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Bend Permit Process Navigator · City of Bend, Oregon

Infill / Middle Housing

A guide for infill and middle housing projects - duplexes, triplexes, quadplexes, and cottage clusters on existing lots. Under Oregon's middle housing rules these are permitted outright in Bend's residential zones: their standards are verified through the building permit, with no land use application. The Planning and Land Use steps below apply when you divide land (for example a Middle Housing Land Division to sell units on separate lots) or when a historic district or Waterway Overlay applies, and the Engineering steps apply only when public improvements are required. Select any step to see what it means, who handles it, timing, and where the relevant codes, forms, and applications live.