3.4.300 Public Use Areas.
Public open space and parks contribute to the livability of a growing community. They provide space for outdoor recreation and habitat for urban wildlife. These urban spaces are maintained and managed by the Bend Metro Park and Recreation District (BMPRD). Future public use areas are evaluated through the City’s land use application process.
A. Neighborhood Parks. The following standards will be used to evaluate a proposed development to determine if the property includes an area that is suitable for a neighborhood park. Upon meeting these standards, the developer shall enter into negotiations with the Bend Metro Park and Recreation District regarding district purchase of land within the property proposed for development for construction of a neighborhood park.
1. The subject property is located within a service area identified on the Neighborhood Parks Plan Map adopted by the Bend Metro Park and Recreation District as needing neighborhood parks.
2. The property proposed for development is 10 acres or larger in area.
3. The Bend Metro Park and Recreation District has indicated that the subject property contains a sufficient area that is suitable for neighborhood park development based on the Bend Metro Park and Recreation District Neighborhood Park Classification and Development Standards.
B. Dedication Requirements.
1. Where a proposed park, playground or other public use shown in a plan adopted by the Bend Metro Parks and Recreation District is located in whole or in part in a proposed development, the City may require the dedication or reservation of this area.
2. If determined by the City Council to be in the public interest in accordance with adopted Bend Comprehensive Plan policies, and where an adopted plan of the City does not indicate proposed public use areas, the City may require the dedication or reservation of areas within the development of a character, extent and location suitable for the development of parks and other public uses.
3. All required dedications of public use areas shall conform to BDC 3.4.100(D), Conditions of Development Approval.
C. Acquisition by Public Agency. If the developer is required to reserve land area for a park, playground, or other public use, the land shall be transferred by deed to the appropriate public agency within six months following final approval, at a price agreed upon prior to approval of the development, or the reservation shall be released to the property owner. [Ord. NS-2302, 2018; Ord. NS-2271, 2016; Ord. NS-2229, 2014; Ord. NS-2016, 2006]