A. Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to provide requirements for design and construction of public and private infrastructure including: transportation facilities; sewer, water and other utilities; and drainage features and activities. One of the primary purposes of this chapter is to provide standards for attractive and complete streets that can accommodate vehicle traffic from planned growth and provide a range of transportation options to allow for the delivery of goods and services and to connect people to people and places. This chapter is intended to guide development through the implementation of the City of Bend Standards and Specifications.

B. Public Improvements Needed for Development. Development must not occur unless the public improvements serving the development comply with the public facility requirements established or incorporated by this chapter, unless compliance is exempted by this code or unless the applicable standard is modified or waived under BDC 3.4.150, Waiver and Modification of Public Improvement Standards. When the development site is separated from the right-of-way by a narrow strip of property that is 100 feet wide or less and owned by the Bend Park and Recreation District or other public entity, public improvements are required for the right-of-way.

C. Compliance with Standards. All public improvements constructed as part of a development or to comply with a condition of development approval must comply with all applicable standards, including but not limited to any standards and specifications adopted by the City applicable to public works or public improvements. The provisions of this chapter prevail over any inconsistent standard or specification unless the applicable standard is modified or waived under BDC 3.4.150, Waiver and Modification of Public Improvement Standards.

D. Conditions of Development Approval. No development can occur unless required public facilities are in place or guaranteed. Improvements required to be constructed by the developer as a condition of development approval, when not voluntarily accepted by the applicant, must be roughly proportional to the impact of development on public facilities and services. Findings in the development approval must indicate how the required improvements are related to and roughly proportional to the impact. The City may deny an application if required public improvements are not in place, or the City may impose conditions of approval tying the timing of construction and/or occupancy of a proposed development to anticipated public improvements without requiring the applicant to construct the public improvements. [Ord. NS-2463, 2023; Ord. NS-2229, 2014; Ord. NS-2139, 2010; Ord. NS-2016, 2006]