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Chapter 19.04 EMC, Definitions Page 30 of 55 <br />The Everett Municipal Code is current through Ordinance 4031-24, passed May 22, 2024. <br />“Schools (public and private)—institutions of higher education” means public or private <br />vocational and trade schools, academies, colleges, and universities, includisng classrooms, <br />administrative offices, cafeteria, athletic facilities, dormitories, and off-street parking areas. <br />“Solid waste transfer station” means a solid waste handling facility where nonhazardous solid <br />waste is delivered by public agencies, businesses or individuals and transferred and/or sorted <br />into other containers to be transported to another location for ultimate disposal. A solid waste <br />transfer station may include provisions for extraction of recyclable or reusable materials, as <br />well as collection facilities for recyclable materials. <br />“Transit facilities” means public or private improvements at selected points along existing or <br />future transit routes for passenger pick-up, drop-off and waiting. Improvements may include <br />pullouts, shelters, waiting areas, benches, information and directional signs or structures, and <br />lighting. <br />“Transit station” means a dedicated transit facility where several transit routes converge, <br />designed to accommodate several buses at once to permit transfer between transit routes. A <br />transit center may provide transit passenger shelters and waiting areas but does not include <br />off-street parking for transit passenger vehicles. <br />“Transportation facilities of statewide significance” means the interstate highway system; <br />interregional state principal arterials including ferry connections that serve statewide travel; <br />regional transit systems as defined in RCW 81.104.015; high capacity transportation systems <br />serving regions as defined in RCW 81.104.015; intercity passenger rail services; intercity <br />high-speed ground transportation; rail fixed guideway system, as defined in RCW 81.104.015, <br />excluding yards and service and maintenance facilities; the freight and passenger railroad <br />system as regulated by the Federal Railroad Administration, excluding yards and service and <br />maintenance facilities; and in shoreline zones, and in adjacent zones where all or any portion of <br />a development is within a shoreline designated area or zone, marine port and barge facilities <br />and services that are related to marine activities affecting international and interstate trade, <br />excluding centralized, high density concentrations of port, deep water port, and marine <br />shipping facilities and services. (Ord. 3976-23 §§ 1, 2, 2023; Ord. 3774-20 § 5(D) (Exh. 3), 2020.)