A. Authorized agent is a property management company or other entity or person who has been designated by the owner, in writing, to act on their behalf. The authorized agent may or may not be the designated representative for purposes of contact for complaints. If an authorized agent changes during the operating license period, the owner shall timely notify the City in writing of the change.

B. City Manager means the City Manager or his or her designee.

C. Immediate family is defined as spouse, registered domestic partner, parents, children, children of the spouse/registered domestic partner, siblings, grandparents, grandchildren, parents of the spouse/registered domestic partner, and other close relatives who reside in the owner’s household.

D. Owner means the natural person or legal entity that owns and holds legal and/or equitable title to the property. If the owner is a business entity such as a partnership, corporation, limited liability company, limited partnership, limited liability partnership or similar entity, any person who owns an interest in that business entity shall be considered an owner.

E. Sale or transfer means any change of ownership during the lifetime of the license holder, whether or not there is consideration, or after the death of the license holder, except a change in ownership where title is held in survivorship with a spouse or domestic partner, or transfers on the owner’s death to a trust which benefits only a spouse, child(ren) or registered domestic partner for the lifetime of the spouse, child(ren) or registered domestic partner. A sale or transfer also does not mean (1) the transfer of ownership of the real property to or between the members of a limited liability company or partnership when the transfer involves the same owner(s), or (2) the transfer to a trustee, a corporation, a partnership, a limited partnership, a limited liability partnership, or other similar entity, if at least one owner is living at the time of transfer and retains at least a 25 percent interest in the entity. The permit or nonconforming right shall terminate if the original owner ceases to own at least a 25 percent interest in the entity. If the owner is a corporation, the shareholders of the corporation shall be considered the owners for purposes of this section.

F. Short-term rental means a short-term rental (1) approved under BDC 3.6.500 or former BDC 3.6.200(L), or (2) that is a legal nonconforming use under the Bend Development Code.

G. Short-term rental operating license means the regulatory license required by BC 7.16.030 and described in this chapter, and regulates a “short-term rental” as defined in BDC Chapter 1.2. It will be referenced as an “operating license.” [Ord. NS-2239, 2015]