For the purposes of this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Annexed territory" means territory annexed to the City after census day.
2. "Census day" means April 1, 2010, the official date of the 2010 United States Decennial Census.
3. "Commissioner of Elections" means the County Auditor of Cerro Gordo County.
4. "Corporate limits" means the corporate limits of the City on census day. The corporate limits do not embrace the annexed territories.
5. "Legislative district" means a district represented by a member of the House of Representatives of the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, as established by the legislature.
6. Points of the compass are approximate unless otherwise stated.
7. All names, boundaries, lines, features and fixtures are to be construed as they existed on census day.