Adaptive reuse means putting a historic structure to a new use and altering its interior and/or exterior and making other modifications to allow for its new use, while retaining the qualities for which the resource has been recognized.

Alteration means the addition to, removal of or from, or physical modification of any exterior part or portion of a structure.

Alteration, major means an addition, removal or reconfiguration which significantly changes the historical or architectural significance of a historic resource including new construction in historic districts.

Alteration, minor means an alteration which does not affect the historical or architectural significance of a structure.

Architectural significance means that the structure, building or district (1) portrays the environment of a group of people in an era of history characterized by a distinctive architectural style, or (2) embodies those distinguishing characteristics of an architectural type, or (3) is the work of an architect or master builder whose individual work has influenced the development of the City, or (4) contains elements of architectural design, detail, materials, or craftsmanship which represent an architectural innovation.

Character-defining means the qualities for which the resource has been recognized.

Demolish means to raze, destroy, dismantle, deface or, in any other manner, cause partial or total ruin of a designated structure.

Exterior means any portion of the outside of a designated historic structure and/or building or a structure and/or building in a designated historic district or any addition thereto.

Historic resource means a building, historic or cultural site, structure, object, or historic district that meets the significance and integrity criteria for designation as a landmark designated by the City Council, State of Oregon or National Park Service. Resource types are further described as:

Historic resources of statewide significance are buildings, structures, objects, cultural sites, or districts listed in the National Register of Historic Places, and those located within approved National Register Historic Districts pursuant to the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (PL 89-665; 16 U.S.C. 470).

Historical significance means that the structure or historical district (1) has character, interest, or value as part of the development, heritage, or cultural characteristics for the City, County, State, or nation; (2) is the site of a historic event with an effect upon society; (3) is identified with a person or group of persons who had some influence on society; or (4) exemplifies the cultural, political, economic, social, or historic heritage of the community.

Inventory is a survey, map, or description of one or more resource sites that is prepared by a local government, State or Federal agency, private citizen, or other organization and that includes information about the resource values and features associated with such sites. As a verb, “inventory” means to collect, prepare, compile, or refine information about one or more resource sites.

Landmarks Commission or Commission means the Bend Landmarks Commission.

Maintenance means the process of mitigating the wear and deterioration of a property without altering the historic character of the property, including action taken to protect and repair the condition of the property with the least possible impact on the historic character of the property.

Preservation means the process of applying measures necessary to sustain the existing form, integrity, and materials of a historic property, including but not limited to the ongoing maintenance and repair of historic materials, but not including the extensive replacement of historic materials or new construction.

Property owner means the owner of record or the contract purchaser and does not include a person or organization that holds a security interest.

Protect means to require Landmarks Commission review of applications for demolition, removal, or exterior alteration of a historic resource, new construction or signs on the designated property in accordance with the provisions of this chapter so that the defining characteristics of the building and its site and environment are retained.

Real market value has the meaning given in ORS 308.205.

Reconstruction means the process of depicting, by means of new construction, the form, features, and detailing of a nonsurviving site, landscape, building, structure, or object for the purpose of replicating its appearance at a specific period of time and in its historic location.

Rehabilitation means the process of returning a property to a state of utility, through repair or alteration, which makes possible an efficient contemporary use while preserving those portions and features of the property which are significant to its historic, architectural, and cultural values.

Replacement means the process of replacing historic materials and features with new materials when the deterioration of a character-defining material or feature is so extensive that protection, maintenance, or repair is not possible. Replacing severely deteriorated or damaged historic materials with new materials of the same kind as the historic materials and in the same design as the historic element is “replacement.”

Resource, contributing means a building, structure, or object which has been identified by the State or the General Plan as adding to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic district or resource significant.

Resource, noncontributing means buildings within a historic district identified by the State or General Plan as a contributing resource that does not contribute to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic district or resource significant.

Restoration means the process of accurately depicting the forms, features and character of a property as it appeared at a particular period of time, by means of the removal of features from other periods in its history and reconstruction of missing features from the restoration period.

Site means the location of a significant event, prehistoric or historic occupation or activity, or a building or structure, whether standing, ruined, or vanished, where the location itself possesses historical, cultural, or archaeological value regardless of the value of any existing structure.

Structure means anything constructed or built, any edifice or building or any kind, or any pieces of work architecturally built or composed of parts joined together in some definite manner. [Ord. NS-2236, 2015; Ord. NS-2226, 2014; Ord. NS-1970, 2005. Formerly 10.20.050]