Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 11 - Administrative Services Department › Title V - General Services › Chapter 101 - Parking › Rule 11-101.2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
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.