§ 2. Definitions.

As used in this act, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings:

(a)

The word "city" shall mean the City of Orlando, a municipal corporation in Orange County, State of Florida.

(b)

The term "City Council" or the word "council" shall mean the City Council of the City of Orlando or the board or body in which the general legislative powers of the City shall be vested.

(c)

The term "aviation authority" or the word "authority" shall mean the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority hereinafter created, or if said Authority shall be abolished, the board or commission succeeding to the principal functions thereof or upon whom the powers given by this act to said Authority shall be given by law.

(d)

The word "project" shall mean any one or more, or any combination of two (2) or more of the following, or planning for the same:

(1)

Any area of land or water, or easement or other interest therein, which is used or intended for use for the take-off, landing, taxiing, parking or storing of aircraft, or for the transportation by air of persons or things, or for the location of any and all buildings, structures, appurtenances, machinery, equipment, and all other types of property and facilities related thereto, such as, but not limited to, landing fields, heliports, runways, taxiways, hangars, aircraft parking aprons, shops, offices, aircraft and air passenger terminal buildings and structures;

(2)

Areas of land or water, and easements above, on, or under the surface thereof, used or intended for use for over-flight, for noise abatement or noise buffers, for clear zones, or for side transition zones;

(3)

The fee simple interest in any area of land or water, or any easement or other interest therein, above, on, or under the surface thereof, used or intended to be used for the full or partial satisfaction of environmental mitigation requirements imposed by any federal, state, county, or municipal government or agency thereof as a condition of approving the acquisition, construction, expansion or operation of a project, as defined in paragraph (1), paragraph (2), paragraph (4), paragraph (5), or paragraph (6), whether or not such area is located within the boundaries of the city or is on or contiguous to property in which the authority or the city has a preexisting ownership interest;

(4)

Other structures, improvements, and buildings of all types used or useful for the convenience of the public or for commercial or general aviation activities, located on the property of the Authority, such as, but not limited to, restaurants, hotels, motels, exhibition halls, convention facilities, automotive parking facilities, retail stores, aircraft fueling systems, automotive service centers, cargo buildings, warehouses, industrial developments, kitchen facilities, drainage systems, utilities systems, roadways, automobile and aircraft bridges, and surface transportation terminals and facilities;

(5)

Beacons, markers, communications systems, and all navigation facilities for use in aid of air navigation;

(6)

Any and all other improvements or facilities which, in the judgment of the Authority are necessary, useful or desirable to serve the occupants, passengers, users, employees, operators, airlines, or lessees of any portion of the property or facilities of the Authority, or which are otherwise deemed by the Authority to be in the public interest, including, but not limited to, such facilities as may be necessary, used, useful, or intended for use: For the handling, parking, storing, display, sale or servicing of aircraft, either private or commercial; for the accommodation of persons and the handling of freight, mail, and other items transported by air; for the furnishing and supplying of goods, commodities, services, things and facilities that are deemed by the Authority to be appropriate for the safety or convenience of the traveling public or of the operators of aircraft, or otherwise in the public interest; and in or for the equipping, operation, and maintenance of any of the projects of the Authority.

(e)

The word "improvements" shall mean any repairs, replacements, additions, extensions, enlargements or betterments of and to a project as the Authority deems necessary to place or to maintain such project in proper condition for the safe, efficient and economic operation thereof.

(f)

The term "cost" as applied to improvements shall mean the cost of constructing or acquiring improvements as hereinabove defined and shall embrace the cost of all labor and materials, the cost of all machinery and equipment, financing charges, cost of engineering and legal expenses, plans, specifications, and such other expenses as may be necessary or incident to such construction or acquisition.

(g)

The term "cost" as applied to a project acquired, constructed, extended or enlarged, shall include the purchase price of any project acquired, the cost of improvements, the cost of such construction, extension or enlargement, the cost of all lands, properties, rights, easements and franchises acquired, the cost of all machinery and equipment, financing charges, cost of investigations and audits and of engineering and legal services, and all other expenses necessary or incident to determining the feasibility or practicability of such acquisition or construction, administrative expense and such other expenses as may be necessary or incident to the financing herein authorized and to the acquisition or construction of a project and the placing of the same in operation. Any obligation or expense incurred by the City or by the Authority prior to the conveyance of a project by the City to the Authority under this act, or prior to the issuance of revenue bonds under the provisions of this act, for engineering studies and for estimates of cost and of revenues and for other technical, financial or legal services in connection with the acquisition or construction of any project, may be regarded as a part of the cost of such project.

(Laws of Fla. ch. 57-1658, § 2; Laws of Fla. ch. 67-1834, § 1; Laws of Fla. ch. 75-464, § § 2—5)