Section 43-0103. Definitions  


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  • 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.