As used in ORS § 285B.410 to 285B.482, unless the context requires otherwise:

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(1) ‘Airport’ means:

(a) A runway, taxiway, aircraft parking apron, ramp, auto parking area, access road, safety area or runway protection zone;

(b) An airport-related facility, including a hangar, terminal, air traffic control tower or other building;

(c) A signal, navigational aid or traffic control system; or

(d) A fuel tank or other physical airport improvement.

(2)(a) ‘Community development project’ means a project that involves strategic planning, training or other technical assistance as defined by the Oregon Business Development Department by rule, and that is aimed at strengthening the economic development, community development or infrastructure priority setting of a municipality or region.

(b) ‘Community development project’ includes the following activities:

(A) Developing and managing short-term and long-term projects;

(B) Developing priorities for infrastructure projects;

(C) Strategic planning related to furthering economic or community development; or

(D) Training related to economic or community development, including training to improve leadership skills, technical skills or analytical skills, particularly in rural and distressed areas.

(c) ‘Community development project’ includes projects that may encompass a municipality or any part of a municipality and may be undertaken in cooperation with another municipality.

(3) ‘Development project’ means a project for the acquisition, improvement, construction, demolition, or redevelopment of municipally owned utilities, buildings, land, transportation facilities or other facilities that assist the economic and community development of the municipality, including planning project activities that are necessary or useful as determined by the Oregon Infrastructure Finance Authority.

(4) ‘Direct project management costs’ means expenses directly related to a project that are incurred by a municipality solely to support or manage a project eligible for assistance under ORS § 285B.410 to 285B.482. ‘Direct project management costs’ does not include routine or ongoing expenses of the municipality.

(5) ‘Emergency project’ means a development project resulting from an emergency as defined in ORS § 401.025, to which federal disaster relief has been committed.

(6) ‘Energy system’ means a facility necessary for the distribution, transmission or generation of energy, including but not limited to facilities powered by wind, solar energy or biofuel and facilities for the collection, storage, transmission or distribution of a fuel, including natural gas, methane or hydrogen.

(7) ‘Levee project’ means a community development project, development project, planning project or other project that is associated with the construction, capital improvement, inspection, accreditation, certification or repair of levees, flood control embankments or flood control facilities.

(8) ‘Marine facility’ means:

(a) A wharf, dock, freight handling or passenger facility;

(b) A navigation channel or structure, including a project funded under ORS § 777.267; or

(c) Any other physical marine facility improvement.

(9) ‘Municipality’ means an Oregon city or county, the Port of Portland created by ORS § 778.010, a county service district organized under ORS Chapter 451, a district as defined in ORS § 198.010, a drainage district organized under ORS Chapter 547, a tribal council of a federally recognized Indian tribe in this state or an airport district organized under ORS Chapter 838.

(10) ‘Planning project’ means:

(a) A project related to a potential development project for preliminary, final or construction engineering;

(b) A survey, site investigation or environmental action;

(c) A financial, technical or other feasibility report, study or plan; or

(d) An activity that the authority determines to be necessary or useful in planning for a potential development project.

(11) ‘Project’ means a development, community development, planning, levee or emergency project.

(12) ‘Railroad’ means:

(a) A main line, siding, yard, connecting or auxiliary track, right of way or easement;

(b) An industrial spur or related facility, including a depot, shop, maintenance building or other building;

(c) A signal or traffic control system;

(d) A bridge or tunnel;

(e) A dock, pit, conveyor, bin, crane, piping system, tank or pavement for unloading, loading or transfer of freight, trailers or containers; or

(f) Any other physical railroad improvement.

(13) ‘Road’ means a street, highway or thruway or a road-related structure that provides for continuity of a right of way, including a bridge, tunnel, culvert or similar structure or other physical road-related improvement.

(14) ‘Rural area’ has the meaning given that term in ORS § 285A.010.

(15) ‘Solid waste disposal site’ has the meaning given the term ‘disposal site’ in ORS § 459.005.

(16) ‘Telecommunications system’ means equipment or a facility for the electronic transmission of voice, data, text, image or video.

(17) ‘Transportation’ means a system for movement of freight or passengers.

(18) ‘Utilities’ means a solid waste disposal site or a water, sewage, storm water drainage, energy or telecommunications system. [Formerly 285.700; 1999 c.509 § 43; 2001 c.96 § 5; 2001 c.633 § 1; 2001 c.883 § 27; 2003 c.773 § 27; 2005 c.835 § 2; 2007 c.804 § 32; 2009 c.830 § 93; 2015 c.667 § 1; 2021 c.654 § 2]