Iowa Code 480A.2 – Definitions
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As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Local government” means a county, city, township, school district, or any special-purpose district or authority.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 480A.2
- Local government: means a county, city, township, school district, or any special-purpose district or authority. See Iowa Code 480A.2
- Person: means an individual, partnership, firm, corporation, or association. See Iowa Code 462A.2
- Public right-of-way: means the area on, below, or above a public roadway, highway, street, bridge, cartway, bicycle lane, or public sidewalk in which the local government has an interest, including other dedicated rights-of-way for travel purposes and utility easements. See Iowa Code 480A.2
2. “Management costs” means the reasonable, direct, and fully documented costs a local government actually incurs to manage public rights-of-way.
3. “Public right-of-way” means the area on, below, or above a public roadway, highway, street, bridge, cartway, bicycle lane, or public sidewalk in which the local government has an interest, including other dedicated rights-of-way for travel purposes and utility easements. A public right-of-way does not include the airwaves above a public right-of-way with regard to cellular or other nonwire telecommunications or broadcasts service or utility poles owned by a local government or a municipal utility.
4. “Public utility” means a person owning or operating a facility used for furnishing natural gas by piped distribution system, electricity, communications services not including cable television systems, or water by piped distribution system, to the public for compensation.