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The hearing officer, Trevor Ashley, filed his recommendation on March 11, 2025, concluding the permit should be suspended three days for failing to report all fights or other public disorders immediately to the Chattanooga Police Department (section 5‑51B) and seven days for operating in a disorderly manner (section 5‑50B(15)). At the board meeting, counsel for Major Paper Entertainment objected to the hearing officer’s reading of the ordinance and argued that the word “allow” in the code requires proof of intentional acquiescence rather than strict liability: “Allow is not consistent with strict liability,” the attorney told the board.

Board members debated whether to sustain the hearing officer’s recommendation and whether the suspensions should run concurrently or consecutively. The panel initially voted to sustain the hearing officer’s recommendation and to run the three‑ and seven‑day suspensions consecutively (a ten‑day total) but later voted to reconsider and rescind that consecutive‑days decision. After further discussion—during which the panel heard that the Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission had briefly summarily suspended service and later imposed a $1,000 civil penalty before lifting the suspension after viewing video evidence—the board adopted a revised penalty package.

The final motion (moved by Zach Atley) sustained the two violations and set the penalty structure the board adopted: a $500 civil penalty offered in lieu of the three‑day suspension for the 5‑51B violation, with a seven‑day window for payment, and a seven‑day suspension for the 5‑50B(15) violation. The board recorded the roll call: Christie (yes), Veronica Epstein (abstain), Ron Smith (yes), JW (no), Reginald (no), Betsy (yes), Zach Atley (yes) and the chair (yes). The motion carried with five affirmative votes.

Board discussion touched on scope and foreseeability: counsel for the permit holder argued the shooting that followed a fight was a sudden, random act that did not demonstrate the business “allowed” the disturbance; others, including some board members, said the presence of security and firearms made such an outcome foreseeable and warranted a stronger sanction. The board also considered the establishment’s prior disciplinary history: the record shows a prior five‑day suspension adopted by the board on Feb. 6, 2025 for a separate violation, and the Tennessee commission had taken separate, brief action after later incidents.

The board did not specify exact calendar dates for the seven‑day suspension in the meeting minutes; staff were instructed to file the board’s order and to apply the code’s payment window (seven days) for the civil‑penalty alternative to the three‑day suspension.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Chattanooga City Beer Board Meeting - 04/03/2025","oneSentenceSummary","The Chattanooga Beer Board on a 5‑to‑2 vote (with one abstention) sustained a hearing officer’s findings that Major Paper Entertainment LLC, doing business as The Dream, violated two provisions of the local beer code and adopted a remedy: a $500 civil penalty in lieu of a three‑day suspension for failing to report and a seven‑day suspension for operating in a disorderly manner.","taxTitle","Chattanooga City, Hamilton County, Tennessee","taxId",3757,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6088904,"Chattanooga Beer Board delays Melissa Perez beer permit after missing nationwide background check",379,1261000,1640000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2878728-1c1e73e802d46f1e853357ae0c9e9028&start=1261&end=1640","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2878728-1c1e73e802d46f1e853357ae0c9e9028/thumbnail_1261000.jpg","/articles/6088904/Chattanooga-City/Hamilton-County/Tennessee/Chattanooga-Beer-Board-delays-Melissa-Perez-beer-permit-after-missing-nationwide-background-check","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6088904-a2fddca4bb61e6541be82dbbe9434efb/orig.mp4?Expires=1771190255&Signature=FbRTMwE9nNYI1jLAgo3jEiIrIUdO7jGzqmYMp~BJ-vlQ1bf3FOFMatm9EHyv4s96TC571pzuIXMHNMtN-YsJ6u4QP5XVAKKYS7RjAXnIbOHd0RvcgS04ujMp9orFJDRRlkJFzU1URD3WNnBHillcmUiwHe7FBt5MsygkegtkKuU4XmR8NdjM1~51oCXwkBMS2O2w8UcwyD97hskIh26hL38bnD3qvVR78RnbQKibcuHrj8HOkc9RxgVJZbx9CXX6ZFb7~DQMJXc3Bfy8J4njrBsE345ADCM8TrMlGTpsyaRCbCWHb6OtgqwyBRCKfOsDYrlznQjneQhzaT-TNQfj8w__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Melissa Perez’s application to sell consumer beer at 1501 East 20 Third Street was moved to the Chattanooga Beer Board’s next meeting after staff found a required nationwide background check had not been uploaded.

Board members heard that Perez submitted a declaration of citizenship (shown in the portal as uploaded March 3) and other paperwork, but the nationwide background check was not available in the record. Staff member Ms. McDonald told the board there is a legal hold until the missing document is uploaded and reviewed.

The board’s clerk (Bertha) and staff confirmed that once the background check is uploaded and legal clears the file, the application will go to regulatory review and Perez may not need to return to the board if regulatory approves. Board members then voted to pass the beer application (beer application 1317) to the next meeting or until legal and regulatory review are complete.

The application listing says the location is owned by Vintage Real Estate Holdings and is zoned M-1. Board members indicated the citizenship declaration appeared in the portal but the nationwide background check was only provided to staff on the Monday before the meeting and had not yet been processed.

Action on the application was procedural: the board passed the matter to the next meeting to allow staff and legal to complete their review. If regulatory approves the application after legal clearance, Perez will be notified via the portal and will not need to appear again.

Votes at a glance: The motion to pass beer application 1317 to the next meeting carried on a roll call with affirmative votes from Christie, Veronica, Ron Smith, JW (board member), Reginald, Betsy, Zach Atley and the chair.","Melissa Perez’s application for beer permit 1317 at 1501 East 20 Third Street was moved to the next Beer Board meeting because a required nationwide background check had not been uploaded; legal review and regulatory approval remain outstanding.","actionData","errors"]

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Beer board sustains two violations at The Dream; offers $500 civil penalty in lieu of a 3‑day suspension and imposes a 7‑day suspension

Chattanooga Beer Board delays Melissa Perez beer permit after missing nationwide background check