The definitions set forth in
this section apply throughout this chapter.
(1) "Authorized metropolitan function" means a metropolitan
function which a metropolitan municipal corporation shall have
been authorized to perform in the manner provided in this
chapter.
(2) "Central city" means the city with the largest
population in a metropolitan area.
(3) "Central county" means the county containing the city
with the largest population in a metropolitan area.
(4) "City" means an incorporated city or town.
(5) "City council" means the legislative body of any city or
town.
(6) "City-owned transit system" means a system of public
transportation owned or operated, including contracts for the
services of a publicly owned or operated system of
transportation, by a city that is not located within the
boundaries of a metropolitan municipal corporation, county
transportation authority, or public transportation benefit area.
(7) "Component city" means an incorporated city or town
within a metropolitan area.
(8) "Component county" means a county, all or part of which
is included within a metropolitan area.
(9) "Metropolitan area" means the area contained within the
boundaries of a metropolitan municipal corporation, or within the
boundaries of an area proposed to be organized as such a
corporation.
(10) "Metropolitan council" means the legislative body of a
metropolitan municipal corporation, or the legislative body of a
county which has by ordinance or resolution assumed the rights,
powers, functions, and obligations of a metropolitan municipal
corporation pursuant to the provisions of chapter 36.56 RCW.
(11) "Metropolitan function" means any of the functions of
government named in RCW 35.58.050.
(12) "Metropolitan municipal corporation" means a municipal
corporation of the state of Washington created pursuant to this
chapter, or a county which has by ordinance or resolution assumed
the rights, powers, functions, and obligations of a metropolitan
municipal corporation pursuant to the provisions of chapter 36.56 RCW.
(13) "Metropolitan public transportation" or "metropolitan
transportation" for the purposes of this chapter means the
transportation of packages, passengers, and their incidental
baggage by means other than by chartered bus, sightseeing bus, or
any other motor vehicle not on an individual fare-paying basis,
together with the necessary passenger terminals and parking
facilities or other properties necessary for passenger and
vehicular access to and from such people-moving systems:
PROVIDED, That nothing in this chapter shall be construed to
prohibit a metropolitan municipal corporation from leasing its
buses to private certified carriers; to prohibit a metropolitan
municipal corporation from providing school bus service for the
transportation of pupils; or to prohibit a metropolitan municipal
corporation from chartering an electric streetcar on rails which
it operates entirely within a city.
(14) "Pollution" has the meaning given in RCW 90.48.020.
(15) "Population" means the number of residents as shown by
the figures released for the most recent official state, federal,
or county census, or population determination made under the
direction of the office of financial management.
(16) "Proof of payment" means evidence of fare prepayment
authorized by a metropolitan municipal corporation or a
city-owned transit system for the use of buses or other modes of
public transportation.
(17) "Special district" means any municipal corporation of
the state of Washington other than a city, county, or
metropolitan municipal corporation.
[2008 c 123 § 5; 1982 c 103 § 1; 1979 c 151 § 28; 1977 ex.s. c 277 § 12. Prior: 1974 ex.s. c 84 § 1; 1974 ex.s. c 70 § 2; 1971 ex.s. c 303 § 2; 1965 c 7 §35.58.020 ; prior: 1957 c 213 § 2.]
NOTES:
Alphabetization -- 2008 c 123: "The code reviser shall alphabetize and renumber the definitions in RCW 35.58.020 and 36.57A.010." [2008 c 123 § 11.]
Severability -- Construction -- Effective date -- 1977 ex.s. c 277: See RCW 36.56.900 and 36.56.910.
Population determinations, office of financial management: Chapter 43.62 RCW.