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The
Office of Community & Civic Life
is one of several resources in Portland that can handle certain neighborhood issues.
also offers mediation services if a compromise cannot be met.
Door says No Person UNDER 21. Yeah, right!
At the Civic Life site you can:
File a nuisance complaint about weeds, hazards, ...
File a noise complaint
Contact a crime prevention specialist
Get a block party permit
Report graffiti
Report abandoned vehicles
Street light outage
And more...
Know of a house that is unsafe, deteriorating, or un-kept?
Maybe Civic Life can help.
An inspector with the Neighborhood Inspections Program
can come by and see if a residence is keeping up with the minimum standards for property maintenance in the city.
Crime Prevention Program Coordinator —
The Crime Prevention Program Focuses on educating neighbors to prevent crime, co-ordinates Neighborhood Watch Programs and serves as a resource and information center for resolving problems with run-down houses and party houses. S/he can be reached at 503-823-3131.
SWNI Land Use Coordinator —
Deals primarily with Land use issues, but his/her office is also a great place to start if you are not sure which agency to call to address your specific problem. 503-823-4592.
[SWNI]
Noise Inspector —
Enforces the city's noise regulations, which for better or worse, do not apply to the unamplified human voice. But if a stereo or band is involved, the regulations are 55 decibels at the property line from 7am-10pm and 50 decibels from 10pm-7am.
According to the inspector, 55 decibels is roughly the noise that is put out by a small air conditioner. Construction permits include exemptions for louder noise. If you have a noise problem, you call 503-823-3039.
Housing Inspector —
Enforces the city's property maintenance code. Problems that fall to the inspector include: property maintenance, nuisance (trash/debris/weeds), and disabled vehicles on private property. Even if you are not sure if a property is in violation, the inspector will be happy to come check it out and always keeps complainant information confidential. If a property has only one or two minor violations, s/he is unlikely to get involved. Larger violations trigger a progressive enforcement process that will eventually end with the problem being fixed, either by the property owner or by the city. To report a problem call 503-823-7347.
SW Neighborhood Response Team officer —
If this position still exists, s/he deals with issues such as loud parties, chronic nuisance houses, and drug houses, and hopefully can give you lots of good advice.
Anonymous complaints to the police get very little response.
If you want to call a problem in to the police it is best to make a complaint, but if you don't want the police to come to your door, you can ask that they contact you by phone.
The non-emergency police number is 503-823-3333.
Also, if you ever see police activity in the neighborhood and wonder what's going on you can call or email the NRTO and s/he'll be happy to find out. 503-823-0235. Email address unavailable 4/2018. Help me out here -- web guy.
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Need to add: city streetlight outage, county vector control (rats, possums), barking dog, other problems?
