Services and Resources
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Get required forms and helpful information for running a business out of your home. Learn about applying for home-based business permits in Portland. Learn about zoning requirements around running a home business. If you're using your home for your business, find out what rules to follow.
Consider hosting an educational event in fall or winter in preparation for next year's budget. These events can enhance your community group's understanding of City processes, programs, and services, and your voice can help us identify what City services are most important to community members.
Please email or call us if you have a concern about your bill. If we can’t resolve your concern, you may file a formal, written appeal to the Administrative Review Committee at no cost.
If you have experienced or witnessed discrimination, you have the right to make an official complaint. Read on to find out how to take action.
Report suspected fraud, waste, inefficiency, or abuse through the City of Portland, Oregon's Fraud Hotline. You may file an anonymous report or provide contact information.
Get required forms and instructions for filing an online appeal and building code appeal and forms for electrical, mechanical and plumbing code appeals. Find what you need to file a building permit appeal, including fees and how to pay them, and how to search appeals decisions and appeals records.
The information on this site will help you comply with the City of Portland’s energy performance reporting requirements. This easy process must be completed by April 22 each year for the prior calendar year.
Interoffice Mail
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Interoffice Mail Requirements:
Suite required if listed below. Italic font indicates suite number and division name(s)
*Division name required in addition to suite number | e.g. 106/1040/RISK
Suite required if listed below. Italic font indicates suite number and division name(s)
*Division name required in addition to suite number | e.g. 106/1040/RISK
IPR Mediation Program
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Irrigation rebate application
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Rebates are available for WaterSense-labeled irrigation controllers and multistream rotator sprinkler nozzles. Anyone with an active Portland Water Bureau sewer/stormwater/water account can apply for rebates. Annual backflow testing must be up to date.
Join the Heritage Tree Committee
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New Committee Members Sought
Lake Oswego City Building Department
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Lake Oswego City website. Get information and applications for Lake Oswego building development on the City of Lake Oswego website.
Land Use Hearings
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The Hearings Officer holds public hearings on Type III land use cases and appeals of Type II and Type IIx land use decisions as designated by the Portland Zoning Code (Title 33).
You can appeal a land use review decision. Get information about the appeals process, including fees. Get forms for filing a land use review decision appeal, find out when you can file an appeal, how much it costs and where to send your appeal. File a Type III appeal fee waiver request.
Free mediation services to landlords and tenants with rental housing disputes.
There are three pathways for eligibility that can be initiated by both the city employee and a manager/supervisor. The majority of cases will process through Pathways One & Two.
The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) is piloting a Food Truck program in partnership with Suburban Events. The program provides permits for food trucks to park and vend on city streets.
The Portland in the Streets team at the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) is piloting a Play Streets program which turns neighborhood streets into pop-up community hubs for intergenerational socializing, play, and physical activity.
Lien Reduction Review Program
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City of Portland property owners with liens on their properties due to code enforcement violations can request a lien reduction review. Find out if you can get a lien balance reduced. Learn more about code enforcement liens and how to apply for lien reduction review.
This life safety checklist is for commercial permits in the City of Portland.
Life Safety Preliminary Meetings
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Request a Life Safety preliminary meeting. If your property has complex building code or fire code issues, you may need a Life Safety preliminary meeting. Learn more about building code review meetings.
Log in to my account
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Log into your account to pay or manage your sewer, stormwater, and water bill
Learn about major residential alteration and addition permits in Portland and apply online. Get forms for major alterations removing 50% or more of exterior walls above the foundation or major additions adding more than 500 square feet of space. MRAA permits have notification and delay requirements.
We encourage you to contact our office any time you feel a City bureau, office or employee has treated you unfairly. You will communicate directly with an Ombudsman's office team member who is objective and impartial.
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