Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 82.djvu/1199

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PUBLIC LAW 90-596-OCT. 17, 1968

"Public si){K'e"" means jill the publicly owned property between the l)roperty lines on a street, as such property lines are shown on the records of the District, and includes any roadway, tree space, sidewalk, or parking- between such property lines. "Street" means a public hi^jhway as shown on the records of the District, whether designated as a street, alley, avenue, freeway, road, drive, lane, place, boulevard, parkway, circle, or by some other term. "Vault" means a structure or an enclosure of space beneath the surface of the public space, including but not limited to tanks for petroleum products, except that the term "vault" shall not include public utility structures, pipelines, or tunnels constructed under the authority of subsection (d) of the Act approved December 20, 1944, as amended (D.C. Code, sec. l - 2 4 4 (d)), or structures or facilities of the United States or the District of Columbia, or of any governmental entity or foreign government, or any structure or facility included in any lease agreement entered into by the Commissioner. If such structure or enclosure of space be divided approximately horizontally into two or more levels, the term "vault" as used in this Act shall be considered as applying to one such level only, and each such level shall be considered a separate vault within the meaning of this Act. SEC. 104. Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed as requiring the Commissioner to assess and collect rent from the Government of the United States, the government of the District of Columbia, or any foreign government, for the use, in accordance with the provisions of titles II and III, of public space abutting property owned by any such government or governmental entity, nor shall any such governmerit or governmental entity be subject to the payment of any rent required by this Act. SEC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, the Commissioner is authorized, in his judgment and pursuant to regulations adopted and promulgated by the District of Columbia Council, to permit the occupancy of public space for minor uses without requiring rental payments when the fixing and collection of rental charges would not be feasible.

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TITLE II — R P: N T A L OF P U B L I C S P A C E ON OR A B O V E THE SURFACE SEC. 201. The District of Columbia Council is authorized to provide by regulation for the rental of portions of public space on or above the surface of the pavement or the ground, as the case may be, and not actually required for the use of the general public, for such period of time as the said space may not be so required or for any lesser period: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed as requiring the Council to require the payment of rent as a condition to the use of public space (1) in accordance with the provisions of regulations promulgated under the authority of the first paragraph under the caption "District of Columbia" of the Act approved March 3, 1891 (26 Stat. 868), as amended (D.C. Code, sec. .5-204); (2) by a public utility company for the installation and ^'^ ^*^*' ^^5maintenance of any of its equipment or facilities, under permit issued by the District; or (3) for the sale of newspapers of general circulation: Provided further. That the proposed rental of public space Fine")^jr'r" °^ within the area of the District of Columbia subject to the provisions pr'"vai/ ^' ^^' of the Act approved May 16, 1930 (46 Stat. 366), as amended (D.C. Code, secs. 5-410 and 5-411), shall be submitted to the Commission of Fine Arts in accordance with the provisions of such Act of May 16, 1930. The regulations adopted by the District of Columbia Council shall provide that public space rented under the authority of this

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