Parcel means a unit of land created by a partitioning of land.

Parent site (also referred to as parent property) means a lot or parcel that was the subject of a development application.

Park means an active or passive recreation facility owned and operated by the State of Oregon or Bend Park and Recreation District which provides for the recreational needs of the citizens of Bend. The types of BPRD facilities include neighborhood, community and regional parks. See also “Recreation facilities, public.”

Parking area, public means an open area, other than a street or other public way, used for the parking of automobiles and available to the public whether for a fee, free or as an accommodation for clients or customers.

Parking lane means one or more lanes of a street or roadway, usually on the outside edge, designated for the standing or parking of motor vehicles, whether or not delineated with striping on the pavement.

Parking, off-street means areas designed, used, required or intended to be used for the parking of motor vehicles, which is not in a street right-of-way.

Parking, on-street means parking in the street right-of-way, typically in parking lanes or bays.

Parking space means an area approved for the purpose of storing one motor vehicle, other than parking spaces reserved for automobiles for sale or rent, fleet vehicles and similar spaces that have another use, loading spaces, carpools, vanpools, or parking under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Partition means to divide an area or tract of land into two or three parcels within a calendar year when such area or tract of land exists as a unit or contiguous units of land under single ownership at the beginning of such year. Partition land does not include divisions of land resulting from the creation of cemetery lots; lien-foreclosures; division of land resulting from foreclosures of recorded contracts for the sale of real property; and divisions of land made pursuant to a court order, including but not limited to court order proceedings involving testate or intestate succession. Partition land does not include a “property line adjustment” or the sale of a lot in a recorded subdivision even though the lot may have been acquired prior to the sale with other contiguous lots or property by a single owner.

Party means one who takes part or participates in a Type II, III, or IV application or a legislative action. A party includes any person who has standing. A person can become a party by appearing on the record at a hearing (including appeals) or presenting written evidence in conjunction with an administrative action or hearing, or by being a property owner whose property would be burdened by a solar access permit. The City may designate a representative for persons whose participation consists only of signing a petition.

Pedestrian means people walking, using mobility devices, or using other devices that operate at a pedestrian speed and scale.

Pedestrian facilities means a continuous, unobstructed and reasonably direct route between two points designed to accommodate or encourage people walking, using mobility devices, or using other devices that operate at a pedestrian speed and scale, including such improvements as sidewalks, pathways, walkways, access ways, crosswalks, ramps, paths, and trails.

Person means an individual, corporation, partnership, company, trustee, or any other legal entity.

Personal and professional service uses means businesses such as coffee shops/delis, dry cleaners, barber shops and salons, copy centers, banks, and financial institutions and similar uses and child care and similar uses. Personal and professional service uses does not include retail.

Phased tentative plan means a subdivision plan designed to be platted and constructed in more than one phase.

Place of worship means a place for people to gather for religious practice. Examples include churches, synagogues and mosques and accessory uses including bible study schools and day care.

Planning Commission means the Planning Commission of the City of Bend, Oregon. See BC 1.20.030, Planning Commission.

Planning Director, as used in this code, shall refer to the Community and Economic Development Director of the City of Bend or his or her designee.

Planning Manager means the City of Bend Community Development Department Planning Manager.

Plant nursery means retail and/or wholesale sales of shrubs, trees, ornamental bedding plants, and products associated with gardening.

Planter strip means an area for street trees and other plantings within the public right-of-way, usually between the street and sidewalk.

Plat includes a final subdivision plat, replat, or partition plat.

Plaza means a space for special events, outdoor seating, sidewalk sales, and similar pedestrian activity (e.g., extra-wide sidewalk, outdoor dining area, or landscape area with seating).

Preschool. See “Registered or certified family child care home,” “Day care,” and “Child care facility.”

Primary frontage means that portion of a lot or parcel of property that abuts a street or highway, and is the frontage with the primary public or customer entrance.

Primary, main building entrance means the main entrance closest to the public street by which pedestrians can access a building, structure or activity. Generally, smaller buildings have one main entrance. Main entrances may also be the widest of entrances provided for use by pedestrians. In multi-tenant buildings, main entrances open directly into the building’s lobby or principal interior ground level circulation space. When a multi-tenant building does not have a lobby or common interior circulation space, each tenant’s outside entrance is a main entrance. Buildings may also have main entrances opening directly into a reception or sales areas, a courtyard, or plaza.

Principal building means the largest building or buildings within a commercial center or business complex. Typically, this is the anchor tenant or tenants.

Proceeding means the review of a land use action either administratively by the Community and Economic Development Director or through the public hearing process by the Hearings Body.

Production office means an office use that employs large numbers of persons that are performing similar functions in shifts such as a call center or an insurance claims center.

Property line means the division line between two units of land.

Property line adjustment means a relocation or elimination of all or a portion of the common property line between abutting properties that does not create an additional lot or parcel.

Property Owner. See “Owner.”

PROWAG means Public Right-Of-Way Accessibility Guidelines.

Public facilities means infrastructure improvements including but not limited to water lines, sewer lines, streets, curbs, sidewalks, trails and related facilities that are owned and maintained by the City of Bend or other provider of such facilities.

Public services mean those services that are inherent necessities to support development within the urban growth boundary. These include but are not limited to schools, parks, libraries, and emergency services.