Section 50. Definitions

As used in this article:
    1. "Public building" means any building or portion thereof, other than
  a  privately  owned  residential  structure,  public  housing structure,
  police, fire or correction structure, constructed  wholly  or  partially
  with state or municipal funds, whether tax funds, funds obtained through
  bond  issues  or grants or loans under any state law, which is likely to
  be used by physically handicapped persons, including, but not limited to
  theaters,  concert  halls,  auditoriums,  museums,  schools,  libraries,
  recreation facilities, transportation terminals and stations, factories,
  office buildings and business establishments.
    2.  "State"  shall  mean  the  state  of New York and any state board,
  bureau, commission, department, authority, division, officer  or  public
  benefit corporation.
    3.  "Municipality" or "Municipal" means a city, town, county, village,
  school district or special district as defined by  section  one  hundred
  two of the real property tax law.
    4.  "Facilities" shall mean and include those facilities as defined in
  the provisions of the  state  building  construction  code  relating  to
  facilities for the physically handicapped.
    5. "Physically handicapped" means
    (a) impairment requiring confinement to a wheel chair; or
    (b) impairment causing difficulty or insecurity in walking or climbing
  stairs  or  requiring  the  use  of braces, crutches or other artificial
  supports;  or  impairment  caused  by  amputation,  arthritis,   spastic
  condition  or  pulmonary, cardiac or other ills rendering the individual
  semi-ambulatory; or
    (c) total or partial impairment of hearing or sight causing insecurity
  or likelihood of exposure to danger in public places; or
    (d) impairment due to conditions of aging and incoordination.
    6. "Reconstruction, rehabilitation, alteration or  improvement"  shall
  mean  only  that  work  which  results  in  a  substantial change in the
  structure or facilities of a public building and shall not include minor
  repairs necessary for ordinary maintenance.