249.925. Definitions.
Definitions.
249.925. As used in sections 249.925 to 249.955, the following termsmean:
(1) "Acquire", the acquisition of property or interests in propertyby purchase, gift or other lawful means and may include the acquisition ofexisting property and improvements already owned by a city or county;
(2) "Consultant", engineers, architects, planners, attorneys,financial advisors, accountants, investment bankers and other personsdeemed competent to advise and assist the governing body of the city orcounty in planning and making improvements authorized by sections 249.925to 249.955;
(3) "Cost", all costs incurred in connection with an improvement,including, but not limited to, costs incurred for the preparation ofpreliminary reports, the preparation of plans and specifications, thepreparation and publication of notices of hearings, resolutions, ordinancesand other proceedings, fees and expenses of consultants, interest accruedon borrowed money during the period of construction, underwriting costs andother costs incurred in connection with the issuance of bonds or notes,establishment of reasonably required reserve funds for bonds or notes, thecost of land, materials, labor and other lawful expenses incurred inplanning, acquiring and doing any improvement, reasonable constructioncontingencies, and work done or services performed by a city or county inthe administration and supervision of the improvement;
(4) "Improve", to construct, reconstruct, maintain, restore, replace,renew, repair, install, equip, extend, or to otherwise perform any workwhich will provide a new sewage or storm water facility or enhance, extendor restore the value or utility of an existing sewage or storm waterfacility;
(5) "Improvement", any one or more public facilities or improvementswhich confer a benefit on a new or existing sewage or storm water facilityand may include or consist of a reimprovement of a prior improvement.Improvements include, but are not limited to, the following activities:
(a) To acquire property or interests in property when necessary ordesirable for sewage or storm water facility purposes as authorized bysections 249.925 to 249.955;
(b) To open, widen, extend and otherwise to improve streets, pavingand other surfacing, gutters, curbs, sidewalks, crosswalks, drivewayentrances and structures, drainage works incidental thereto, and serviceconnections from sewer, water, gas and other utility mains, conduits orpipes, if such activity is necessary for or incidental to an improvementauthorized by sections 249.925 to 249.955;
(c) To improve main and lateral storm water drains and sanitary sewersystems, and appurtenances thereto;
(d) To improve waterworks systems, if such activity is necessary foror incidental to an improvement authorized by sections 249.925 to 249.955;
(e) To improve vehicle and pedestrian bridges, overpasses andtunnels, if such activity is necessary for or incidental to an improvementauthorized by sections 249.925 to 249.955;
(f) To improve property for off-street parking facilities includingconstruction and equipment of buildings thereon, if such activity isnecessary for or incidental to an improvement authorized by sections249.925 to 249.955;
(6) "Sewage or storm water facility improvement district", an area ofany city with a population of three hundred fifty thousand or moreinhabitants which is located in more than one county, or of any county ofthe first classification without a charter form of government that has apopulation of at least one hundred sixty thousand inhabitants, or of anycounty of the first classification without a charter form of governmentcontaining a portion of a city with a population of at least three hundredfifty thousand inhabitants, or of any county of the first classificationwithout a charter form of government as of August 28, 1995, that has apopulation of more than one hundred five thousand but less than one hundredtwenty thousand inhabitants, with defined limits and boundaries which iscreated by vote under sections 249.925 to 249.955 and which is benefited bya sewage or storm water facility improvement and subject to assessmentsagainst the real property therein for the cost of the improvement.
(L. 1995 H.B. 88 § 9)