N.Y.
Environmental Conservation Law Section 9-2302
Definitions
1.
“Appurtenances” shall mean those facilities that are directly related to and necessary for the construction, operation, maintenance, and public use of modern Nordic skiing and biathlon trails, such as access roads, parking lots, sanitary facilities, offices, day lodges and amenities, snowmaking, five kilometer of paved training trails, and an open-air Nordic skiing and biathlon stadium. This term shall not include:(a)
facilities such as zip lines, hotels, condominiums, swimming pools, all-terrain vehicles or off-road vehicles for public use, tennis courts and other structures and improvements which are not directly related to and necessary for operation, maintenance, and public use of the sports complex; or(b)
any structure located at or above an elevation of two thousand two hundred feet above sea level used for the sale of any goods, services, merchandise, food, or beverage.2.
“Mount Van Hoevenberg Olympic Sports Complex” means a one thousand thirty-nine and two-tenths acre parcel of forest preserve land located in the town of North Elba in Essex County on which the Mount Van Hoevenberg Olympic Sports Complex is currently located. For purposes of this title, land owned by the town of North Elba which is located adjacent to forest preserve land and over which the state has an easement, including land on which the Olympic bobsled run is located, shall not be considered part of such sports complex. * NB Effective on the same date as a certain CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY (see chapter 488 of 2025 § 2)
Source:
Section 9-2302 — Definitions, https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/ENV/9-2302 (updated Oct. 31, 2025; accessed Dec. 6, 2025).
