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Maintain means to cause or allow or continue in existence. When the context indicates, the word shall mean to preserve and care for a structure, improvement, condition or area to such an extent that it remains attractive, safe and presentable and carries out the purpose for which it was installed, constructed or required.

Major intersection means an intersection where at least one intersecting road is classified as a collector or arterial.

Maneuvering area/aisle means a driving area where motor vehicles are able to turn around and/or access parking spaces.

Manufactured dwelling means:

 Residential trailer means a structure constructed for movement on the public highways that has sleeping, cooking and plumbing facilities, that is intended for human occupancy, that is being used for residential purposes and that was constructed before January 1, 1962.

 Mobile home means a structure constructed for movement on the public highways that has sleeping, cooking and plumbing facilities, that is intended for human occupancy, that is being used for residential purposes and that was constructed between January 1, 1962, and June 15, 1976, and met the construction requirements of Oregon mobile home law in effect at the time of construction.

 Manufactured home, except as provided in subsection (a) of this definition, means a structure constructed for movement on the public highways that has sleeping, cooking and plumbing facilities, that is intended for human occupancy, that is being used for residential purposes and that was constructed in accordance with federal manufactured housing construction and safety standards and regulations in effect at the time of construction.

For floodplain management purposes the term “manufactured home” also includes park trailers, travel trailers, and other similar vehicles placed on a site for greater than 180 consecutive days.

a. For purposes of implementing any contract pertaining to manufactured homes between the department and the federal government, manufactured home has the meaning given the term in the contract.

 Manufactured dwelling does not include any building or structure constructed to conform to the State of Oregon Structural Specialty Code or the Low-Rise Residential Dwelling Code or any unit identified as a recreational vehicle by the manufacturer.

Manufactured dwelling park means any place where four or more manufactured dwellings are located within 500 feet of one another on a lot, tract or parcel of land under the same ownership. See BDC Chapter 3.6, Special Standards for Certain Uses, for standards related to manufactured dwelling parks.

Marijuana means the plant Cannabis family Cannabaceae, any part of the plant of the Cannabis family Cannabaceae and the seeds of the plant Cannabis family Cannabaceae. “Marijuana” does not include industrial hemp, as defined in ORS 571.300.

Marijuana business means an establishment operated by any person or entity who is or will be appropriately licensed by the Oregon Health Authority or the Oregon Liquor Control Commission which sells, produces, cultivates, grows, wholesales, processes, researches, develops or tests medical marijuana or recreational adult use marijuana within the City of Bend.

Marijuana grow sites means a specific location registered by the Oregon Health Authority and used by the grower to produce marijuana for medical use by a specific patient. Medical grow sites are regulated by State law as follows: 12 mature plants are allowed per grow site in residential zones; 48 mature plants per grow site in all other zones. If all grows at the site had registered with the State of Oregon by January 2, 2015, the grow site is limited to the number of plants at the grow site as of December 31, 2015, not to exceed 24 mature plants per grow site in residential zones and 96 mature plants per grow site in other zones.

Marijuana items means marijuana, cannabinoid products, cannabinoid concentrates and cannabinoid extracts.

Marijuana processing means the preparing, compounding or conversion of marijuana into cannabinoid products, cannabinoid concentrates, and cannabinoid extracts for medical or recreational purposes.

Marijuana producing means the manufacturing, planting, cultivation, growing, or harvesting of marijuana as licensed by the Oregon Liquor Control Commission.

Marijuana retailer means a person or entity licensed by the Oregon Liquor Control Commission to sell marijuana items to a consumer in this State.

Marijuana testing laboratory means a laboratory that tests marijuana items for producer, processor, wholesaler or retail licensees.

Marijuana wholesaler means a person or entity that purchases marijuana items in this State for resale to a person other than a consumer.

Master plan means a development processed under BDC Chapter 4.5, Master Plans, and includes both minor and major master plans.

Master plan, community means a master plan designed and intended primarily for residential uses.

Master plan, employment means a master plan designed and intended primarily for employment uses.

Master plan, institutional means a master plan designed and intended primarily for an institution, such as a medical campus or an institution of higher education.

Master plan, major means a master plan with deviations to development standards and/or zoning district requirements and/or includes amendments to the Bend Comprehensive Plan map designation(s) and/or zoning according to BDC Chapter 4.5, Master Plans.

Master plan, minor means a master plan with no deviations to development standards, zoning district requirements, Bend Comprehensive Plan map designations and zoning according to BDC Chapter 4.5, Master Plans.

Medical and dental laboratories means labs designed for diagnostic testing and analysis for medical or dental purposes and the discovery, development, and manufacture of drugs and medications (pharmaceuticals).

Medical marijuana dispensary means a medical marijuana facility or entity registered with the Oregon Health Authority under ORS 475.300 et seq.

Micro-unit means a unit located in a micro-unit development and typically consists of one room used for living and sleeping purposes and includes permanent provisions for sanitation. A micro-unit does not include a kitchen. See BDC 3.8.200, Micro-Unit Development.

Micro-unit development means a building containing multiple micro-units and a shared kitchen(s). See BDC 3.8.200, Micro-Unit Development.

Middle housing means duplexes, triplexes, quadplexes, cottage developments, and townhouses.

Middle housing land divisions means the creation of multiple lots or parcels from a single parent site on which middle housing is developed or proposed, which results in an individual lot or parcel for each of the middle housing units. See BDC 3.6.200(A), Development on a Middle Housing Land Division Site, and 4.3.700, Expedited and Middle Housing Land Division.

Mitigation means measures undertaken to rectify, repair, or compensate for negative impacts that result from other actions (e.g., street infrastructure may be required to mitigate for transportation impacts resulting from development).

Mixed-use buildings or developments means a mix of residential and commercial uses that are mixed “vertically,” meaning that a residential use is developed above the commercial use, or mixed “horizontally,” meaning commercial and residential uses both occupy ground-floor space.

Mobility hub means a physical center that co-locates multiple transportation modes, such as transit, walking, bicycling and shared mobility services along with travel information and related amenities. See BDC 3.6.300(D).

Modes of travel means vehicular, walking, biking and transit.

Modification of application means the applicant’s submittal of new information after an application has been deemed complete and prior to the close of the record on a pending application that would modify a development proposal by changing one or more of the following described components: proposed uses, operating characteristics, intensity, scale, site layout (including but not limited to changes in setbacks, access points, building design, size or orientation, parking, traffic or pedestrian circulation plans), or landscaping in a manner that requires the application of new criteria to the proposal or that would require the findings of fact to be changed. It does not mean an applicant’s submission of new evidence that merely clarifies or supports the pending application.

Multi-modal means a transportation system or right-of-way that plans for and provides for different transportation modes such as driving, walking, biking, and bus service.

Multi-unit residential means housing that provides five or more dwellings on an individual lot or parcel (e.g., multi-plexes, apartments, condominiums, etc.). See BDC 2.1.1000, Multi-Unit Residential Districts (RM, RH).

Multi-Use Pathway. See “Access corridor.”

Municipal water supply system means a water supply source and distribution system owned and operated by a city or county or special district or other public corporation which has independent tax levying powers to support the system and which supplies water to a total of 1,000 or more households.

MUTCD means the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices, published by the Federal Highway Administration.