12.10.030 Definitions.
The following definitions apply in this chapter, except where context clearly indicates a different meaning. If a definition is not provided, definitions from the Bend Development Code control.
A. Advance credit means a balance against which future SDCs payable are deducted, for a qualified public improvement that has not yet been constructed, under an advance credit agreement.
B. Building permit means permission or authorization from the City to perform work on a property; may be a permit for construction, electrical, mechanical, plumbing, grading, or other work.
C. Capital improvements means public facilities or assets used for:
1. Wastewater collection, transmission, treatment and disposal, or any combination.
2. Water supply, treatment, distribution, storage, metering, fire protection, or any combination.
3. Transportation facilities include facilities for vehicle and/or multi-modal uses, including but not limited to streets, sidewalks, bicycle lanes, multi-modal paths, street lights, traffic signs and signals, pavement markings, street trees, swales, public transportation, vehicle parking, and bridges.
D. Cost of a qualified public improvement means the actual cost of constructing the qualified public improvement. “Cost of a qualified public improvement” does not include permit fees, administrative charges, and similar charges. Only immediate acquisition, construction, design and engineering costs are included in the cost of a qualified public improvement. Immediate acquisition costs include only the cost of acquiring rights-of-way or easements required as a condition of development approval and do not include property already owned by the applicant at the time of the development application.
Engineering and design costs must not exceed 15 percent of actual construction costs. Costs of financing are not included. When the cost is the incremental cost of providing excess capacity, engineering and design costs shall be allocated in the same percentage as the qualified construction cost as a portion of the total construction costs.
E. Growth portion or growth percentage means the portion of a project needed to serve future growth or future demand on the system as shown on the SDC project list.
F. Improvement fee means a fee for costs associated with capital improvements to be constructed after the date of the adoption of the methodology used to establish the fee.
G. Pass-through credit means a payment of SDC improvement fees collected from payors within a development to the person who constructed a qualified public improvement serving the development and signed an agreement with the City entitling them to receive such SDC fees paid, or their successors or assignees.
H. Qualified public improvement means a capital improvement that is:
1. Required as a condition of development approval;
2. Included in an adopted SDC project list, and either:
a. Not located on or contiguous to the property that is the subject of the development approval; or
b. Located in whole or in part on or contiguous to property that is the subject of development approval and required to be built larger or with greater capacity than is necessary for the particular development project to which the improvement fee is related.
For the purposes of this definition, contiguous includes improvements within a right-of-way that abuts the parcel.
I. Redevelopment means alteration, addition, replacement, and/or change in use of a site that has an existing or previously existing use, including conversions of existing buildings from commercial to residential uses.
J. Reimbursement fee means a fee for costs associated with capital improvements already constructed or under construction on the date of the adoption of the methodology used to establish the fee.
K. True credit means a balance against which SDCs payable are deducted, for a qualified public improvement constructed, pursuant to an SDC credit agreement. [Ord. NS-2491, 2024; Ord. NS-2161, 2011]