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A. Tentative Plan Process. Proposed partitions, subdivisions and replats shall be processed as Type II applications in accordance with BDC 4.1.400.

B. Informational Requirements. A tentative plan must be prepared by a professional land surveyor, a registered professional engineer or a registered landscape architect and contain the information listed below. Some information may be omitted from the tentative plan if it is provided in accompanying materials. No tentative plan will be considered complete unless all the required information is provided.

1. General Information Required.

a. Proposed or existing name of the subdivision.

b. Names, addresses and phone numbers of the owner of record, authorized agents or representatives, engineer or surveyor, and any assumed business names filed or to be filed with the Corporation Division by the applicant.

c. Date of preparation, true north, scale, and gross area of the proposed subdivision, partition or replat.

d. Appropriate identification of the drawing as a tentative plan for a subdivision, partition or replat.

e. Location and tract designation sufficient to define its location and boundaries, and a legal description of the tract boundaries in relation to existing plats and streets.

f. Certified copy of the recorded instrument under which the applicant claims an ownership interest, or copy of a land sales contract which binds the applicant in the event of tentative approval.

g. A Title Report and/or a Subdivision Guarantee prepared within the previous 90 days.

h. If a tract of land has water rights, the application shall be accompanied by a water rights division plan approved by the irrigation district or other water district holding the water rights, or when there is no such district, by the County Watermaster.

i. A letter or other written documentation from the Bend Metro Park and Recreation District which indicates that the applicant has met with the district to discuss the proposed subdivision, partition or replat and provide the district an opportunity to review the design for options to enhance existing parks and trails, and develop new parks and trails.

j. If an application is for a subdivision, the application shall be accompanied by a sewer and water analysis prepared by the City of Bend.

2. Existing Conditions. Information concerning existing on-site conditions and conditions within 150 feet of all property included in the proposed subdivision, partition or replat:

a. Location, names, and widths of existing improved and unimproved streets and roads, bikeways, and access corridors.

b. Location of any existing features such as section lines, section corners, City and special district boundary lines, and survey monuments.

c. Location of existing structures, irrigation canals and ditches, pipelines, waterways, railroads, and any natural features such as rock outcroppings, designated wetlands, wooded areas, and natural hazards.

d. Location and direction of watercourses, and the location of areas subject to flooding and high water tables, including areas lying below the 100-year flood elevation as indicated on the most recent Flood Insurance Rate Maps as prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

e. Location, width, and use or purpose of any existing easement or right-of-way for utilities, bikeways, and access corridors within and adjacent to the proposed subdivision, partition or replat.

f. Existing sanitary and storm sewer lines, water mains, septic facilities, culverts, and other underground and overhead utilities within and adjacent to the proposed subdivision, partition or replat.

g. Topographic contour lines shown at one-foot intervals for slopes of 10 percent or less. For slopes greater than 10 percent, contour lines shall be shown at two-foot intervals. Slopes greater than 25 percent shall be identified.

h. Bend Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Map classification of lands within and adjacent to the proposed subdivision, partition or replat.

3. Information Concerning Proposed Subdivision, Partition or Replat.

a. Location, names, width, typical improvements, cross-sections, bridges, culverts, approximate grades, curve radii and centerline lengths and reserve strips of all proposed streets, and the relationship to all existing and projected streets within 150 feet.

b. Location, width, and purpose of all proposed easements or rights-of-way for utilities, bikeways, and access corridors, and relationship to all existing easements and rights-of-way within 150 feet.

c. Location of at least one permanent bench mark within the existing or proposed subdivision, partition or replat boundary.

d. Location, approximate area, and dimensions of each lot, parcel, or designated unit of land and proposed lot or parcel numbers.

e. Location, approximate area, and dimensions of any lot, parcel, or unit of land proposed for public use, the use proposed, and plans for improvements or development thereof.

f. Proposed use, location, approximate area, and dimensions of any lot, parcel, or unit of land intended for nonresidential use within a residential land division.

g. Source, method, and preliminary plans for domestic and other water supplies, sewage disposal, stormwater disposal and other drainage facility plans and all other utilities.

h. Description and location of any proposed common area and community facility.

i. Proposed deed restrictions including access restrictions or protective covenants if such are proposed to be utilized.

j. Statement from each utility company proposed to serve the proposed land division or reconfiguration stating that each such company is able and willing to serve the proposed subdivision as set forth in the tentative plan. Each utility purveyor must be noted on the tentative plan.

k. Proposed fire protection system for the land division or reconfiguration, including fire hydrant locations and sizes of water mains.

l. Solar Access. Provide a statement relative to the solar access to be provided by the subdivision plan in accordance with BDC Chapter 3.5.

m. Proposed tracts and/or easements for locating, accessing, replacing, and servicing all utilities, which must include provisions that commit the owners or owners’ designee to maintain (i) all elements of the tract or easement, and (ii) any privately owned utility facilities within the tract or easement.

4. Future Subdivision. Where a tract is proposed to be divided into parcels, lots, or units of land of an acre or more, the Review Authority may require an arrangement of parcels, lots, units of land and streets such as to permit future subdivision in conformity to the street requirements and other requirements contained in this code.

5. Narrative. Letter or narrative report documenting compliance with the applicable approval criteria contained in subsection (E) of this section, Criteria for Subdivision, Partition or Replat Approval.

C. Phased Tentative Plan. An overall tentative plan shall be submitted for land for which a phased subdivision is proposed. The Review Authority shall review all phases of a phased tentative plan at the same time. The final plat for each phase shall be filed in accordance with the applicable provisions of BDC 4.3.400(A). The phased tentative plan shall include, but not be limited to, the informational requirements of subsection (B) of this section, as well as the following elements:

1. Overall tentative plan, including phase or unit sequence, and the schedule for initiation of improvements and projected completion date.

2. Overall facility development phasing plan, including transportation and utility facilities plans that specify the traffic pattern plan for motor vehicles, bicycles, and pedestrians, water system plans, sewer system plans and utility plans.

3. Development and phasing plans for any common elements or facilities.

4. Plan of development pattern for streets, bikeways, and access corridors for adjoining lands as required by the Review Authority.

D. Development Options. If the subject property and the surrounding area are eligible for mid-block development, the proposed development plan design must enable the future development of mid-block development, as allowed by BDC 3.8.400(A), for the adjoining properties.

E. Criteria for Subdivision, Partition or Replat Approval. The Review Authority shall not approve a tentative plan for a proposed subdivision, partition or replat unless the Review Authority finds that the subdivision, partition or replat will satisfy the following criteria of approval:

1. The proposal provides for the preservation of natural features and resources such as streams, lakes, natural vegetation, special terrain features, and other natural and historic resources to the maximum degree practicable.

2. The proposal allows for the development of adjacent property in accordance with the provisions of this code.

3. The proposal meets all standards and requirements of this code.

4. All required public facilities have adequate capacity, as determined by the City, to serve the proposed subdivision, partition or replat.

5. The proposal contributes to the orderly development of the Bend area transportation network of roads, bikeways, and pedestrian facilities, and allows for continuation and expansion of existing public access easements within or adjacent to the subdivision, partition or replat.

6. Each lot, parcel, or designated unit of land is suited for its intended use.

7. That the placement of utilities is in accordance with the adopted City standards.

8. The proposal meets the requirements of the Fire Code, adopted flood protection standards, and other adopted standards intended to protect against natural hazards.

9. The proposal is in substantial conformance with any applicable approved master plan, master facilities plan, refinement plan, area plan, and/or special planned district.

10. The proposal complies with the standards of the zoning district in which the project is located and the standards of the zoning district that implements the Bend Comprehensive Plan designation of the subject property.

11. The proposal complies with BDC Chapter 4.7, Transportation Analysis.

12. The proposal complies with BC Title 15, Sewer.

F. Improvement Requirements for Partitions.

1. In the approval of a land partition, the Review Authority may require as a condition of approval any improvements that may be required for a subdivision under the provisions of this code. All roads in partitions shall be dedicated to the public without reservation or restriction.

2. Easement Access. The Review Authority may require the applicant to improve an easement access serving two or more parcels according to the City’s street standards.

G. Special Partitioning Regulations. The partitioning of a tract of land in which not more than one additional parcel is created and transferred to a public or semi-public agency for the purpose of a road, utility, railroad, electric substation, park, trail or canal right-of-way may be approved by the Review Authority without the parcel to be transferred meeting the minimum lot/parcel size standards of this code and without the need for a variance.

H. Special Regulations for Lands Abutting the Surface Mining District. If the subdivision, partition or replat adjoins the SM Zone, the existence and location of such zone shall be entered on plat for the lots or parcels created by the subdivision, partition or replat. [Ord. NS-2487, 2023; Ord. NS-2463, 2023; Ord. NS-2434, 2022; Ord. NS-2423, 2021; Ord. NS-2405, 2021; Ord. NS-2389, 2020; Ord. NS-2361, 2020; Ord. NS-2289, 2017; Ord. NS-2271, 2016; Ord. NS-2263, 2016; Ord. NS-2150, 2010; Ord. NS-2113, 2009; Ord. NS-2068, 2007; Ord. NS-2016, 2006]