FAQs
A noise nuisance can take many shapes and forms. Some common and enforceable situations include barking dogs, residential construction before 7am or after 6pm, noise generated by a home-operated business, and excessive noise adjacent to institutions of learning, churces, hospitals and courts of justice. For more information, contact the code compliance office or click here to review the city code.
Building
Yes.
Apply in our office
503-434-7314
Burning Guidelines
Yes, below are some possible alternatives:
- Recycle paper products whenever possible.
- Dispose of waste at your local landfill rather than burn it.
- Compost yard debris and kitchen scraps.
- Reuse old lumber whenever possible.
- Buy a chipper and use chips for mulch and compost.
- Work with neighbors to organize a neighborhood cleanup day.
- Take hazardous materials, including oil-based paints, solvents, garden chemicals and car fluids to a hazardous waste collection site. Burning these materials is illegal and extremely dangerous.
Yes, using the following good burning practices will promote efficient burning and prevent excessive smoke:
- Assure that all combustible material is dried to the extent practical. This includes covering the combustible material when practical to protect the material from moisture including precipitation or dew.
- Loosely stack or windrow the combustible material to eliminate dirt, rocks or other noncombustible material and to promote an adequate air supply to the burning pile.
- Periodically re-stack or feed the burning pile to ensure that combustion is robust and completed efficiently.
Yard Debris - Includes wood, needle or leaf materials from trees, shrubs or plants from the real property immediately adjacent to a dwelling of not more than four family living units.
Burning the following materials is illegal at any time:
- Asbestos
- Asphalt or industrial waste
- Automotive parts (including frames)
- Dead animals
- Plastic
- Rubber Products
- Tires
- Waste oil, petroleum treated and related materials
- Wet garbage and food waste
- Any material creating dense smoke or noxious odors
Please note, even during the designated burning season, it is necessary to call the burn number (503-472-3344) each day to confirm that burning is allowed by DEQ that particular day.
Backyard Burning Seasons:
March 1 through June 15
October 1 through December 15
All residents burning at a private home within McMinnville Fire District, regardless of whether or not they are located within the city limits.
City Council
Use the interactive Ward Map to find out: http://gis.ci.mcminnville.or.us/wards/
FAQs Police
No. Due to the potential for damage to vehicles, the police department does not open locked vehicles. However, if a child or animal is endangered inside the vehicle, the police and/or fire department will respond to remove the child or animal from the vehicle.
You will need to call the Yamhill County Jail directly at: 503-434-7507 or check the jail roster on the Yamhill County website
As of September 2017, our fingerprinting services are temporarily suspended. We will post an update here when the services are resumed.
You will need to contact the Property and Evidence Department at 503-434-2345 or 503-434-7307
No! Please do not dial 9-1-1 if it is not an emergency. All non-emergency calls for service in the Yamhill County area should be made to Yamhill Communications (YCOM) at 503-434-6500
811.720 When an accident must be reported: You must report your accident if it happened on a highway or premise open to the public, and resulted in any of the following: 1) More than $2500 in damage to your vehicle; 2) More than $2500 in damage to any one person’s property; 3) A vehicle towed from the scene as a result of the damage; 4) Injury to any person (no matter how minor the injury); or, 5) the death of any person:
(a) The reporting requirements for drivers under ORS 811.725.
(b) The reporting requirements for occupants of vehicles in accidents under ORS 811.735.
(c) The reporting requirements for owners of vehicles under ORS 811.730.
Traffic citations are processed through the City of McMinnville Municipal Court, which is located at 230 NE 2nd Street, McMinnville, OR 97128. Additional questions regarding traffic citations or the Municipal Court process may be answered by calling Municipal Court at 503.434.7402
McMinnville Police Department is located at 121 SW Adams Street, McMinnville, Oregon 97128. At the corner of 2nd street and SW Adams, adjacent to the Fire Department and the Public Library.
Homebound
Deliveries are made every two weeks, once a month, or on an as-needed basis. Books are delivered and picked up for return to the library.
The library will deliver to individuals within the city limits of McMinnville in their homes, retirement facilities, care centers, or the hospital. If you live outside city limits, we will select books for you and leave them at the check out desk for a friend to pick up.
Homebound Services are available for free to those who are unable to visit the library because of illness, age, or disability.
Hotspot Checkout
Come to the Circulation Desk downstairs during open hours and ask us! All libraries in CCRLS have hotspots to check out, so call your home library to check availability.
In order to borrow a hotspot, a library patron must be 18 years of age or older
and have a CCRLS library card in good standing. Parents/guardians are
responsible for the use of the hotspot by minors.
Hotspots may be checked out for a 21-day period.
