§ 2799-ccc. Definitions. As used or referred to in this title, unless\na different meaning clearly appears from the context:\n 1. "Airport" shall mean any area of land or water which is used, or\nintended for use, for the landing and takeoff of aircraft, and any\nappurtenant areas which are used, or intended for use, for airport\nbuildings or other aviation facilities, airport facility or\nrights-of-way, together with all airport buildings and facilities\nlocated thereon, including any heliport;\n 2. "Airport hazard" shall mean any structure or object of natural\ngrowth located on or in the vicinity of an airport, or any use of land\nnear such an airport, which obstructs the airspace required for the\nflight of aircraft in landing or taking off at such airport or is\notherwise hazardous to such landing or taking off of aircraft;\n 3. "Authority" shall mean the corporation created by this title;\n 4. "Aviation facilities" shall mean any airport facility or terminal\nincluding but not limited to any facility, property or equipment\nnecessary, convenient or desirable for the landing, taking off,\naccommodation or servicing of aircraft of all types, and shall include\nsuch other facilities, equipment, property, structures and appurtenances\nas may be necessary or convenient in the operation, maintenance,\ndevelopment or improvement of an airport including facilities,\nequipment, property, structures, and appurtenances, leased by the\nauthority to persons, engaged in air transportation or the production or\ndevelopment of materials, goods or equipment for an airport or air\ntransportation or in providing facilities or equipment for the\naccommodation, safety, security or comfort of the traveling public and\nfor purposes related or incidental to one or more of the foregoing\npurposes. It shall include, without limitation, runways, aprons,\nhangars, control towers, ramps, taxiways, navigation aids, warehouses,\noffice and service buildings, structures, parking facilities, concession\nfacilities, restaurants located in the terminal, motels and hotels\nlocated in the terminal, retail stores, maintenance facilities, fuel\nfacilities, and facilities for the loading, unloading, holding,\ninterchange or transfer of such passengers, freight, baggage or cargo.\nIt shall also mean any property necessary to remove, mitigate, prevent\nor limit airport hazards. It shall also mean facilities and equipment\nproviding access to an airport facility or terminal, including\nappropriate mass transportation terminal facilities at and within the\nairport facility or terminal itself. It shall also mean highways, access\nroads, driveways and approaches in the vicinity of an airport facility\nor terminal providing improved access to such airport facility or\nterminal. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, general,\nspecial or local, it shall also mean railroad projects related or of\nbenefit to an airport facility or terminal consisting of railroad\ntransportation facilities; and any equipment, improvement, structure or\nfacility or any land, and any building, structure, facility or other\nimprovement thereon, or any combination thereof, and all property in\nconnection therewith or incidental thereto, deemed necessary or\ndesirable in the opinion of the authority, whether or not now in\nexistence or under construction, for the undertaking of such railroad\nprojects (exclusive of privately owned, stand alone railroad facilities\nwhich do not provide a benefit to the airport).\n 5. "Bonds" shall mean the bonds, notes or other evidences of\nindebtedness issued by the authority pursuant to this title and the\nprovisions of this title relating to bonds and bondholders which shall\napply with equal force and effect to notes and noteholders,\nrespectively, unless the context otherwise clearly requires.\n 6. "City" shall mean the city of Syracuse.\n 7. "Construction" shall mean the acquisition, erection, building,\nalteration, repair, improvement, i
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