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57.03   DEFINITIONS.
   1.   “Electronic smoking device” means any product containing or delivering nicotine (e.g., Electronic Nicotine Delivery System, ENDS) or any other substance intended for human consumption that can be used by a person to simulate smoking through inhalation of vapor or aerosol from the product. The term includes any such device, whether manufactured, distributed, marketed, or sold as an e-cigarette, e-cigar, e-pipe, e-hookah, or vape pen, or under any other product name or descriptor.
   2.   “Public place” means an enclosed area to which the public is invited or in which the public is permitted, including common areas, and including (but not limited to) all of the following:
      A.   Financial institutions.
      B.   Restaurants.
      C.   Bars.
      D.   Public and private educational facilities.
      E.   Health care provider locations.
      F.   Hotel and motels.
      G.   Laundromats.
      H.   Public transportation facilities and conveyances under the authority of the County, including buses and taxicabs, and including the ticketing, boarding, and waiting areas of these facilities.
      I.   Aquariums, galleries, libraries, and museums.
      J.   Retail food production and marketing establishments.
      K.   Retail service establishments.
      L.   Retail stores.
      M.   Shopping malls.
      N.   Entertainment venues, including (but not limited to) theaters; concert halls; auditoriums and other facilities primarily used for exhibiting motion pictures, stage performances, lectures, musical recitals, and other similar performances; bingo facilities; and indoor arenas including sports arenas.
      O.   Polling places.
      P.   Convention facilities and meeting rooms.
      Q.   Public buildings and vehicles owned, leased, or operated by or under the control of the County.
      R.   Service lines.
      S.   Private clubs only when being used for a function to which the general public is invited.
      T.   Private residences only when used as a child care facility, a child care home, or health care provider location.
      U.   Child care facilities.
      V.   Gambling structures, excursion gambling boats, and racetrack enclosures.
      W.   Any other place defined under “public places” in Chapter 142D of the Code of Iowa.