Ord 2201 - Commute Trip Reduction Plan (CTR)

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20. "Flex Time" is an employer policy that provides work schedules allowing individual employees flexibility in choosing the start and end time, but not the number of their working hours. 21. "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. 22. "Good Faith Effort" means that an employer has met the minimum requirements identified in RCW 70.94.531 and this ordinance, and is working collaboratively with the City of Tukwila 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. 23. "Implementation" means active pursuit by an employer of the CTR goals of RCW 70.94.521 -555 and this ordinance, as evidenced by appointment of an ETC, distribution of information to employees regarding alternatives to drive -alone commuting, and commencement of other measures according to its approved CTR program and schedule. 24. "Major Employer" means a private or public employer, including state agencies, that employs 100 or more full -time employees at a single worksite who begin their regular workday between 6:00 and 9:00 AM on weekdays for at least 12 continuous months during the year. 25. "Major Employer Worksite" or "Affected Employer Worksite" or Worksite" means the physical location occupied by a major employer, as determined by the local jurisdiction. 26. "Major Employment Installation" means a military base or federal reservation, or other facilities as designated by the City of Tukwila, at which there are 100 or more full time employees who begin their regular workday between 6:00 and 9:00 AM on weekdays for at least 12 continuous months during the year. 27. "Mode" is the means of transportation or alternate mode used by employees, such as single- occupant motor vehicle, rideshare vehicle (carpool, vanpool), transit, ferry, bicycle, walking, compressed work schedule and telecommuting. 28. "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. 29. "Peak Period" means the hours between 6:00 and 9:00 AM (inclusive), Monday through Friday, except legal holidays. 30. "Peak Period Trip" means any employee trip that delivers the employee to begin his or her regular workday between 6:00 and 9:00 AM (inclusive), Monday through Friday, except legal holidays. 31. "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 affected employees working during that period. 32. "Ride Matching Service" means a system that assists in matching commuters for the purpose of commuting together. 33. "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. 34. "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. C: \Documents and Settings\A11 Users\ Desktop \Kelly\MSDATA \Ordinances \CTR.doc SM:ksn 4/29/2008 Page 3 of 11