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Licenses and Permits

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Licenses and Permits

The City Clerk’s Office administers various licensing and permitting activities including:
  • Liquor licensing for retail liquor sales at business located in city limits
  • Marijuana licensing for retail marijuana stores licensed for business in city limits
  • Specialty Business licensing for the following types of businesses:
    • Junk Dealers
    • Pawnbrokers
    • Second Hand Dealers
    • Sexually Oriented Businesses
    • Hotel/Motel (new in 2025)
  • Special event permitting for events on public property and for alcohol on public property (where permitted)

 

Other types of permits and licenses are handled by Planning and Development Services including:

  • Business Extension Permits (for providing patio seating on City sidewalks)
  • Carnival Permits
  • Chicken Permits
  • Contractor Licensing
  • Mobile Vendor Licenses (including ice cream trucks and food trucks)
  • Sign Permits
  • Temporary Permits for Use of the Right-of-Way

 

Animal licenses are handled by Longmont Public Safety.

For more information about Commercial Use of Recreation spaces, visit the Commercial Uses page.

Button Rock Preserve now open as of Saturday, December 20th. There is one area with a downed pole that remains closed.

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