North Dakota Century Code Title 40. Municipal Government § 40-49-04. Designation of park district--General powers--Park defined

A park district shall be known as “park district of the city of __________”. The park district shall have a seal and perpetual succession, and may:

“Park”, as used in this chapter, and in other statutes relating to park districts, unless from the context a contrary intent plainly appears, includes public grounds used or acquired for use as airfields, parade grounds, public recreation areas, playgrounds and athletic fields, memorial or cemetery grounds, and sites or areas devoted to use and accommodation of the public as distinguished from use for purposes of municipal administration.