Legal Documents of Rutledge
Code of Rutledge
Title 8 Alcoholic Beverages
Chapter 2 Beer
8-209 : Beer permits shall be restrictive.[4]
All beer permits shall be restrictive as to the type of beer business authorized under them. Separate permits shall be required for selling at retail, storing, distributing, and manufacturing. Beer permits for retail sale of beer may be further restricted so as to authorize sales only for off premises consumption. A single permit may be issued for on premise and off premise consumption. It shall be unlawful for any beer permit holder to engage in any type or phase of the beer business not expressly authorized by his permit. It shall likewise be unlawful for him not to comply with any and all express restrictions or conditions in his permit.4 (Ord. #145, Sept. 2019)
Tennessee Code Annotated, § 57-5-301(a) provides that neither beer permit holders nor persons employed by them may have been "convicted of any violation of the laws against possession, sale, manufacture and transportation of intoxicating liquor or any crime involving moral turpitude" within the previous ten (10) years. Under Tennessee Code Annotated, § 57-5-301(b), violations are punishable under state law as a Class A misdemeanor. Under Tennessee Code Annotated, § 16-18-302, city/town courts may only enforce local ordinances that mirror, substantially duplicate or incorporate by reference Class C misdemeanors. City/Town courts are thus prohibited from enforcing ordinances making violations of Tennessee Code Annotated, § 57-5-301(a) a local offense.
Officials at Date of Last Codification:
Mayor - Fred Sykes
Vice Mayor - Benny Atkins
Alderman - Ed Boling, Jr.
Alderman - Martha Ann Cameron
Alderman - Jason Day
Recorder - Stacy Harbin
City Attorney - Evan Newman