1. "Bicycle" means either of the following: (1) A device having up to four wheels and having at least one saddle or seat for the use of a rider which is propelled by human power. (2) A low-speed electric bicycle.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 321.1[40.c.])
2. "Bicycle lane" means a portion of a street designed for exclusive or preferential use by persons using bicycles, electric scooters or personal transportation devices. Bicycle lanes are to be distinguished from the portion of the street used for motor vehicle traffic by physical barrier, striping, marking, or other similar device.
3. "Bicycle path" means a paved or unpaved surface, separate from the street, in the right-of-way at or greater than eight feet (8') in width under the jurisdiction and control of the state or a local political subdivision thereof for use primarily by bicycles, electric scooters, personal transportation devices, and pedestrians.
4. "Electric scooter" means a device weighing less than one hundred pounds that is equipped with two or three wheels, handlebars, and an electric motor, and which is solely powered by the rider or by an electric motor capable of propelling the device without additional propulsion supplied by the rider, at a maximum speed on a paved level surface of no more than twenty miles per hour, or both.
5. "Low-speed electric bicycle" means a device having a saddle or seat for the use of a rider, up to four wheels, equipped with fully operable pedals, and an electric motor of less than seven hundred fifty watts that meets the requirements of one of the following classes:
A. "Class 1 low-speed electric bicycle" means a low-speed electric bicycle equipped with a motor that may be used to provide assistance only when the rider is pedaling and that ceases to provide assistance when the bicycle reaches a speed of twenty miles per hour or more.
B. "Class 2 low-speed electric bicycle" means a low-speed electric bicycle equipped with a motor that may be used exclusively to propel the bicycle and that is not capable of providing assistance when the bicycle reaches a speed of twenty miles per hour or more.
C. "Class 3 low-speed electric bicycle" means a low-speed electric bicycle equipped with a motor that may be used to provide assistance only when the rider is pedaling and that ceases to provide assistance when the bicycle reaches a speed of twenty-eight miles per hour or more.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 321.1[36A])
6. "Multi-use trail" means a paved or unpaved surface, separate from the street, in the right-of-way at or greater than eight feet (8') in width under the jurisdiction and control of the state or a local political subdivision thereof for use primarily by bicycles, low-speed electric bicycles, electric scooters, personal transportation devices, and pedestrians. No multi-use trail shall be considered as a street or highway.
7. "Other Power-Driven Mobility Device (OPDMD)" means any mobility device powered by batteries, fuel, or other engines that is used by individuals with mobility disabilities for the purpose of locomotion, including, electronic personal assistance mobility devices, or any mobility device designed to operate in areas without defined pedestrian routes, but that is not a wheelchair or a golf cart.
8. "Personal Transportation Device" means a mobility device under one hundred fifty pounds, which may be equipped with an electric motor for assistance or sole propulsion, designed for conveying the operator, with speeds of less than twenty miles per hour, but excluding a bicycle, low-speed electric bicycle, or electric scooter.
9. "Roadway" means that portion of a highway improved, designed, or ordinarily used for vehicular travel.
10. "Street" means the entire width between property lines of every way or place of whatever nature when any part thereof is open to the use of the public, as a matter of right, for purposes of vehicular traffic.
11. "Sidewalk" means a paved or unpaved surface, separate from the street, in the right-of-way less than eight feet (8') in width under the jurisdiction and control of the local political subdivision thereof for use primarily by pedestrians.
12. "Residential district" means a territory not comprising a business district and which is occupied mainly by structures for residential dwellings.
13. "Business district" means a territory not comprising a residential neighborhood and which is occupied mainly by buildings in use for business purposes.