Bend, OR Building Safety: Carbon Monoxide Detectors (2026)

Bend does not print a general, citywide carbon monoxide detector requirement for all dwellings in the Bend Code; state building and residential codes adopted by reference in BC Chapter 9.10 govern CO alarm installation in new construction generally, and this record does not quote that adopted state text. What the City does regulate directly is short-term rental licensing: BC 7.16.070(C), Health and Safety, requires a completed fire-safety checklist, covering fire extinguishers, smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors, with every annual short-term rental operating license application and renewal.

The same subsection separately makes the owner responsible for keeping the rental in substantial compliance with all applicable fire, building and health and safety codes on an ongoing basis, not just at application time, under BC 7.16.070(C)(2). Because the checklist requirement sits inside the licensing chapter, it applies specifically to dwellings operating as licensed short-term rentals under BDC 3.6.500, not to long-term rentals or owner-occupied homes generally. Failing to submit the checklist, or letting the rental fall out of compliance with fire and safety codes, can support denial of a license renewal under the criteria in BC 7.16.070, or a revocation proceeding under BC 7.16.090 if the City documents a substantiated safety complaint.

There is no dollar penalty specific to a missing CO detector; the consequence runs through the licensing process itself, either blocking approval of the annual application or triggering the warning-and-revocation sequence, rather than a standalone citation.