As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
 1. “City enterprise” means the same as defined in section 384.24.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 384.80

  • and: includes the disjunctive "or" and the use of the disjunctive "or" includes the conjunctive "and" unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. See Iowa Code 384.23
  • City enterprise: means any of the following, including the real estate, fixtures, equipment, accessories, appurtenances, and all property necessary or useful for the operation of any of the following:
     a. See Iowa Code 384.24
  • City utility: means all or part of a waterworks, gasworks, sanitary sewage system, storm water drainage system, electric light and power plant and system, heating plant, cable communication or television system, telephone or telecommunications systems or services offered separately or combined with any system or service specified in this subsection or authorized by other law, any of which are owned by a city, including all land, easements, rights-of-way, fixtures, equipment, accessories, improvements, appurtenances, and other property necessary or useful for the operation of the utility. See Iowa Code 362.2
  • Combined city enterprise: means two or more city enterprises combined and operated as a single enterprise. See Iowa Code 384.80
  • Combined utility system: means two or more city utilities owned by a single city, and combined and operated as a single system. See Iowa Code 384.80
  • Construction: includes materials, labor, acts, operations and services necessary to complete a public improvement. See Iowa Code 384.37
  • Council: means the governing body of a city. See Iowa Code 362.2
  • Governing body: means the public body which by law is charged with the management and control of a city utility, combined utility system, city enterprise, or combined city enterprise. See Iowa Code 384.80
  • Net revenues: means gross revenues less operating expenses. See Iowa Code 384.80
  • owner: means the owner or owners of property, as shown by the transfer books in the office of the county auditor of the county in which the property is located. See Iowa Code 384.37
  • Project: means the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, extending, remodeling, improving, repairing, and equipping of all or part of a city utility, combined utility system, city enterprise, or combined city enterprise, or a water resource restoration project within or without the corporate limits of the city. See Iowa Code 384.80
  • property: includes personal and real property. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Rates: means rates, fees, tolls, rentals, and charges for the use of or service provided by a city utility, combined utility system, city enterprise, or combined city enterprise. See Iowa Code 384.80
  • undertaking: means a promise or security in any form. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Water resource restoration project: means the acquisition of real property or improvements or other activity or undertaking that will assist in improving the quality of the water in the watershed where a city water or wastewater utility is located. See Iowa Code 384.80
 2. “Combined city enterprise” means two or more city enterprises combined and operated as a single enterprise.
 3. “Combined service account” means a customer service account for the provision of two or more utility or enterprise services, regardless of whether those services are being provided by a single city, or by any combination of city utilities, combined utility systems, city enterprises, or combined city enterprises of one or more cities.
 4. “Combined utility system” means two or more city utilities owned by a single city, and combined and operated as a single system.
 5. “Governing body” means the public body which by law is charged with the management and control of a city utility, combined utility system, city enterprise, or combined city enterprise. The council is the governing body of each city utility, combined utility system, city enterprise, or combined city enterprise, except that a utility board, as provided in chapter 388, is the governing body of the city utility, city utilities or combined utility system which it operates.
 6. “Gross revenue” means all income and receipts derived from the operation of a city utility, combined utility system, city enterprise, or combined city enterprise.
 7. “Landlord” means the owner of record of a rental property, or a real estate manager or management company appointed by the owner to administer rental property.
 8. “Net revenues” means gross revenues less operating expenses.
 9. “Operating expense” means salaries, wages, cost of maintenance and operation, materials, supplies, insurance and all other items normally included under recognized accounting practices, but does not include allowances for depreciation in the value of physical property.
 10. “Owner” means the owner of record as reflected in the records of the county treasurer.
 11. “Pledge order” means a promise to pay out of the net revenues of a city utility, combined utility system, city enterprise, or combined city enterprise, which is delivered to the contractors or other persons in payment of all or part of the cost of the project.
 12. “Project” means the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, extending, remodeling, improving, repairing, and equipping of all or part of a city utility, combined utility system, city enterprise, or combined city enterprise, or a water resource restoration project within or without the corporate limits of the city.
 13. “Rates” means rates, fees, tolls, rentals, and charges for the use of or service provided by a city utility, combined utility system, city enterprise, or combined city enterprise.
 14. “Revenue bond” means a negotiable bond issued by a city and payable from the net revenues of a city utility, combined utility system, city enterprise, or combined city enterprise.
 15. “Water resource restoration project” means the acquisition of real property or improvements or other activity or undertaking that will assist in improving the quality of the water in the watershed where a city water or wastewater utility is located.
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