Portland Zoning Code 33.815 confines OLCC retail cannabis to CM, CE, CG, EX, EG, and IG zones. Residential, neighborhood-commercial CN1 and CN2, and most mixed-use centers near transit prohibit retail to protect family-scale street frontages.
Portland classifies cannabis retail as a Retail Sales and Service use with conditional restrictions. Permitted base zones include Commercial Mixed Use 2 and 3 (CM2, CM3), Commercial Employment (CE), General Commercial (CG), Central Employment (EX), General Employment (EG), and Industrial General (IG). Retail is prohibited in single-family R zones, low-intensity commercial CN1 and CN2 corridors, open-space OS, institutional IR, and most overlay zones. Each application triggers a Type II land-use review with neighborhood notice. Production and processing are confined to industrial IG and IH zones. Co-location with alcohol retail is allowed but not encouraged.
Operating in a prohibited zone, exceeding floor-area caps in EX, or failing to obtain a Type II land-use decision before opening risks city closure orders, OLCC license denial, and zoning fines up to five thousand dollars per day.
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