9.04.030 Definitions.
(1) “County” means Clallam County, State of Washington.
(2) “County road” means a public right-of-way which lies outside the limits of any incorporated city, and that has been dedicated to, deeded to, established by usage, maintained, or otherwise established by the County. Such County roads shall be classified as follows:
(a) “Class A” means any County road right-of-way, public use right-of-way and/or active County road located in the unincorporated areas of the County, and/or:
(i) Which has been assigned a County road number or is in the County road maintenance system; or
(ii) Which has had public funds spent in the acquisition, development, improvement, maintenance, or management of said right-of-way or road.
(b) “Class B” means any County road right-of-way or public use right-of-way located in the unincorporated areas of the County which are either opened or unopened, and:
(i) Which has had no public funds spent in the acquisition, development, improvement, maintenance, or management of said right-of-way; and
(ii) Was acquired by plat dedication, waiver, right-of-way deed or easement.
(c) “Class C” means any right-of-way where any public interest in that right-of-way was extinguished (or vacated) automatically by operation of law, prior to March 12, 1904, because they remained unopened for five years after authority was granted for opening them in accordance with Section 32, Ch. 19, F. 603, Laws of 1889-1890. As such, the County does not offer any procedure, formal or informal, that would recognize or formalize this automatic extinguishment of the public’s interest in a Class C right-of-way.