2005 Washington Revised Code RCW 35.58.020: Definitions.

The definitions set forth in this section apply throughout this chapter.

     (1) "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.

     (2) "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.

     (3) "City" means an incorporated city or town.

     (4) "Component city" means an incorporated city or town within a metropolitan area.

     (5) "Component county" means a county, all or part of which is included within a metropolitan area.

     (6) "Central city" means the city with the largest population in a metropolitan area.

     (7) "Central county" means the county containing the city with the largest population in a metropolitan area.

     (8) "Special district" means any municipal corporation of the state of Washington other than a city, county, or metropolitan municipal corporation.

     (9) "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.

     (10) "City council" means the legislative body of any city or town.

     (11) "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.

     (12) "Metropolitan function" means any of the functions of government named in RCW 35.58.050.

     (13) "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.

     (14) "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.

     (15) "Pollution" has the meaning given in RCW 90.48.020.

[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.]

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.