Legal Documents of Bulls Gap

There is hereby established a board, which shall be known and designated as the "Beer Board of the Town of Bulls Gap, Tennessee," hereinafter referred to as the "board." The board shall be comprised of all five (5) members of the Bulls Gap board of mayor and aldermen, who shall serve without additional compensation.

It shall be the duty and responsibility of the board to regulate and supervise the issuance of permits to manufacture, store for sale, distribute and/or sell beer and other similar beverages, as defined by this chapter of the Bulls Gap Municipal Code, to the persons and in the manner provided by the provisions of this chapter.

It is hereby declared that the manufacture, storage for sale, distribution and/or sale of beer within the municipality of Bulls Gap is a privilege and the board is hereby empowered with complete discretion to issue, revoke, and suspend all permits for purposes authorized under this chapter and to levy fines as authorized by this chapter.

The board may deny the issuance of any of any permit whenever the board determines that such issuance would be detrimental to the public health, safety and/or morals of the community. The board may likewise suspend or revoke the permit of any permit holder who violates any of the laws of the United States, the State of Tennessee, or the ordinances of the Town of Bulls Gap, or whenever, after notice and public hearing, it shall satisfactorily appear that the premises or business of any permit holder is being maintained and operated in such a manner as to be detrimental to the public health, safety and/or morals of the community.

Where a permit is revoked, no new permit shall be issued to such permit holder nor issued to any other applicant for the manufacture, storage for sale, distribution and/or sale of beer on the same premises until after the expiration of one (1) year from the date said revocation becomes final and effective. (1996 Code, § 8-201)