Liquor licenses

Submitted by Amanda Fritz on February 15, 2007 - 11:16am.

Guest column by Kathy Fuerstenau, chair of Cully Association of Neighbors

House Bill 2170

This bill was written to allow all liquor license applicants who apply and qualify, to operate immediately upon application for 180 days during the licensing process. This means that a new outlet, full or limited on premises sales, can operate immediately.

HB 2170 along with other liquor bills will be presented at a public hearing at 3:00 pm, hearing room D, this coming Monday, February 19. HB 2170 would allow anyone who qualifies and applies for a liquor license to immediately receive a 180 day "temporary" liquor license while their application is being processed, instead of receiving a license to operate after they have been approved. Please contact the legislator in your area, write a letter/email, and/or go to Salem to testify on this bill encouraging a NO Vote on HB 2170 on Monday, February 19th.

The current statute allows Off Premise sales and some Changes in Ownership only, to operate during the application process for a period of 90 days with a possible 30 day extension.

This House Bill is not implementing a “probationary

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The legislators on the

Submitted by Amanda Fritz on February 15, 2007 - 11:31am.
The legislators on the Committee are: Rep. Mike Schaufler (Chair), Rep. Sal Esquivel (Vice-Chair), Rep. Paul Holvey (Vice-Chair), Rep. Vicki Berger, Rep. Chris Edwards, Rep. Diane Rosenbaum, and Rep. Patti Smith. This bill is an agency bill for the Oregon Liquor Control Commission and was filed by the Governor. There are no other sponsors. Depending on the testimony on Monday and previous information given at the first public hearing, the Chair will make a decision to open a work session and pass the bill out of committee. If that happens, it will be considered by the Senate.
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I'm not sure I see a problem

Submitted by FrankDufay on February 15, 2007 - 5:56pm.
I'm not sure I see a problem with this. As it stands, neighbors are operating in a vacuum --no experience with a licensee-- when new license application comes up. Opposition generally comes in the form of "too many outlets" or "they want to stay open too late" and these aren't criteria OLCC will use to deny a license. "Probation" would actually give a licensee a track record on which to judge them before they are issued a regular permit. Couldn't this be a good thing for the neighborhoods?
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Good article on the progress

Submitted by Amanda Fritz on March 15, 2007 - 11:51am.
Good article on the progress of the bill, and neighbors' concerns, in the Oregonian, 3/15/07
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Ken Palke, an OLCC

Submitted by FrankDufay on March 16, 2007 - 1:22am.
Ken Palke, an OLCC spokesman, says the bill has upsides for neighborhoods. It would increase the window for investigating applicants from 90 days to 180, and it would give neighbors a chance to "ferret out bad actors by seeing how they actually operate." By seeing how they actually operate this gives the neighborhoods REAL ammunition to oppose permanent licenses to problem operators, as opposed to what they have now which is NO real ammunition but just speculation.
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