§ 19-703 Definitions.
AC § 19-703
For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall be defined as follows: a. "Accessible route" has the meaning set forth in section 19-705. b. "ADA" means the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. § 12101, et seq. c. "Coaming" means the vertical plating bounding a hatch or located at the base of a door for the purpose of stiffening the edges of the opening and resisting entry of water. d. "Disabled persons" means persons with physical disabilities, including but not limited to mobility impairments, sight impairments, hearing impairments and speech impairments, and further includes persons utilizing a service animal or wheelchair or other physical mobility aid. e. "Gangway" means a pedestrian walkway that changes slope to accommodate changes in water level, linking a fixed structure or land with a barge, float, dock or other floating structure except a water borne commuter vessel. f. "Operator" means any person or private or governmental entity that owns or operates a water borne commuter services facility. g. "Passenger" means every person other than the captain and crew on board a water borne commuter vessel. h. "Point of embarkation or disembarkation" means any portal point of entry or exit onto or off of a water borne commuter vessel, or into or out of the main cabin area of such water borne commuter vessel. i. "Transition plate" means any sloping pedestrian walking surface located at the end of a gangway, vessel loading equipment, point of embarkation or disembarkation or coaming. j. "Vessel loading equipment" means any piece of equipment or assembly of equipment, whether or not such equipment requires operation by water borne commuter services facility personnel, that may be located on a water borne commuter vessel or located on a landing, that bridges from a water borne commuter vessel to a barge, float, dock or other floating structure or landing, the purpose of which is to accommodate the differences in elevation between such water borne commuter vessel and such barge, float, dock or other floating structure or landing. k. "Water borne commuter services facility" means any dock, pier, slip or terminal located within the city of New York or its territorial waters and utilized by a water borne commuter vessel, as well as water borne commuter vessels and any concession, ticket purchasing or other facility or amenity available at or on such dock, pier, slip, terminal or water borne commuter vessel. l. "Water borne commuter vessel" means every description of water craft operating within the city of New York or its territorial waters, including commuter ferries but excluding seaplanes, that is used as a means of commuter passenger mass transportation by water. Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 2005/068.
