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The Bend Code regulates land use, building standards, and signage in Bend, adapting over time to meet community goals and legal requirements.
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The Bend Development Code is a set of regulations that guide development and land use within Bend. It mainly applies to private property and covers zoning, land use, building heights, setbacks, and other aspects of urban planning—essentially what can be built in Bend. The Bend Development Code implements the Bend Comprehensive Plan.
The Sign Code, which lives in Chapter 9.50 of the Municipal Code, regulate signs that are visible from streets or which are visible from one site to another. The code provides reasonable regulations for the design, construction, placement and maintenance of signs to protect the public health, safety and general welfare of the community. The intent is not to regulate content, only the number, type, location, height and size of signs.
The Bend Development Code changes over time when the Bend City Council adopts new policies to meet community-driven Council goals, such as reducing barriers to building housing or supporting sustainable development, as well as when state adopts new rules. Due to changes that occur in the City's land use policies, as well as evolving requirements of State and Federal law, the Development Code is dynamic and regularly updated.
Active Code Updates
These are proposed amendments that will be reviewed by and voted on by the City Council. The official public engagement process is ongoing and public comments are being received until the record is closed.
The 2023-2025 Code Update
- CityView File number: PLTEXT20250392
- Staff Contact: Pauline Hardie
- Stage in the process (public hearing, etc):
- Planning Commission Public Hearing (recommendation to the City Council):
Sept. 22, 2025, at 5:30 p.m.
- City Council Public Hearing and First Reading
Nov. 5, 2025, at 6 p.m.
- City Council Second Reading
Nov. 19, 2025, at 6 p.m.
Recently Adopted Code Amendments
Below is a list of code changes that were recently adopted by the Bend City Council and are now in effect.
Historic Versions of the Development Code
The Bend Development Code is always updated to show the most recent code changes adopted by Council. If you have a land use application submitted on a date prior to the effective date of Bend’s current development code, the applicable codes will be those in place on the date the application was submitted.
Previous versions of the Bend Development Code can be found on the Bend Development Code website. Click "Track" and go to "historic versions."