Legal Documents of Sweetwater
Code of Sweetwater
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Code of Sweetwater
Title 8 Alcoholic Beverages
Chapter 1 Liquor Stores
Title 8 Alcoholic Beverages
Chapter 1 Liquor Stores
Sweetwater
Title 8 : Alcoholic Beverages
Chapter 1 : Liquor Stores
8-115 : Restrictions upon issuance.
- Certificates of compliance. The board of commissioners shall not issue a certificate of compliance unless the applicant has complied with all the requirements of state liquor statutes, the Rules and Regulations of the Alcoholic Beverage Commission, Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0100-03 and this chapter, and license approval by the Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission is pending.
- No violations of chapter. No certificate of compliance shall be issued unless a license issued on the basis thereof can be exercised without violating any provisions of this chapter.
- Prerequisites of issuance. The city recorder upon approval of the board of commissioners shall not sign any certificate of compliance for any applicant or applicant group until:
- Such application has been filed with the city recorder;
- The notice required by Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0100-03-09(10)-11) has been published and the public hearing noticed therein has been conducted;
- The location stated in the certificate has been approved by the board of commissioners as a suitable location for the operation of a liquor store; and
- The application has been considered at a public meeting of the board of commissioners and approved by a vote of at least three (3) members thereof.
- Time periods for action. Any applicant or applicant group who has obtained a certificate of compliance as provided herein must open a liquor store in the city within six (6) months or, unless an extension is granted by board of commissioners, said certificate will be revoked by the passage of this amount of time and a certification thereof will be sent to the Alcoholic Beverage Commission of the State of Tennessee and the local liquor license issued pursuant to such application shall be considered canceled and revoked. (as added by Ord. #872, July 2011)
Date Last Updated: 08/05/2024
Codification Date: 03/01/2004
Officials at Date of Last Codification:
Mayor - Doyle F. Lowe
Vice Mayor - Sam Moser
Commissioner - Lamar Hughes
Commissioner - Johanna Jinks
Commissioner - Alan Richeson
Commissioner - James A. Stutts
Recorder - Sonya Crush
City Attorney - John Cleveland