1. “Affected employee” means a full-time employee who begins his or her regular workday at a single worksite between six a.m. and nine a.m. on weekdays for at least twelve continuous months. The employee will only be counted at his or her primary worksite. Seasonal agricultural employees, including seasonal employees of processors of agricultural products, are excluded from the count of affected employees.

2. “Affected employer” means a private or public employer, including state agencies, that employs one hundred or more full-time employees at a single worksite who begin their regular workday between six a.m. and nine a.m. on weekdays for at least twelve continuous months during the year. Construction worksites, when the expected duration of the construction is less than two years, are excluded from this definition.

3. “Affected worksite” means an occupied building or group of buildings on physically contiguous parcels of land or on parcels separated solely by private or public roadways or rights-of-way at which there are one hundred or more full-time employees, of one or more employer, who begin their regular workday between six a.m. and nine a.m. on weekdays, for at least twelve continuous months.

4. “Alternative mode” means any means of commute transportation other than that in which the single-occupant motor vehicle is the dominant mode, including telecommuting and compressed work weeks if they result in reducing commute trips.

5. “Alternative work schedules” means work schedules which allow employees to work their required hours outside of the traditional Monday to Friday, eight a.m. to five p.m. schedule. Programs such as compressed work weeks that eliminate work trips for affected employees are an example.

6. “Base year” means the twelve-month period commencing when a major employer is determined to be participating in the CTR plan by the city, on which commute trip reduction goals are based.

7. “Base year survey” means the survey completed by the affected employer in accordance with the requirements of the CTR plan, during its base year, of employees at a major employer worksite used to determine the drive-alone rate and VMT per employee at the worksite.

8. “Base year value” means “baseline measurement” as defined in this section.

9. “Baseline measurement” means the measured values of the proportion of single-occupant vehicle commute trips and commute trip vehicle miles traveled per employee at an affected worksite, on which commute trip reduction goals for the affected worksite must be based.

10. “Carpool” means a motor vehicle occupied by at least two people traveling together for their commute trip that results in the reduction of a minimum of one motor vehicle commute trip.

11. “City” means the city of Everett, its officers, employees, and agents.

12. “Commute trips” means trips made from a worker’s home to a worksite with a regularly scheduled work start time between six a.m. and nine a.m. on weekdays.

13. “CTR” means commute trip reduction.

14. “CTR Task Force Guidelines” means a document prepared in 1992 (subject to revision) by the statewide Commute Trip Reduction Task Force. The document includes guidelines for preparing plans and ordinances, as well as model programs and data from worksites across the country.

15. “CTR law” means Washington law relating to commute trip reduction adopted in 1991 (Chapter 202, Laws of 1991) and codified in RCW 70.94.521 et seq., as amended.

16. “CTR plan” means the city’s plan and ordinance to regulate and administer the CTR programs of affected employers within the city.

17. “CTR program” means an employer’s strategies to reduce affected employees’ SOV use and VMT per employee.

18. “CTR zone” means one of three areas, such as a census tract or combination of census tracts, within Snohomish County, characterized by similar employment density, population density, level of transit service, parking availability, access to high-occupancy vehicle facilities, and other factors that are determined to affect the level of SOV commuting. Everett, Mukilteo and parts of unincorporated Snohomish County have been combined to form one zone.

19. “Commuter matching service” means a system that assists in matching commuters for the purpose of commuting together.

20. “Compressed work week” means an alternative work schedule, in accordance with employer policy, that regularly allows a full-time employee to eliminate at least one work day every two weeks by working longer hours during the remaining days, resulting in fewer commute trips by the employee. This definition is primarily intended to include weekly and biweekly arrangements, the most typical being four ten-hour days or eighty hours in nine days, but may also include other arrangements. Compressed work weeks are understood to be ongoing arrangements.

21. “Custom bus/buspool” means a commuter bus service arranged to transport one or more specific employee groups to and from work.

22. “Days” means calendar days, unless otherwise specified.

23. “Dominant mode” means the mode of travel used for the greatest distance of a commute trip.

24. “Drive alone” means a motor vehicle occupied by one employee for commute purposes, including a motorcycle.

25. “Drive alone trips” means commute trips made by affected employees in SOVs.

26. “Employee transportation coordinator (ETC)” means a person who is designated as responsible for the development, implementation and monitoring of an employer’s CTR program.

27. “Employer” means a sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, unincorporated association, cooperative, joint venture, agency, department, district or other individual or entity, whether public, nonprofit, or private, that employs workers.

28. “Everett” means the “city” as defined in this section.

29. “Exemption” means a waiver from CTR program requirements granted to an employer by the city based on unique conditions that apply to the employer or employment site.

30. “Flex-time” means an employer policy allowing individual employees some flexibility in choosing the time, but not the number, of their working hours to facilitate the use of alternative modes of transportation.

31. “Full-time employee” means a person, other than an independent contractor, scheduled to be employed on a continuous basis for fifty-two weeks for an average of at least thirty-five hours per week.

32. “Good faith effort” means an employer has met the minimum requirements identified in RCW 70.94.531 and this chapter; has notified the city of its intent to substantially change or modify its program and has either received the approval of the city to do so or has acknowledged that its program may not be approved without additional modifications; has provided adequate information and documentation of implementation when requested by the city; and is working collaboratively with the city to continue its existing CTR program or is developing and implementing program modifications likely to result in improvements to its CTR program over an agreed upon length of time.

33. “Implementation” means active pursuit by an employer of the CTR goals of RCW 70.94.521 et seq. and this chapter as evidenced by appointment of a transportation coordinator, distribution of information to employees regarding alternatives to SOV commuting, and commencement of other measures according to its approved CTR program and schedule.

34. “Major employer” means an “affected employer” as defined in this section.

35. “Major worksite” means “affected worksite” as defined in this section.

36. “Major employment installation” means a military base or federal reservation, excluding tribal reservations, at which there are one hundred or more full-time employees, who begin their regular workday between six a.m. and nine a.m. on weekdays, for at least twelve continuous months during the year.

37. “Mode” means the means of transportation used by employees, such as a single-occupant motor vehicle, rideshare vehicle (carpool, vanpool), transit, ferry, bicycle, and walking.

38. “Notice” means written communication delivered via the United States Postal Service with receipt deemed accepted three days following the day on which the notice was deposited with the Postal Service unless the third day falls on a weekend or legal holiday in which case the notice is deemed accepted the day after the weekend or legal holiday.

39. “Peak period” means the hours from six a.m. to nine a.m., Monday through Friday, except legal holidays.

40. “Peak period trip” means any employee trip that delivers the employee to begin his or her regular workday between six a.m. and nine a.m., Monday through Friday, except legal holidays.

41. “Proportion of single-occupant vehicle trips” or “SOV rate” means the number of affected employees in SOVs over a set period divided by the number of affected employees working during that period.

42. “Single-occupant vehicle (SOV)” means a motor vehicle occupied by one employee for commute purposes, including a motorcycle.

43. “Single-occupant vehicle (SOV) trips” means trips made by affected employees in SOVs.

44. “Single worksite” means “affected worksite” as defined in this section.

45. “Teleworking” means the use of telephones, computers, or other similar technology to permit an employee to work from home, eliminating a commute trip, or to work from a workplace closer to home, reducing the distance traveled in a commute trip by at least half.

46. “Transit” means, for the purposes of this chapter, a multiple-occupant vehicle operated by public agency or on a for-hire shared-ride basis, including bus, ferry, rail, shuttle bus, or vanpool. A transit trip counts as zero vehicle trips.

47. “Transportation demand management (TDM)” means a broad range of strategies that are primarily intended to reduce and reshape demand on the transportation system.

48. “Transportation management association (TMA)” means a group of employers or an association representing a group of employers in a defined geographic area. A TMA may represent employers within the city limits, or may have a sphere of influence that extends beyond the city limits.

49. “Vanpool” means a vehicle occupied by five to fifteen people traveling together for their commute trip that results in the reduction of a minimum of one motor vehicle commute trip. A vanpool trip counts as zero vehicle trips.

50. “Vehicle miles traveled (VMT) per employee” means the sum of the individual vehicle commute trip lengths in miles made by affected employees over a set period divided by the number of affected employees during that period.

51. “Week” means a seven-day calendar period, starting on Monday and continuing through Sunday.

52. “Weekday” means any day of the week except Saturday or Sunday.

53. “Worksite” means “affected worksite” as defined in this section.

54. “Writing, written, or in writing” means original signed and dated documents. Facsimile (fax) transmissions are a temporary notice of action that must be followed by the original signed and dated document via mail or delivery. (Ord. 3169-10 § 2, 2010; Ord. 2277-98 Ch. 1 § E, 1998.)