sound oversight committee
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There shall be a sound oversight committee of four members appointed by the city council. One member shall be a city employee nominated by the city manager; one member shall be a police officer nominated by Portland’s Downtown District board; and one member shall be an entertainment licensee nominated by the nightlife oversight committee. The police officer shall be the chair of the sound oversight committee and shall be a non-voting member, except that the police officer shall cast the tie-breaking vote in the event of a tie.
The sound oversight committee shall meet with new entertainment license applicants when the license application is referred to the team either by the city council or by the nightlife oversight committee. The sound oversight committee shall make recommendations to the applicant regarding actions it can take to mitigate noise and shall make any recommendations regarding noise mitigation it deems necessary to the city council for consideration.
Whenever the police receive two or more verified noise complaints from two separate individuals in any seven day period or five or more verified noise complaints in any thirty day period regarding a particular entertainment licensed establishment, the police department shall notify the licensee to meet with the sound oversight committee within five business days from the date of the written notification, or such other time as is agreed upon by the sound oversight committee, to identify ways in which the noise problems which have been identified can be mitigated. The sound oversight committee shall notify the complainants of the date and time of the meeting.
The licensee shall agree to take effective measures to address the noise issues as recommended by the sound oversight committee, which measures shall be memorialized in a written agreement at the conclusion of the meeting with the sound oversight committee and shall be implemented within one week of said meeting unless another date is agreed upon by the sound oversight committee. Failure to implement the plan in a timely fashion or to comply with all recommendations in the plan will result in a recommendation by the sound oversight committee to the city council to place conditions on or revoke the establishment’s entertainment license.
If the police receive two or more verified noise complaints from two separate individuals in any seven day period or five or more verified noise complaints in any thirty day period regarding the same licensed establishment on a subsequent occasion, then the sound oversight committee is under no obligation to meet with the licensee but may make recommendations to the city council to place conditions on or revoke the entertainment license
Lieutenant Gary Hutcheson Chair
Janice Gardner Alternate
Beth Humstone
Julie Ann Johnson
Bill Umbel
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Meeting Schedule
The committee meets on a as needed basis.
Contact Us
For more information email Gary Hutchenson or call 756-8295.