N.Y. PAR Law § 31.01

§ 31.01 Definitions. Whenever used in this title, unless a different\nmeaning clearly appears from the context, the terms listed below shall\nhave the following meanings:\n 1. "Advisory council" shall mean the state heritage areas advisory\ncouncil established under article thirty-three of this title.\n 2. "Heritage area" shall mean a definable urban or regional area of\npublic and private uses ranging in size from a portion of a municipality\nto a regional area with a special coherence, such area being\ndistinguished by physical and cultural resources (natural and/or man\nmade including waterways, architecture, or artifacts reflecting a period\nof style or cultural heritage) which play a vital role in the life of\nthe community and/or region and contribute through interpretive,\neducational and recreational use to the public. A heritage area may\ninclude traditional parks (pleasure grounds set apart for recreation of\nthe public) and historic places or property on the national or state\nregister of historic places but the term heritage area shall not be\ndeemed to mean a park or historic place as those terms are used in other\nprovisions of law including those relating to alienation of park land\nand regulation of public or private activities. Such other provisions of\nlaw shall continue to apply to the specific parks and historic places\nwithin a heritage area. The term heritage area shall be deemed to mean\nand include areas that have been previously designated as urban cultural\nparks and heritage corridors or other similar names applied to areas of\nspecial concern fitting the definition of heritage area in this\nsubdivision.\n 3. "Management plan" or "plan" shall mean a document prepared in\nconformance with the provisions of section 35.05 of this title which\nincludes, but is not limited to, a comprehensive statement in words,\nmaps, illustrations, or other media of communication, setting forth\nobjectives, policies, and standards to guide public and private uses for\nthe preservation, interpretation, development, and use of cultural,\nhistoric, natural, and architectural resources of a heritage area.\n 4. "State designated heritage area" shall mean a heritage area\ndesignated in section 35.03 of this title for its statewide\nsignificance.\n 5. "State agency" shall mean any state department, agency, board or\ncommission of the state, or a public benefit corporation or public\nauthority at least one of whose members is appointed by the governor.\n 6. "System" means the New York system of heritage areas established\npursuant to section 35.01 of this title.\n