Pennsylvania Statutes Title 55 P.S. Navigation § 697.3. Definitions

The following words and phrases when used in this act shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

“Authority.” The body politic and corporate created by this act.

“Board.” The governing body of an authority.

“City.” A city of the first class coterminous with a county of the first class.

“County.” A county located in whole or in part within 20 miles of a city and having the Delaware River as a border.

“Federal Government.”The United States of America, the President of the United States of America and any department or corporation, agency or instrumentality heretofore or hereafter created, designated or established by the United States of America.

“Member.” A member of the board.

“Port district.”The combined territory of a city and all counties within the meaning of this act.

“Port facility.”All real and personal property used in the operation of a port terminal, including, but not limited to, wharves, piers, slips, ferries, docks, graving docks, drydocks, ship building and/or repair yards, bulkheads, dock walls, basins, carfloats, float-bridges, dredging equipment, radio receiving and sending stations, grain or other storage elevators, warehouses, cold storage, tracks, yards, sheds, switches, connections, overhead appliances, bunker coal, oil and fresh water stations, railroads, motor trucks, floating elevators, barges, scows or harbor craft of any kind, markets in every kind of terminal storage or supply depot, now in use or hereafter designed for use, to facilitate transportation and for the handling, storage, loading or unloading of freight or passengers at terminals, and equipment, materials and supplies therefore: provided that it shall not include any hotel, retail, recreational, other than passenger cruise ships, or any residential facility for either temporary or permanent residents; nor shall it include any office which is not primarily used for or in connection with port-related commerce or industry.

“Port-related project.”Any real property, site, building, structure, equipment, furnishing and other facility or undertaking relating to industrial and commercial development activities within the port district necessary for the advancement of business and commerce associated with port facilities.

“Port terminal.”Without limitation, any marine, motor truck, railroad and air terminal, any coal, grain, bulk liquids and lumber terminal, and any union, freight, passenger and other terminals, used or to be used in connection with the transportation or transfer of freight, persons, personnel and equipment.

“Port zone.”The portion of the combined territory of a city and all counties within the meaning of this act which is within the Final Coastal Zone Boundary established under the Pennsylvania Coastal Zone Management Program for the Delaware Estuary Coastal Zone under the provisions of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (Public Law 89-454, 16 U.S.C. § 1451 et seq.) and as set forth in the Pennsylvania Coastal Zone Management Program Technical Record dated December 1978.

“Qualified majority.”A majority of the board which includes three of the four members appointed pursuant to section 5(b)(2), (3), (4) and (5) and two of the four members appointed pursuant to section 5(b)(1).