urban district

noun

a minor administrative division in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, with local self-government by a district council, but lacking the charter of a borough.

urban district

(in England and Wales from 1888 to 1974 and Northern Ireland from 1898 to 1973) an urban division of an administrative county with an elected council in charge of housing and environmental services: usually made up of one or more thickly populated areas but lacking a borough charter
(in the Republic of Ireland) any of 49 medium-sized towns with their own elected councils

One represents an urban district in Chicago, the other the Panhandle of Idaho.

And it must be borne in mind that in a borough the borough council is the urban district council.

Provision is made for the control of main roads in urban districts being retained by the urban district council.

In an urban district the urban council have always had all the powers and duties of a surveyor of highways under the Highway Acts.

The eastern suburb of Heavitree, where is the Exeter city asylum, is an urban district with a population of 7529.

Footnote 269: Speaking strictly, a borough is an urban district, and something more.

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