"Affected employee" means a full-time employee who begins his or her regular work day at a single work site between six a.m. and nine a.m. (inclusive) on two or more weekdays for at least twelve continuous months who is not an independent contractor. Seasonal agricultural employees, including seasonal employees of processors of agricultural products are excluded from the count of affected employees.

"Affected employer" means an employer that employs one hundred or more full-time employees at a single work site covered by the commute trip reduction plan who are scheduled to begin their regular work day between six a.m. and nine a.m. (inclusive) on two or more weekdays for at least twelve continuous months. Construction work sites, when the expected duration of the construction is less than two years, are excluded from this definition. (Also see definition of employer.)

"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.

"Alternative work schedules" means programs such as compressed work weeks that eliminate work trips for affected employees.

"Base year" means the twelve-month period which commences when a major employer is determined by the jurisdiction to be participating within the CTR program. The city of Selah uses this twelve-month period as the basis upon which it develops commute trip reduction goals.

"Base year survey" or "baseline measurement" means the survey, during the base year, of employees at a major employer worksite to determine the drive-alone rate and vehicle miles traveled per employee at the worksite. The jurisdiction uses this measurement to develop commute trip reduction goals for the major employer. The baseline measurement must be implemented in a manner that meets the requirements specified by the city of Selah.

"Carpool" means a motor vehicle occupied by two to six people traveling together for their commute trip resulting in the reduction of a minimum of one motor vehicle commute trip.

"Commute trip vehicle miles traveled per employee" means the sum of the individual vehicle commute trip lengths in miles over a set period divided by the number of full-time employees during that period.

"Commute trips" means trips made from a worker's home to a work site (inclusive) on weekdays.

"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 bi-weekly arrangements, the most typical being four ten-hour days or eighty hours in nine days, but may also include other arrangements.

"CTR" is the abbreviation of commute trip reduction.

"CTR program" means an employer's strategies to reduce affected employees' drive alone commutes and VMT per employee.

"Custom bus/bus pool" means a commuter bus service arranged specifically to transport employees to work.

"Dominant mode" means the mode of travel used for the greatest distance of a commute trip.

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

"Drive alone trips" means commute trips made by employees in single occupant vehicles.

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

"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.

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

"Flex-time" is an employer policy allowing individual employees some flexibility in choosing the time, but not the number, of their working hours.

"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.

"Good faith effort" means that an employer has met the minimum requirements identified in RCW 70.94.531 and this chapter, and is working collaboratively with the city of Selah 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.

"Implementation" means active pursuit by an employer of the CTR goals of RCW 70.94.521-555 and this chapter as evidenced by appointment of an Employee Transportation Coordinator (ETC), distribution of information to employees regarding alternatives to drive alone commuting, and commencement of other measures according to their CTR program and schedule.

"A major employer" means a private or public employer, including state agencies, that employs one hundred or more full-time employees at a single worksite who are scheduled to begin their regular work day between six a.m. and nine a.m. on weekdays for at least twelve continuous months.

"Major employer worksite" or "affected employer worksite" or "worksite" means the physical location occupied by a major employer, as determined by the local jurisdiction.

"Major employment installation" means a military base or federal reservation, excluding tribal reservations, or other locations as designated by the city of Selah, at which there are one hundred or more affected employees.

"Mode" means the means of transportation used by employees, such as single-occupant motor vehicle, rideshare vehicle (carpool, vanpool), transit, ferry, bicycle, walking, compressed work week schedule and telecommuting.

"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.

"Peak period" means the hours from six a.m. to nine a.m. (inclusive), Monday through Friday, except legal holidays.

"Peak period trip" means any commute trip that delivers the employee to begin his or her regular workday between six a.m. and nine a.m. (inclusive), Monday through Friday, except legal holidays.

"Proportion of drive alone trips" or "drive alone rate" means the number of commute trips over a set period made by affected employees in single occupancy vehicles divided by the number of potential trips taken by employees working during that period.

"Ride matching service" means a system which assists in matching commuters for the purpose of commuting together.

"Teleworking" or "telecommuting" 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 work place closer to home, reducing the distance traveled in a commute trip by at least half.

"Transit" means a multiple-occupant vehicle operated on a for-hire, shared-ride basis, including bus, passenger ferry, rail, shared-ride taxi, shuttle bus, or vanpool.

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

"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 specific city limits, or may have a sphere of influence that extends beyond city limits.

"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 trip.

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

"Week" means a seven day calendar period, starting on Monday and continuing through Sunday.

"Weekday" means any day of the week except Saturday or Sunday.

"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. 1717, § 1, 2008.)