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2019 New York Laws
GMU - General Municipal
Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities
72-K*2 - Notification of Change in Use of Property Used for Recreational Purposes.

Universal Citation: NY Gen Mun L § 72-K-2 (2019)
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* 72-k.   Notification   of   change  in  use  of  property  used  for
recreational purposes.
  1. Whenever an owner of real property used for  recreational  purposes
desires  to  change  the  use of such property he shall notify the chief
executive officer of each municipal corporation in which the property is
situated of his intention to so change the use. Such notification  shall
be  made  by  certified  or registered mail and may be given at any time
before the change in use becomes effective. The  notice  shall  indicate
the  location  of the property, the use to which it is presently devoted
and the proposed new use.
  2. Failure to give notice pursuant to the provisions of  this  section
shall  not  constitute a cloud on the title nor affect in any manner the
title to the real property involved.
  3. As used in this section the term:
  (a) "Real property used for recreational purposes" shall  include  but
not  be  limited  to  the utilization of real property for parks, picnic
areas,  swimming  facilities,  golf  courses  and  other  such   similar
facilities available to the general public.
  (b) "Chief executive officer" shall mean:
  (1)  In  the  case of a county, the county executive or manager, or if
there is none, the chairman of the board of supervisors.
  (2) In the case of cities, the mayor, except in those cities having  a
city manager, it shall mean such city manager.
  (3) In the case of towns, the supervisor.
  (4)  In  the  case  of  villages,  the mayor, except in those villages
having a president or manager, it shall mean such latter officer.
  (c) "Change the use" shall mean the use of recreational property or  a
portion   thereof   for   non-recreational  purposes  or  the  permanent
discontinuance of such property or a portion  thereof  for  recreational
purposes.
  * NB There are 2 § 72-k's
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