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§902 Definitions

Title 40 › SUBTITLE I — FEDERAL PROPERTY AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES › CHAPTER 9 — URBAN LAND USE › § 902

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Defines two key terms used in the chapter. A "unit of general local government" is a city, county, town, parish, village, or another similar local government that handles general local duties. An "urban area" means one of three things: an area inside an incorporated city, town, borough, village, or similar unit (not a county or parish) with at least 10,000 people; an unincorporated area with a density of at least 1,500 people per square mile; or an area next to an incorporated place of 10,000 or more people that itself has at least 1,500 people per square mile.

Full Legal Text

Title 40, §902

Public Buildings, Property, and Works, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

In this chapter, the following definitions apply:
(1)Unit of general local government.—
The term “unit of general local government” means a city, county, town, parish, village, or other general-purpose political subdivision of a State.
(2)Urban area.—
The term “urban area” means—
(A)a geographical area within the jurisdiction of an incorporated city, town, borough, village, or other unit of general local government, except a county or parish, having a population of at least 10,000 inhabitants;
(B)that portion of the geographical area within the jurisdiction of a county, town, township, or similar governmental entity which contains no incorporated unit of general local government but has a population density of at least 1,500 inhabitants per square mile; and
(C)that portion of a geographical area having a population density of at least 1,500 inhabitants per square mile and situated adjacent to the boundary of an incorporated unit of general local government which has a population of at least 10,000.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 90240:535(a), (b).June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title VIII, § 806(a), (b), as added Pub. L. 90–577, title V, § 501, Oct. 16, 1968, 82 Stat. 1105.

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Citation

40 U.S.C. § 902

Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110