18.50.020 Definitions | North Bend City Code

18.50.020 Definitions.

Unless specifically defined below, words or phrases used in this chapter shall be interpreted so as to give them the meaning they have in common usage and to give this chapter the most reasonable application.

(1) “Essential facilities” means:

(a) Hospitals and other medical facilities having surgery and emergency treatment areas;

(b) Fire and police stations;

(c) Tanks or other structures containing, housing or supporting water or fire-suppression materials or equipment required for the protection of essential or hazardous facilities or special occupancy structures;

(d) Emergency vehicle shelters and garages;

(e) Structures and equipment in emergency preparedness centers; and

(f) Standby power generating equipment for essential facilities.

(2) “Hazardous facility” means structures housing, supporting or containing sufficient quantities of toxic or explosive substances to be of danger to the safety of the public if released.

(3) “Special occupancy structures” means:

(a) Covered structures whose primary occupancy is public assembly with a capacity greater than 300 persons;

(b) Buildings with a capacity of greater than 250 individuals for every public, private or parochial school through secondary level or child care centers;

(d) Medical facilities with 50 or more resident, incapacitated persons not included in subsections (3)(a) through (c) of this section;

(e) Jails and detention facilities; and

(f) All structures and occupancies with a capacity of greater than 5,000 persons.

(4) “Substantial improvement” means any repair, reconstruction, or improvement of a structure, the cost of which exceeds 50 percent of the real market value of the structure.

(5) “Tsunami vertical evacuation structure” means a building or constructed earthen mound that is accessible to evacuees, has sufficient height to place evacuees above the level of tsunami inundation, and is designed and constructed with the strength and resiliency needed to withstand the effects of tsunami waves.

(6) “Tsunami inundation maps (TIMs)” means the maps in the DOGAMI Tsunami Inundation Map Series, published by the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries, which cover the area within the city of North Bend. (Ord. 2028 § 2, 2019)