Pub. L. 90-596, tit. I, sec. 103

Sec. 103. As used in this Act, unless the context requires otherwise— “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of the District or his designated agent. “District” means the District of Columbia. “Owner” means (1) any person, or any one of a number of persons, in whom is vested all or any part of the beneficial ownership, dominion, or title of property; (2) the committee, conservator, or legal guardian of an owner who is non compos mentis, a minor child, or otherwise under a disability; or (3) a trustee elected or appointed, or required by law, to execute a trust., other than a trustee under a deed of trust to secure the repayment of a loan. “Parking” means that area of public space which lies between the property line and the edge of the actual or planned sidewalk which is nearer to such property line, as such properly line and sidewalk are shown on the records of the District. “Property” means real property. “Property line” means the line of demarcation between privately owned property fronting or abutting a street and the publicly owned property in the line of such street. 82 Stat. 1157 “Public space” means all the publicly owned property between the property 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 highway as shown on the records of the District, whether designated as a street, alley, a,venue, 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. 1–244(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 lie 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.