A. “Affected employee” means a full-time employee who is scheduled to begin his or her regular work day at a single worksite between 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. (inclusive) on two or more weekdays per week for at least twelve continuous months. For the purposes of this chapter, shareholders, principles and associates in a corporation, partners (general or limited) in a partnership and participants in a joint venture are to be considered employees.

B. “Affected employer” means a public or private employer that, for twelve continuous months, employs one hundred or more full-time employees at a single worksite who are scheduled to begin their regular work day between 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. (inclusive) on two or more weekdays. The individual employees may vary during the year. Construction worksites, when the expected duration of the construction is less than two years, are excluded from this definition.

C. “Alternative mode” means any type 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.

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

E. “Base year” means the period from January 1, 1992, through December 31, 1992, on which goals for vehicle miles traveled (VMT) per employee and proportion of single-occupant vehicle (SOV) trips shall be based.

F. “City” means the city of Algona.

G. “Commute trips” means trips made from a worker’s home to a worksite with a regularly scheduled arrival time of 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. (inclusive) on weekdays.

H. “CTR plan” means the city of Algona’s plan as set forth in this chapter to regulate and administer the CTR programs of affected employers within its jurisdiction.

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

J. “CTR zone” means an area, such as a census tract or combination of census tracts, within Algona 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.

K. “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 an ongoing arrangement.

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

M. “Employee” means anyone who receives financial or other remuneration in exchange for work provided to an employer, including owners or partners of the employer.

N. “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.

O. “Flex-time” is 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.

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

Q. “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 Algona to continue its existing CTR program or is developing and implementing program modifications likely to result in improvements to its CTR program.

R. “Implementation” means active pursuit by an employer of the CTR goals of RCW 70.94.521 through 70.94.551 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 their CTR program and schedule.

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

T. “Peak period” means the hours from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. (inclusive), Monday through Friday, except legal holidays.

U. “Peak period trip” means any employee trip that delivers the employee to begin his or her regular workday between 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. (inclusive), Monday through Friday, except legal holidays.

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

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

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

Y. “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 occupied by one or more affected employers.

Z. “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.

AA. “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.

BB. “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.

CC. “Waiver” means an exemption from CTR program requirements granted to an employer by the city based on unique conditions that apply to the employer or employment site.

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

EE. “Weekday” means any day of the week except Saturday or Sunday. (Ord. 860 § 1, 1998; Ord. 729 § 1, 1993).