A. "Affected Employee" means a full-time employee who begins his or her regular workday at a single worksite covered by the Pierce County Commute Trip Reduction Plan between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m. (inclusive) on two or more weekdays for at least 52 continuous weeks. Independent contract employees are excluded. Seasonal agriculture employees, including seasonal employees of processors of agricultural products, are excluded from the count of affected employees. Construction workers who work at a construction site with an expected duration of less than two years are excluded from this definition.

B. "Affected Employer" means an employer who employs 100 or more affected employees.

C. "Affected Employer Worksite" means a building or group of buildings that are on physically contiguous parcels of land or on parcels separated solely by private or public roadways or rights-of-way, and at which there are 100 or more affected employees.

D. "Alternative Commute Mode" refers to any means of commuting other than that in which the single-occupant motor vehicle is the dominant mode. Teleworking/ telecommuting and compressed work week schedules that result in the reduction of commute trips are also considered an alternative commute mode.

E. "Carpool" means a motor vehicle occupied by 2 to 4 people of at least 16 years of age traveling together for their commute trip that results in the reduction of a minimum of one motor vehicle commute trip.

F. "Commute Trip" means a trip that is made from a worker's home to a worksite.

G. "CTR" is the abbreviation of Commute Trip Reduction.

H. "Commute Trip Reduction (CTR) Plan" means the adopted Pierce County plan to regulate and administer the CTR programs of affected employers.

I. "Commute Trip Reduction (CTR) Program" means an employer's strategies to reduce employees' drive-alone trips and average VMT per employee.

J. "Compressed Work Week" means a full-time employee work schedule that allows an employee to eliminate at least one workday every two weeks by working more hours the remaining days, resulting in fewer commute trips by the employee. Examples would include working four workdays per week or nine workdays in two weeks. Compressed work weeks are understood to be an ongoing arrangement.

K. "Day" means calendar day.

L. "Department" means the Pierce County Planning and Public Works Department.

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

N. "Drive Alone" means a motor vehicle occupied by one person for commute purposes, including a motorcycle.

O. "Employee Transportation Coordinator" means a designated person who is responsible for the development, implementation and monitoring of an employer's Commute Trip Reduction Program.

P. "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.

Q. "Flex-Time" is a flexible work schedule which is a mutual agreement between the employee and the employer to choose the work time, but not the number of working hours. Flex-time is understood to be an ongoing arrangement.

R. "Full-Time Employee" means a person other than an independent contractor, scheduled to be employed on a continuous basis for 52 weeks for an average of at least 35 hours per week.

S. "Good Faith Effort" means that an employer has met the minimum requirements identified in RCW 70.94.534(2) and this Chapter and is working collaboratively with the County 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.

T. "Implementation" or "Implement" means active pursuit by an employer to achieve the CTR goals of RCW 70.94.521-551 and this Chapter.

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

V. "Newly Affected Employer" refers to an employer that is not an affected employer upon the effective date of this Chapter but who becomes an affected employer subsequent to the effective date of this Chapter.

W. "Proportion of Drive Alone Trips" means the number of commute trips over a set period made by employees in single occupancy vehicles divided by the number of potential trips taken by employees working during that period.

X. "Single Worksite" means a 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.

Y. "Teleworking/telecommuting" means the authorization of an employee to work from home, satellite office or from a teleworking center, thus eliminating a commute trip or reducing the distance traveled in a commute trip by at least half of the employee's regular commute distance.

Z. "Transit" means a multiple-occupant vehicle operated on a shared-ride basis. This definition includes bus, ferry, or rail.

AA. "Transportation Management Organization (TMO)" or "Transportation Management Association (TMA)" means a group of employers or an association representing a group of employers in a defined geographic area. A TMO/TMA may represent employers within specific city limits, or may have a sphere of influence that extends beyond city limits.

BB. "Vanpool" means a vehicle occupied by 5 to 15 people of 16 or more years of age traveling together for their commute trip that results in the reduction of motor vehicle trips.

CC. "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.

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

EE. "Weekday" means Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday.

FF. "Writing," "Written," or "In Writing" means original signed and dated documents. Facsimile (fax) transmissions and electronic transmissions are a temporary notice of action that must be followed by the original signed and dated via mail or delivery.