Lane County, OR Business Licensing & Operations: Tobacco Retail License (2026)
Key Facts
- School buffer
- 1,000 feet, straight-line
- Pre-existing exemption cutoff
- October 21, 2014
- Mobile/cart sales
- Prohibited
- License authority
- Oregon Laws 2021, ch. 586
- Applies to
- Unincorporated Lane County
Summary
A tobacco or vape retailer in unincorporated Lane County needs a state-authorized license and cannot operate within 1,000 feet of a school. Retailing is fixed-location only; selling from a vehicle, cart or on foot is banned outright.
A. WITHIN ONE THOUSAND (1,000) FEET OF ESTABLISHMENTS SERVING CHILDREN. No license will be issued to a Tobacco Retailer located within one thousand (1,000) feet of any school as follows: 1. Except as provided in LC 9.075.010A.2, no Tobacco Retailer license will be issued within one thousand (1,000) feet of a school as measured by a straight line from the nearest point of the property line of the lot or parcel on which the school is located to the nearest point of the property line of the parcel on which the applicant's business is located. ... 2. A Tobacco Retailer that has been in operation at a location governed by LC 9.075.010A consistently since October 21, 2014, is exempt from the requirements of LC 9.075.010A. B. MOBILE VENDING. Tobacco Retailing is only permitted at a fixed location. For example, Tobacco Retailing by natural persons on foot or from vehicles or mobile units is prohibited.
Full Breakdown
005's definitions, at a premises in unincorporated Lane County unless that premises is licensed or otherwise authorized under Oregon Laws 2021, Chapter 586. 010A layers a location restriction on top of that state license: no Tobacco Retailer license will issue for a business within 1,000 feet of a public kindergarten, elementary, middle, junior high or high school, measured in a straight line between the nearest property lines of the school parcel and the applicant's parcel. 2 exempts a retailer that has operated continuously at the same location since October 21, 2014, even if a school later opens or relocates nearby, from losing eligibility.
010B bans mobile tobacco retailing altogether, permitting sales only from a fixed location, explicitly prohibiting sales by people on foot or from vehicles or mobile units. 010. 065 bars smoking and tobacco use, including vaping, inside or on the grounds of any County-owned facility, park or vehicle, and in personal vehicles while on County property, though County roads and rights-of-way are excluded from that ban.
Violations & Fines
Selling tobacco or vape products from an unlicensed premises, from a location within the 1,000-foot school buffer without qualifying for the pre-2014 exemption, or from a vehicle or mobile cart, violates LC 9.070.015 or LC 9.075.010 and is enforced through the County's existing citation, complaint and violation procedures as the local public health authority under LC 9.070.010. The County pursues these cases alongside the state's own licensing enforcement under Oregon Laws 2021, Chapter 586.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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