A. To camp or the act of camping means to pitch, use, or occupy camp materials or a camp for the purpose of occupancy, habitation, or sheltering for survival, and in such a way as will facilitate sleeping or storage of personal belongings, carrying on cooking activities, taking measures to keep protected from the elements including heat and cold, or any of these activities in combination with one another or in combination with either sleeping or making preparations to sleep. A “camp” is a location where people camp or are camping.

B. Camp materials may include, but are not limited to, tents, huts, awnings, lean-tos, chairs, tarps or tarpaulins, cots, beds, sleeping bags, blankets, mattresses, sleeping or bedding materials, food or food storage items, and/or similar items that are or appear to be used as living and/or sleeping accommodations, or to assist with living and/or sleeping activities.

C. Established campsite means a location or locations in the public right-of-way or on City property where a camp, camps, and/or camp materials have been set up for 24 hours or more.

Note: “Camp,” “camping,” “camp materials” and “established campsite” do not include vehicles, automobiles, or recreational vehicles used for shelter and/or sleeping, which are regulated at BC 4.20.035.

D. City parking lot or parking structure is a type of City property, and means a developed or undeveloped area or facility owned, maintained, and/or leased by the City that is designated and/or used for parking vehicles.

E. Public rights-of-way means all City-owned or controlled rights-of-way, whether in fee title or as holder of a public easement for right-of-way or public access purposes. Public rights-of-way include but are not limited to any public road, street, sidewalk, or private street or other property that is subject to a public access easement dedicated or granted to the City for vehicular, pedestrian, or other means, and any planter strip or landscaped area located adjacent to or contained within streets that is part of the public right-of-way.

F. City property includes all real property, land and public facilities owned, leased (either to the City or by the City), controlled, or managed by the City of Bend including City parking lots or parking structures, but excluding City owned or managed rights-of-way. [Ord. NS-2458, 2022]