A. “Alternative shelter” means a shelter space or other indoor space available to a person experiencing homelessness.

B. “Campsite” means any place where the use of any tent, lean-to, shack, or other structure, or any vehicle or part thereof, or any combination of a structure and vehicle, is placed, established or maintained for the purpose of maintaining a permanent or temporary place to live.

C. “To camp” means to set up or remain in or at a campsite for the purpose of establishing or maintaining a permanent or temporary place to live.

D. “Certified child care center” means a child care facility that is certified by the Oregon Department of Education to care for 13 or more children, or a facility that is certified to care for 12 or fewer children and located in a building constructed as other than a single-family dwelling.

E. “City property” means all real property, land, and public facilities owned, leased, controlled or managed by the city or its agencies, including but not limited to parking lots, parking garages, bridges and viaducts.

F. “Freeway” means a fully access-controlled throughway, which includes Highways 26 and 217.

G. “Person experiencing homelessness” means a person who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence.

H. “Person without alternative shelter” means a person experiencing homelessness who does not have access to an alternative shelter.

I. “Property where homeless services are provided” means property in which a use of the property includes providing regular, direct services to persons experiencing homelessness. As used in this subsection, “direct services to persons experiencing homelessness” includes but is not limited to providing homeless navigation services, storage facilities, and other similar services.

J. “Public right-of-way” means any thoroughfare or area intended, designed or used for vehicular or pedestrian traffic.

K. “Safe parking program guest” means a person experiencing homelessness who is currently participating in the city’s safe parking program.

L. “Safe parking site” means property or a portion of property designated by the city manager as a site to be used by the city’s safe parking program.

M. “Shelter” means a domestic violence shelter, emergency shelter or mass shelter as defined in the Beaverton Development Code. [BC 5.18.030, added by Ordinance No. 4841, 6/6/23]