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AN ORDINANCE related to county payment of volunteer parking; and amending Ordinance 15648, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.32.006.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Ordinance 15648, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.32.006 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
A. "After hours parking" means work time parking for employees whose normal work shifts begin after 1:30 p.m. and end between 9:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. or who are required to come into work after 4:30 p.m. "After hours parking" also includes parking on weekends and holidays that is required by the employee's agency.
B. "Business convenience" means a county business-related requirement. For the purposes of this chapter, "a county business-related requirement" includes after hours parking for county employees, parking for commissioned sheriff's office personnel, ((parking for county volunteers specifically authorized by ordinance to park in county automotive parking facilities at no charge,)) parking for county employees working for a specified and limited period on a time-sensitive project that requires them to arrive before or stay after regular work hours ((and)), parking for county employees who are required as part of their jobs to use their private vehicles to routinely travel to multiple county business locations ((and)), parking for county-owned vehicles and paid parking for county volunteers authorized by ordinance or by any presiding elected official as defined by K.C.C. 3.24.010 or the presiding elected official's designee, but for the executive branch any designee must be at least the highest-ranking employee of a division.
C. "County automotive parking facility" means:
1. The Goat Hill parking garage located at Sixth Avenue and Jefferson in Seattle;
2. The parking structure located at the regional justice center in Kent;
3. County adult detention center parking facilities located at Fifth Avenue and James in Seattle;
4. Open surface lots that are owned or leased by the county; and
5. The Chinook Building parking located at Fifth Avenue and Jefferson in Seattle.
D. "County volunteer" means a person who is not a county employee, who performs service for the county for civic, charitable or humanitarian reasons, without promise, expectation or receipt of compensation from the county for services rendered and who is accepted as a volunteer by the county. "County volunteer" includes, but is not limited to, a person serving as a board member, officer, commission member, volunteer intern or direct service volunteer.
E. "Director" means the director of the county department of executive services and his or her successor or designee, unless otherwise specified in this chapter.
F. "Public parking" means general purpose parking by persons who are not county employees and by county employees that park for less than a full day.