Liquor license applications

About liquor license applications

In Portland, residents have 30 days to weigh in on establishments seeking liquor licenses near them. In this second of EveryBlock, you can find out about applications near you.

Portland's Office of Neighborhood Involvement is in charge of notifying the public and collecting community input — before the city makes a recommendation to the Oregon Liquor Control Commission.

Each record on EveryBlock includes the name of the establishment, the date the application was filed, the establishment's location and the final date for public comment. There also is a link to a PDF copy of the hand-written application, which provides details about the application.

Source

The data, from the Office of Neighborhood Involvement, is published in an an RSS feed, available through Portland's CivicApps.org site. The data is updated about once a day, and we at EveryBlock look for new applications daily.

What else should I know about liquor licenses?

In Portland, the chief of police — with input from the Office of Neighborhood Involvement and the Bureau of Development Services' Noise Control office — makes final recommendations to the state regarding liquor license applications. Establishments can get one of four recommendations, each of which is outlined on the city's Local Government Recommendation Process page.

The city has 45 days to make its recommendation for new applications, and 60 days for renewals. In some cases, neighborhood residents work with liquor outlets and establish "preventive good neighbor agreements" to establish clear expectations, according to the Office of Neighborhood Involvement.

A community guide for the liquor license recommendation process and other forms and information are available on the ONI's liquor license notification page.