§ 854. Definitions. As used in this act, unless the context otherwise\nrequires:\n (1) "Agency"--shall mean an Industrial Development Agency created\npursuant to this act.\n (2) "Bonds"--shall mean the bonds, notes, interim certificates and\nother obligations issued by the agency pursuant to this act.\n (3) "Municipality"--shall mean any county, city, village, town or\nIndian reservation in the state.\n (4) "Project" - shall mean any land, any building or other\nimprovement, and all real and personal properties located within the\nstate of New York and within or outside or partially within and\npartially outside the municipality for whose benefit the agency was\ncreated, including, but not limited to, machinery, equipment and other\nfacilities deemed necessary or desirable in connection therewith, or\nincidental thereto, whether or not now in existence or under\nconstruction, which shall be suitable for manufacturing, warehousing,\nresearch, commercial, renewable energy or industrial purposes or other\neconomically sound purposes identified and called for to implement a\nstate designated urban cultural park management plan as provided in\ntitle G of the parks, recreation and historic preservation law and which\nmay include or mean an industrial pollution control facility, a\nrecreation facility, educational or cultural facility, a horse racing\nfacility, a railroad facility, a renewable energy project or an\nautomobile racing facility, provided, however, no agency shall use its\nfunds or provide financial assistance in respect of any project wholly\nor partially outside the municipality for whose benefit the agency was\ncreated without the prior consent thereto by the governing body or\nbodies of all the other municipalities in which a part or parts of the\nproject is, or is to be, located, and such portion of the project\nlocated outside such municipality for whose benefit the agency was\ncreated shall be contiguous with the portion of the project inside such\nmunicipality.\n (5) "Governing body"--shall mean the board or body in which the\ngeneral legislative powers of the municipality are vested.\n (6) "Mortgage"--shall mean a mortgage or other security device.\n (7) "Revenues"--shall mean all rents, revenues, fees, charges and\nother sources of income derived by the agency from the leasing, sale or\nother disposition of a project or projects.\n (8) "Industrial pollution control facility"--shall mean any equipment,\nimprovement, structure or facility or any land and any building,\nstructure, facility or other improvement thereon, or any combination\nthereof, and all real and personal property deemed necessary therewith,\nwhich if within any city are not of a character or nature then or\nformerly furnished or supplied by the city, having to do with or the end\npurpose of which is the control, abatement or prevention of land, sewer,\nwater, air, noise or general environmental pollution deriving from the\noperation of industrial, manufacturing, warehousing, commercial,\nrecreation and research facilities, including, but not limited to any\nair pollution control facility, noise abatement facility, water\nmanagement facility, waste water collecting system, waste water\ntreatment works, sewage treatment works system, sewage treatment system\nor solid waste disposal facility or site.\n (9) "Recreation facility"--shall mean any facility for the use of the\ngeneral public as spectators or participants in recreation activities,\nincluding but not limited to skiing, golfing, swimming, tennis, ice\nskating or ice hockey facilities, together with all buildings,\nstructures, machinery, equipment, facilities and appurtenances thereto\nwhich the agency may deem necessary, useful or desirable in connection\nwith the construction, improvement or operation of any such facility,\nincluding overnight accommodations and other facilities incidental\nthereto and facilities that may permit the use of recreation facilities\nby the general pu
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