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Safety issue means one or more fatalities or severe injury crashes, one or more reported crashes per 1,000,000 entering vehicles, or if any location within the study area is included within published safety studies, such as the Oregon Department of Transportation Safety Priority Index System lists, ODOT Safety Action Plan, or the City’s Arterial and Collector Multimodal Safety Study.
Sale/lease means the disposition or transfer of land in a land division or an interest or estate therein, by a developer or their agents. Includes the offering of land as a prize or gift when a monetary charge or consideration for whatever purpose is required by the developer, or their agents.
School means a public or private facility that provides teaching or learning. Typical uses include elementary, junior and senior high schools and related uses, except as otherwise specifically defined in this code. “School” does not include a child care facility, preschool, day care, or an institution of higher education as defined in this chapter.
Sensitive lands means wetlands, significant trees, steep slopes, floodplains and other natural resource areas designated for protection or conservation by the Bend Comprehensive Plan or the State of Oregon.
Setback means the minimum allowable horizontal distance from a given point or line of reference, such as a property line, to the nearest vertical wall, building footprint or other element of a building or structure as defined herein. Note: Where a public access easement abuts the street or alley in lieu of right-of-way, the interior easement line becomes an assumed property boundary for the purposes of setbacks.
Shade means a shadow, except a shadow caused by a narrow object, including but not limited to a utility pole, an antenna, a wire, or flag pole.
Shaded, substantially means less than 80 percent of the available solar insolation is available during winter solar heating hours to either the south roof and/or wall of an existing or potential structure.
Shared court means a development with dwelling units on separate lots that may front onto a courtyard-like private access drive designed to accommodate – within the same circulation space – access for pedestrians, bicyclists and vehicles to abutting properties. See BDC 3.8.1000.
Shared driveway means when land uses on two or more lots or parcels share one driveway for ingress and egress.
Shared parking means required parking facilities for two or more uses, structures, or parcels of land, which is satisfied by the same parking facilities used jointly, to the extent that the owners or operators show that their needs for parking facilities do not materially overlap (e.g., daytime versus nighttime primary uses). See BDC Chapter 3.3.
Shelter means a location for overnight accommodation of people who lack housing. A shelter is either a group shelter, outdoor shelter, or a multi-room shelter. See BDC 3.6.600, Shelters.
1. Group shelter means a building that contains one or more open sleeping areas, or is divided only by nonpermanent partitions, furnished with cots, floor mats, bunks, or other sleeping accommodations, for use as a shelter. See BDC 3.6.600, Shelters.
2. Outdoor shelter means a site on which multiple mobile or permanent units including tents, yurts, huts, cabins, manufactured dwellings, recreational vehicles, travel trailers, and other similar structures are placed for use as a shelter. See BDC 3.6.600, Shelters.
3. Multi-room shelter means a building that contains individual sleeping rooms for use as a shelter. See BDC 3.6.600, Shelters.
Shelter, temporary means group shelters, multi-room, or outdoor shelters used for a limited period. See BDC 3.6.400(H).
Shopping street means a street or drive designed with the elements of a pedestrian-oriented public street: such as buildings with close orientation to the street, on-street parking, wide sidewalks, street trees, and pedestrian-scale lighting. See BDC Chapter 2.2, Commercial Zoning Districts (CB, CC, CL, CG).
Short-term rental means the use of a dwelling unit by any person or group of persons entitled to occupy for rent for a period of less than 30 consecutive days. Short-term rentals also include vacation home rentals approved under the regulations in effect through April 15, 2015, and owner-occupied short-term rentals, but does not include bed and breakfast inns, hotels and motels.
Short-term rental permit means a Type I or Type II development application authorizing a short-term rental or short-term room rental. Type I short-term rental permits are decisions that are made under land use standards that do not require interpretation or the exercise of policy or legal judgment under ORS 197.015(10)(b)(A). Type II short-term rental permits are limited land use decisions.
Sidewalk means a paved space typically within the street right-of-way or public access easement, and designated primarily for the movement of pedestrians. A sidewalk is not a multi-use path or a private on-site walkway.
Significant trees/significant vegetation means individual trees with a specific trunk diameter (as indicated below) as measured four feet above the ground (known as DBH, for “diameter at breast height”).
1. Deciduous trees: six inches or greater.
2. Coniferous trees: 10 inches or greater.
Single-room occupancy means a residential development with no fewer than four attached units that are independently rented and lockable and provide living and sleeping space for the exclusive use of an occupant(s) but require that the occupant(s) share sanitary or food preparation facilities with other units in the occupancy. See BDC 3.6.200(O), Single Room Occupancy.
Site means a property (or group of adjacent parcels or lots under the same ownership) that is subject to a permit application under this code.
Slope. The amount of deviation of a surface from the horizontal, usually expressed as a percentage or by degrees.
Small dwelling unit means a dwelling unit limited in size with a maximum floor area of 800 square feet. See BDC 3.8.300, Small Dwelling Unit Development. This definition does not apply to accessory dwelling units (ADUs).
Small dwelling unit development means a land division where small lots or parcels are created for small dwelling units. See BDC 3.8.300, Small Dwelling Unit Development.
Small hydroelectric facility means a hydroelectric facility that produces up to 40 megawatts, and which qualifies for a FERC exemption for City of Bend municipal use.
Small scale alternative energy system means those energy systems that provide a limited amount of energy directly to the user from renewable sources such as solar, wind and water (hydro systems). Typically, a small scale system would have a capacity of no more than 10 kW for solar or wind and 100 kW for hydro. For small hydroelectric facilities for City of Bend municipal use see BDC 3.6.300(Q), Small Hydroelectric Facilities.
Solar access means protection from shade for a specific area during specific hours and dates, but not including protection from shade cast by exempt vegetation.
Solar access permit means the instrument issued by the City which limits the size of nonexempt vegetation on certain lots in the vicinity of a recorded solar collector.
Solar heating hours means the hours and dates during which solar access is provided.
Solar height restriction means the allowable height of buildings, structures, and nonexempt vegetation on a property burdened by the solar access of another property.
Special planned districts means detailed plans. Special planned districts are located in BDC Chapter 2.7, Special Planned Districts, Refinement Plans, Area Plans and Master Plans.
Steep slope means any slope equal to or greater than 12 percent as measured over any minimum run of 10 feet, perpendicular to the contour of the slope, based on contour intervals of two feet or less.
Step-back means a portion of a building’s facade in which the upper story(ies) are set further from the property line(s) than the lower story(ies), forming a flat shelf or step between them.
Stormwater facility means a detention and/or retention pond, swale, drywell, or other surface water feature that provides storage during high-rainfall events and/or water quality treatment.
Story means that part of a building intended for occupancy located between the surface of one floor and the surface of the next floor above, or if there is no floor above, then the finished ceiling directly above. A basement is not counted as a story. (See illustration for “story” following the definition for “basement” in this section.) Occupiable space located above a garage is not considered a second story if the ridge/peak or height of the roof above the garage is equal to or lower than the peak/ridge or height of the primary one-story dwelling unit.
Street access means safe and efficient passage for pedestrians, bicyclists and vehicles to circulate from private and public property through a connected street system. See BDC 3.1.400.
Street furniture/furnishings means benches, lighting, bicycle racks, drinking fountains, mailboxes, kiosks, and similar pedestrian amenities located within a street right-of-way.
Street grade means (1) a reference to the slope of a street, or (2) the reference point for measuring the height of a building in the CBD Zone.
Street or road means a public thoroughfare or right-of-way dedicated, deeded or condemned for use as such, other than an alley, mid-block lane, shared lane, T-court or shared court private access drive, which affords access to two or more properties including avenue, place, way, drive, lane, boulevard, highway, road and any other thoroughfare.
The types of streets are identified in the Bend Transportation System Plan and are listed below in the highest to lowest classification:
1. Expressway means a major highway that is designed with limited access.
2. Arterial means a complete street that serves as a main route connecting different parts of the City with limited or prohibited direct street access to individual properties and includes sidewalks/multi-use paths and bikeways. Arterials are designated by the City of Bend’s Transportation System Plan as either minor or major.
Major arterial includes higher traffic volumes and may have higher speeds than minor arterials, as well as potential for multiple travel lanes for vehicles.
Minor arterial includes moderate traffic volumes and speeds. Minor arterials may include on-street parking.
3. Collector means a complete street that provides a connection between local streets and higher capacity streets such as arterials. Collectors typically have higher vehicular traffic volumes and speeds than local streets, but lower vehicular volumes and speeds than arterials, and include sidewalks/multi-use paths and bikeways. Collectors are classified as minor or major in the City of Bend Standards and Specifications.
4. Frontage road means a street parallel to an arterial or expressway providing access to abutting properties, but protected from through traffic.
5. Local means a street designed primarily to provide access to individual properties which is not designated as a collector, arterial or expressway.
6. Cul-de-sac means a short street having one end open to traffic and terminated by a circular vehicle turnaround. Cul-de-sacs include partial cul-de-sac bulbs or “eyebrows” designed and developed according to City of Bend Standards and Specifications.
Street stub means a temporary street ending; i.e., where the street will be extended through adjacent property in the future, as those properties develop. Not a permanent street-end, dead-end street or cul-de-sac.
Street tree means a tree planted in the right-of-way adjacent to the street. (See BDC 3.2.400, Street Trees.)
Structure means anything constructed or built, any edifice or building of any kind, or any piece of work artificially built up or composed of parts joined together in some definite manner, which requires location on the ground or is attached to something having a location on the ground, including swimming and wading pools, decks, and covered patios, but excepting ground-level outdoor areas such as paved areas, driveways or walks. “Building” and “structure” are not interchangeable terms. A building is one type of structure that shelters humans, animals and the like.
Subdivision means to divide land into four or more lots within a single calendar year.
Substantial damage means damage of any origin sustained by a structure whereby the cost of restoring the structure to its before-damaged condition would equal or exceed 50 percent of the market value of the structure before the damage occurred.
Substantial improvement means any repair, reconstruction, or improvement of a structure, the cost of which equals or exceeds 50 percent of the market value of the structure either:
1. Before the improvement or repair is started; or
2. If the structure has been damaged and is being restored, before the damage occurred. For the purposes of this definition, “substantial improvement” is considered to occur when the first alteration of any wall, ceiling, floor, or other structural part of the building commences, whether or not that alteration affects the external dimensions of the structure.
The term does not, however, include either:
1. Any project for improvement of a structure to correct existing violations of State or local health, sanitary, or safety code specifications which have been identified by the local code enforcement official and which are the minimum necessary to assure safe living conditions; or
2. Any alteration of a structure listed on the National Register of Historic Places or a State Inventory of Historic Places.
Sun chart means a photograph or photographs, taken in accordance with the guidelines of the Community and Economic Development Director, which plots the position of the sun during each hour of the day and each month of the year relative to a protected area. The sun chart shall contain at a minimum:
1. Solar altitude in 10-degree increments;
2. Solar azimuth measured from true south in 15-degree increments;
3. If the solar collector is more than 20 feet wide, the southern skyline as seen from the two end points and from the center point of the lower edge of the protected area; or
4. A clear delineation of the existing objects which cast shadows on the protected area, including hills, structures, and deciduous and evergreen vegetation.
Supplementation of application means an applicant’s submittal of additional evidence or argument that merely clarifies or supports a pending application, but which does not constitute a “modification of application” as defined herein.
Swale means a type of stormwater facility. A broad, shallow depression used to provide a required volume of on-site storage for stormwater, typically planted with plants that filter and process contaminants.