounds of lots one, 7, 8, 14,\n17, 22, 26, 33, 37 and 46 of said East Allotment, east division of Great\nLot 4 and along the southerly bounds of lots 67, 49, 48, 47, 46, 45, 44,\n43, 42 and 41 of the Middle Allotment, east division of Great Lot 4 to\nthe center of the Neversink creek; thence northerly along the center of\nthe Neversink creek to the southeasterly corner of lot 37 of the West\nAllotment, east division of Great Lot 4; thence northwesterly along the\nsoutherly bounds of lots 37, 27, 22, 11 and 6 of said West Allotment,\neast division of Great Lot 4 to a point in the easterly line of the town\nof Rockland in Sullivan county; thence southerly along the easterly line\nof the town of Rockland in Sullivan county to the northeasterly corner\nof the town of Liberty; thence northwesterly along the northerly line of\nthe town of Liberty in Sullivan county to the southwesterly corner of\nlot 120 of the East Allotment, middle division of Great Lot 4; thence\nnorthwesterly along the southerly bounds of lots 119 and 118 of the East\nAllotment, middle division of Great Lot 4 to a point in the center of\nthe Willowemoc creek; thence westerly down the center of the Willowemoc\ncreek to its confluence with the Beaver Kill; thence northwesterly down\nthe center of said Beaver Kill to the southwesterly line of the town of\nColchester in Delaware county; thence northwesterly along said\nsouthwesterly line of the town of Colchester in Delaware county to the\nwesterly bank of the east branch of the Delaware river; thence along the\nwesterly bank of the said east branch of the Delaware river and the\nwesterly bounds of the Pepacton reservoir to its intersection with the\nmouth of the Bush Kill at or near the village of Arkville; thence up\nalong the center of said Bush Kill to the New York Central Railroad;\nthence along the said New York Central Railroad easterly to the line\nbetween the counties of Delaware and Ulster; thence northeasterly along\nthat line to the southerly line of Greene county; thence northwesterly\nalong the southerly line of Greene county to the southwesterly corner of\nGreat Lot No. 21, Hardenburgh Patent; thence northeasterly along the\nwesterly line of said Great Lot No. 21, Hardenburgh Patent to the south\nbank of the Batavia Kill; thence along the southerly bank of the Batavia\nKill easterly to the west line of the State Land Tract; thence\nnortherly, easterly and southerly along the line of the said State Land\nTract to the line of the Hardenburgh Patent; thence easterly and\nsoutherly along the general easterly line of the Hardenburgh Patent to\nthe southwest corner of the town of Saugerties in Ulster county; thence\neasterly along the southerly line of the town of Saugerties to the\nwesterly bounds of the New York State Thruway; thence southerly along\nthe westerly bounds of the said New York State Thruway to the northerly\nbounds of the Esopus creek; thence in a general westerly direction up\nand along the northerly bounds of said Esopus creek to its intersection\nwith the southwesterly line of the town of Ulster; thence northwesterly\nto the southwest corner of the Hurley Patentee Woods Allotment; thence\nin a general southwesterly direction along the southeasterly line of the\nHurley Patentee Woods Allotment to the northerly line of the town of\nMarbletown; thence northwesterly along said northerly line of the town\nof Marbletown to the town of Olive; thence southwesterly along the line\nbetween the towns of Olive and Marbletown to the line of the town of\nRochester; thence northwesterly along the line between the towns of\nOlive and Rochester to the point where the Mettacahonts creek crosses\nthe same flowing easterly; thence southwesterly parallel with the\nnorthwesterly line of the town of Rochester to the southerly bounds of\nthe Rondout creek; thence westerly along the southerly bounds of the\nRondout creek and the southerly bounds of the Rondout Reservoir to the\neasterly line of the Hardenburgh Patent, the point or place of\nbeginning.\n 3. A "fire patrolman" shall be an able-bodied person whose duty is to\npatrol a given portion of railroad right of way for the purpose of\ndetecting promptly any fires which may be caused by the operation of the\nrailroad, or other fires which may occur upon such portion of the\nrailroad right of way, and secure their extinguishment.\n 4. A "forest fire" is a fire which is burning forest or wood lands, or\nwhich, if permitted to extend, would burn forest or upon forest lands.\n 5. "Forest land" includes not only lands which may be covered with\ntree growth but also lands which are best adapted to forests.\n 6. The "forest preserve" shall include the lands owned or hereafter\nacquired by the state within the county of Clinton, except the towns of\nAltona and Dannemora, and the counties of Delaware, Essex, Franklin,\nFulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Lewis, Oneida, Saratoga, Saint Lawrence,\nWarren, Washington, Greene, Ulster and Sullivan, except:\n a. Lands within the limits of any village or city;\n b. Lands not wild lands and not situated within either the Adirondack\npark or the Catskill park acquired by the state on foreclosure of\nmortgages made to loan commissioners; and\n c. Lands acquired under the provisions of sections 9-0107 and 9-0501.\n 7. "Person" means any individual, firm, co-partnership, association or\ncorporation, other than the state or a public corporation, as the latter\nis defined in subdivision 1 of section 3 of the General Corporation Law.\n 8. "Railroad" or "railroad company" includes all common or contract\ncarriers or other transportation facilities operating on rails.\n 9. "Railroad right of way" is the land adjacent to the tracks of a\nrailroad and shall be construed to be 50 feet in width on each side of\nthe center of the track but if the company owns a lesser width it shall\ninclude the entire width owned by it.\n