Washington Administrative Code › Title 468 - Transportation, Department of (See Title 88) › Chapter 468-52 - Highway access management - Access control classification system and standards › Section 468-52-020 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions of
				the terms shall apply unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) "Average daily traffic (ADT)" means the
			 volume of traffic passing a point or segment of a highway, in both directions,
			 during a period of time, divided by the number of days in the period and
			 factored to represent an estimate of traffic volume for an average day of the
			 year.
(2) "Conforming connection"
			 means a connection that meets current department location, spacing, and design
			 criteria.
(3) "Connection" means
			 approaches, driveways, turnouts, or other means of providing for the right of
			 access to or from controlled access facilities on the state highway
			 system.
(4) "Connection permit"
			 means a written authorization given by the department for a specifically
			 designed connection to the state highway system at a specific location for a
			 specific type and intensity of property use and specific volume of traffic for
			 the proposed connection, based on the final stage of proposed development of
			 the applicant's property. The actual form used for this authorization will be
			 determined by the department.
(5)
			 "Contiguous parcels" means two or more pieces of real property under the same
			 ownership with one or more boundaries that touch and have similarity of
			 use.
(6) "Controlled access
			 facility" means a transportation facility (excluding limited access facilities
			 as defined in
			 chapter
			 47.52 RCW) to which access
			 is regulated by the governmental entity having jurisdiction over the facility.
			 Owners or occupants of abutting lands and other persons have a right of access
			 to and from such facility at such points only and in such manner as may be
			 determined by the governmental entity.
(7) "Corner clearance" means the distance
			 from an intersection of a public or private road to the nearest connection
			 along a controlled access facility. This distance is measured from the closest
			 edge of the traveled way of the intersecting road to the closest edge of the
			 traveled way of the connection measured along the traveled way (through
			 lanes).
(8) "Department" means the
			 Washington state department of transportation.
(9) "Governmental entity" means, for the
			 purpose of this chapter, a unit of local government or officially designated
			 transportation authority that has the responsibility for planning,
			 construction, operation, maintenance, or jurisdiction over transportation
			 facilities.
(10) "Intersection"
			 means an at grade connection on a state highway with a road or street duly
			 established as a public road or public street by the local governmental
			 entity.
(11) "Joint use connection"
			 means a single connection point that serves as a connection to more than one
			 property or development, including those in different ownerships or in which
			 access rights are provided in the legal descriptions.
(12) "Limited access facility" means a
			 highway or street especially designed or designated for through traffic, and
			 over, from, or to which owners or occupants of abutting land, or other persons
			 have no right or easement, or only a limited right or easement of access,
			 light, view, or air by reason of the fact that their property abuts upon such
			 limited access facility, or for any other reason to accomplish the purpose of a
			 limited access facility.
(13)
			 "Nonconforming connection" means a connection not meeting current department
			 location, spacing, or design criteria.
(14) "Permit" means written approval issued
			 by the department, subject to conditions stated therein, authorizing
			 construction, reconstruction, maintenance, or reclassification of a state
			 highway connection and associated traffic control devices on or to the
			 department's right of way.
(15)
			 "Permitting authority" means the department or any county, municipality, or
			 transportation authority authorized to regulate access to their respective
			 transportation systems.
(16) "State
			 highway system" means all roads, streets, and highways designated as state
			 routes in compliance with
			 chapter
			 47.17 RCW.
(17) "Reasonable access" means an access
			 connection that is suitable for the existing and/or proposed property use and
			 does not adversely affect the safety, operations or maintenance of the state
			 highway system.
(18) "Variance
			 permit" means a special nonconforming or additional connection permit, issued
			 for a location not normally permitted by current department standards, after an
			 engineering study demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the department, that the
			 connection will not adversely affect the safety, maintenance or operation of
			 the highway in accordance with its assigned classification. This permit will
			 remain valid until modified or revoked by the permitting authority.
Statutory Authority: Chapter 47.50 RCW. 99-06-035 (Order
				  188), § 468-52-020, filed 2/25/99, effective 3/28/99. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   47.01.101 and chapter 47.50 RCW. 93-03-033
				  (Order 135), § 468-52-020, filed 1/13/93, effective
				  2/13/93.