Section 11.101.2. Definitions.

The following definitions shall apply to this chapter.

“Access coordinator” means an employee, designated within each agency, with the assigned duties of disseminating information on capitol complex parking and building access and requesting and distributing employee parking permits and access cards from the department of administrative services, the department of public safety, and the house of representatives or the senate, as appropriate, for employee parking lot assignment and building access.

“Capitol complex” means an area within the city of Des Moines in which the Iowa state capitol building is located. This area includes the state capitol building and all real property and appurtenances thereto owned by the state of Iowa within an area bounded on the north by Interstate Highway 235, on the east by East 14th Street, on the south by the northernmost railroad tracks south of Court Avenue and on the west by East 6th Street.

“Capitol complex parking area” means a parking lot or parking structure for employees or visitors that is within the boundaries of the capitol complex and that is under the control of the executive branch of state government.

“Combined lot”  or “overflow lot”  means a parking area designated by the department of administrative services for both employees and visitors.

“Controlled lot” means a parking area for which access or usage is designated by any of the following: parking gates, vehicle decals, signs, symbols, or markings.

“Council member” means a member of a state board, committee, commission, or council who is not a full-time state employee and who is present on the capitol complex only on an occasional basis in the member’s official capacity.

“Delinquent” means a parking fine that has not been paid within 30 days of issuance. If the owner or operator of the vehicle contests the parking citation by filing a written request for hearing within 10 days of the issuance of the citation, the fine will be suspended pending the outcome of the contested case. If the appeal decision upholds the citation, an unpaid fine shall become delinquent 10 days after issuance of the final decision or 31 days after issuance of the ticket, whichever is later.

“Department” means the department of administrative services.

“Director” means the director of the department of administrative services or the director’s designee.

“Employee” means any person employed full-time or part-time by the state of Iowa, including legislators, judges, and temporary workers. “Employee” includes a contractor and the contractor’s employees who regularly work on the capitol complex. “Employee” shall also mean a council member who is at the capitol complex in the member’s official capacity.

“Habitual violator” means any owner or operator of a vehicle who has received six or more separate and distinct parking citations in the past 12 months regardless of whether payment for the citations is made in a timely manner.

“Legislative parking area” means a parking lot within the boundaries of the capitol complex that is under the control of the legislative branch of state government.

“Operator” means any person who is in actual physical control of a vehicle.

“Overnight parking” means parking on the capitol complex between 11 p.m.     and 6 a.m.

“Overtime parking” means parking in a space or parking area longer than the posted time limit.

“Owner” means a person who is named on the legal title of a vehicle as the owner or, in the case of a vehicle without a title certificate, the person who is lawfully seized of the vehicle.

“Parking permit” means a device such as but not limited to a decal, placard or tag distributed by the department of administrative services or the legislative branch and used to identify the vehicle of a state employee or council member in capitol complex and legislative parking areas.

“Peace officer” means a person defined as a peace officer in Iowa Code section 801.4, who is assigned to the Iowa state patrol district 16 on either a permanent or temporary basis.

“Persons with disabilities parking permit” means a permit as defined in Iowa Code section 321L.2 that bears the international symbol of accessibility and that is issued by the department of transportation or by the corresponding agency of another state that allows the holder to park in a persons with disabilities parking space.

“Persons with disabilities parking sign” means a sign that bears the international symbol of accessibility and that meets the requirements of Iowa Code section 321L.6.

“Persons with disabilities parking space” means a parking space, including the access aisle, that is designated for use only by motor vehicles displaying a persons with disabilities parking permit and that meets the requirements of Iowa Code sections 321L.5 and 321L.6 and 661—Chapter 18.

“Person with a disability,” as defined in Iowa Code section 321L.1, means a person who has a disability that limits or impairs the person’s ability to walk.

“Reserved parking” means a parking area designated by a “reserved” parking sign or other assignment indicator pursuant to subrule 101.3(2), and assigned by the director to a specific agency, vehicle or individual.

“Vehicle” means every device in, upon, or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway. “Vehicle” does not include any device moved by human power.

“Visitor” means a member of the public at the capitol complex who is not included in the definition of employee.