[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 36, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 36CFR18.2]

[Page 257-258]
 
              TITLE 36--PARKS, FORESTS, AND PUBLIC PROPERTY
 
      CHAPTER I--NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 18_LEASING OF PROPERTIES IN PARK AREAS--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  18.2  What definitions do you need to know to understand this part?

    In addition to the definitions contained in 36 CFR Part 1, the 
following definitions apply to this part:
    (a) Associated property means land and/or structures (e.g., parking 
lots, retaining walls, walkways, infrastructure facilities, farm fields) 
related to a building or buildings and their functional use and 
occupancy.
    (b) Building means an enclosed structure located within the 
boundaries of a park area and constructed with walls and a roof to serve 
a residential, industrial, commercial, agricultural or other human use.
    (c) Commercial use authorization means a written authorization to 
provide services to park area visitors issued by the Director pursuant 
to Section 418 of Public Law 105-391 and implementing regulations.
    (d) Concession contract has the meaning stated in 36 CFR part 51.
    (e) Fair market value rent means the most probable rent, as of a 
specific date, in cash or in terms equivalent to cash, for which the 
property to be leased, under the terms and conditions of the lease, 
should rent for its highest and best permitted use after reasonable 
exposure in a competitive market under all conditions requisite to a 
fair leasing opportunity, with the lessor and the lessee each acting 
prudently, knowledgeably, and for self-interest, and assuming that 
neither is under undue duress. Determinations of fair market value rent 
under this part are to be made taking into account the considerations 
stated in Sec.  18.5.
    (f) Historic building means a building or buildings located within 
the boundaries of a park area if the building is part of a pre-historic 
or historic district or site included on, or eligible for inclusion on, 
the National Register of Historic Places.
    (g) Historic land means land located within the boundaries of an 
historic property.
    (h) Historic property means building(s) and land located within the 
boundaries of a park area if the building(s) and land are part of a pre-
historic or historic district or site included on, or eligible for 
inclusion on, the National Register of Historic Places.
    (i) Land means unimproved real property.
    (j) Lease means a written contract entered into under the authority 
of this part through which use and possession of property is granted to 
a person for a specified period of time.

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    (k) Non-historic building is a building (or buildings) and its 
associated property located within the boundaries of a park area but not 
part of a pre-historic or historic district or site included on, or 
eligible for inclusion on, the National Register of Historic Places.
    (l) Non-historic land means land located within the boundaries of a 
park area that is not associated property and is not part of a pre-
historic or historic district or site included on, or eligible for 
inclusion on, the National Register of Historic Places.
    (m) Non-historic property means building(s) and/or land that are 
located within the boundaries of a park area but are not part of a pre-
historic or historic district or site included on, or eligible for 
inclusion on, the National Register of Historic Places.
    (n) Park area means a unit of the national park system.
    (o) Property means both historic and non-historic property that is 
located within the boundaries of a park area and is federally owned or 
administered.
    (p) Request for bids refers to the lease bid process described in 
Sec.  18.7.
    (q) Request for proposals refers to the lease proposal process 
described in Sec.  18.8.
    (r) Responsive bid or proposal means a timely submitted bid or 
proposal that meets the material requirements of a request for bids or a 
request for proposals.