§ 50 — Definitions

New York § 50

• Jurisdiction: New York
• Law PBB: Public Buildings
• Art. 4-A: Construction of Public Buildings to Provide Access and Use By the Physically Handicapped

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§ 50. Definitions. As used in this article:\n 1. "Public building" means any building or portion thereof, other than\na privately owned residential structure, public housing structure,\npolice, fire or correction structure, constructed wholly or partially\nwith state or municipal funds, whether tax funds, funds obtained through\nbond issues or grants or loans under any state law, which is likely to\nbe used by physically handicapped persons, including, but not limited to\ntheaters, concert halls, auditoriums, museums, schools, libraries,\nrecreation facilities, transportation terminals and stations, factories,\noffice buildings and business establishments.\n 2. "State" shall mean the state of New York and any state board,\nbureau, commission, department, authority, division, officer or public\nbenefit corporation.\n 3. "Municipality" or "Municipal" means a city, town, county, village,\nschool district or special district as defined by section one hundred\ntwo of the real property tax law.\n 4. "Facilities" shall mean and include those facilities as defined in\nthe provisions of the state building construction code relating to\nfacilities for the physically handicapped.\n 5. "Physically handicapped" means\n (a) impairment requiring confinement to a wheel chair; or\n (b) impairment causing difficulty or insecurity in walking or climbing\nstairs or requiring the use of braces, crutches or other artificial\nsupports; or impairment caused by amputation, arthritis, spastic\ncondition or pulmonary, cardiac or other ills rendering the individual\nsemi-ambulatory; or\n (c) total or partial impairment of hearing or sight causing insecurity\nor likelihood of exposure to danger in public places; or\n (d) impairment due to conditions of aging and incoordination.\n 6. "Reconstruction, rehabilitation, alteration or improvement" shall\nmean only that work which results in a substantial change in the\nstructure or facilities of a public building and shall not include minor\nrepairs necessary for ordinary maintenance.\n