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The Beer
Board is composed of all the members of the City Council. All
meetings of the beer board are open to the public. By law the
Board will hold regular meetings following each regular meeting
of the City Council whenever there is business to come before
the Beer Board.
The
Beer Board has the power and is directed to regulate the selling,
storing, distributing and manufacturing of beer within the City
of Athens.
Beer
shall mean and include all beers, ales and other malt liquors
having an alcoholic content of not more than five percent(5%)
by weight pursuant to State law.
It
is unlawful for any person to sell, store for sale, distribute
for sale or manufacture beer without first making application
to and obtaining a permit from the beer board. The following
information is a guide to the application procedure.
Beer
Application Procedures
- Obtain beer application
and copy of regulations from City Manager’s office on Monday
through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
- Fill out (every question) and return beer application to
City Manager’s office two weeks prior to the next Athens City
Council meeting for consideration on the next agenda.
- A nonrefundable fee of $250 will be charged to process
the application. The check made payable to the City of Athens
is required upon your completion and return of the application
to City Hall.
- To process the application, the Athens Police Department
will do a ten-year background check on the owner/applicant;
and the Building Inspector will schedule an inspection of
the facilities to insure Code compliance.
- The Beer Board meets, as needed, on the 3rd Tuesday of each
month beginning at 6:00 p.m. at the Athens Municipal Building
located at 815 North Jackson Street. The applicant must be
present at this meeting for the beer application to be considered.
- If approved by the Beer Board, the applicant can pick up
his/her permit the following day after 10:00 a.m. at the Finance
Office in the Lobby of the Municipal Building. At the time
of pick up, the applicant must pay a prorated fee based on
$100 per year. (The amount to be paid is calculated based
on the number of months left in the current year.)
- An annual fee will be assessed in the amount of $100 per
year to maintain the beer permit within the City of Athens.
The applicant shall receive an invoice in November or early
December, with payment being due prior to January 1.
To view and or print a complete pdf copy of the City of Athens
regulations for the sale of alcoholic beverages please click
here. In November of 2000 the citizens of Athens passed
a liquor by the drink referendum. To apply for a liquor by the
drink license you must contact the State of Tennessee Alcoholic
Beverage Commission, 540 McCallie Ave. Suite 341, Chattanooga,
TN 37402, phone 423.634.6434.
To print
or to fill out and submit electronically the required City of
Athens “Restaurant/Golf Course Quarterly Report” please
click
here for a printable pdf version or here
for online submission. To print the required "Alcoholic
Beverage/Beer License Employee Report", please click
here for a printable PDF version. To download this form
in Microsoft Word please click
here.
To print
the required City of Athens "Beer Catering Request,"
please click
here for a printable PDF version.
Adobe Acrobat
is required for all our printable documents. Get Adobe Acrobat
here
for free.
Should you
have any questions concerning this information, please contact
the City Manager’s
Office at 423-744-2702.
For specific
questions regarding the beer regulations, please contact the
Chief of Police
at 423-744-2730.
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Beer
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