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Temporary beer permit for Germantown Festival
The board granted Germantown Festival Inc. a temporary on‑premise beer permit for the Germantown Festival at the Germantown Civic Center Complex on Saturday and Sunday, September 6–7, 2025. The permit, which was presented with no public opposition at the hearing, was moved by Alderman Sanders, seconded by Alderman Hicks and approved unanimously by roll call. Planning and police checks were noted; city staff said temporary‑permit background checks are not required for bona fide nonprofit organizations under the city ordinance.

Certificate of compliance: Poplar Pike Wine & Liquors
The board approved a certificate of compliance for Don Lobb Incorporated doing business as Poplar Pike Wine and Liquors at 9330 Poplar Pike. Clerk Betty said criminal background checks were completed for ownership. Alderman Sanders moved the approval, Alderman Yulicki seconded, and the measure passed unanimously.

Consent agenda, donations and purchases
The board approved the consent agenda, which included a fleet software upgrade agreement, a change order and supplemental PSA related to Wolf River Boulevard / Germantown Road intersection improvements, donations to the Germantown Education Foundation and Parks & Recreation (including a $3,000 gift from the Leadership Germantown class of 2016 to refurbish a fountain at the Pickering Center), network maintenance purchases, and a sports provider contract with the Germantown Football League. The consent agenda was moved by the vice mayor, seconded by Alderman Hicks, and approved unanimously.

Ordinance 2025-5 repealing holiday seasonal decorations provision
On third and final reading the board approved Ordinance 2025‑5, which repealed Chapter 11, Article 2, Division 2, Section 11‑33 (holiday seasonal special event decorations) and reserved that code section for future use. The measure was moved by Alderman Hicks, seconded by Vice Mayor Gibson, and passed by roll call.

Beer Board: Poplar Food Mart No. 1 fined $2,500 for sale to minor
The Germantown Beer Board found Poplar Food Mart No. 1, 7616 Poplar Avenue, guilty of selling beer to a minor after the store admitted the sale. City Prosecutor Chris Nurn summarized an undercover purchase on Feb. 26, 2025, by a cooperating individual who presented an under‑21 ID; the clerk took the ID but completed the sale. The board entered a finding of guilt on a motion by Alderman Sanders, second by Alderman Yulicki. On a subsequent motion to impose penalty, the board assessed a civil fine of $2,500 — the maximum allowed — citing an earlier, unrelated beer‑board violation about six years prior. The motions carried on roll calls.

No additional hearings or emergency items were added to the meeting agenda. The board adjourned after the beer board actions and a brief community announcement about a city lemonade‑stand event at City Hall.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Germantown - Board of Mayor and Aldermen - Apr 28, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","The Germantown Board of Mayor and Aldermen approved several routine permits and measures and the Germantown Beer Board fined a retailer $2,500 for selling beer to a minor.","taxTitle","Germantown, Shelby County, Tennessee","taxId",55572,"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},6572901,"Germantown aldermen uphold DRC denial of second wall sign for Wine, Beer, Liquor of Germantown",3350,1852000,5202000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3148953-b259f17d20d3685baeb7334c852a8acc&start=1852&end=5202","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3148953-b259f17d20d3685baeb7334c852a8acc/thumbnail_1852000.jpg","/articles/6572901/Germantown/Shelby-County/Tennessee/Germantown-aldermen-uphold-DRC-denial-of-second-wall-sign-for-Wine-Beer-Liquor-of-Germantown","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6572901-5dda05d0c06bc8b378ef233b9a7c2d6f/orig.mp4?Expires=1771165030&Signature=eBFCAiiKR7iUJfONSkXOGwvkiVXJ9ZanPisTfojiF8yUsjVjXD4PzvC65WoFc6QjKkoqtUIsh7E7kmK2K~K0izllnmUMyNOA8yXuq8I3W1-8eUMZJtt72e4F~t2pNNOSZroLL00cT7ib6JyRWXijcb~fnyPIKhRXKnPYs8Z8I2TBpDhmqYEifMEuK4CTszHeCeHowKjwXt2~NazDXnCAtDsqAeXBqFCZaSpa29Q~AadI4OYCPWDsI3-o4XVkZUbAWM-YcTTvnANUmjheUqNtrEvSu2yOrKsp3inrDiIPq17jKSktUr3L38VodAkhtr3Ex14vsYQy-jKeklLse7gsUw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Germantown Board of Mayor and Aldermen on Monday declined to approve a second wall sign for Wine, Beer, Liquor of Germantown LLC, rejecting an appeal of a March decision by the Design Review Commission (DRC).

Planning Director Cameron Ross told the board the DRC considered and denied the applicant’s request for a secondary sign on March 25, citing municipal code provisions that make a second wall sign discretionary for the commission rather than a by-right approval. Ross said staff had offered alternatives, including reconfiguring the lettering so “liquor, wine, beer” could be presented together as one sign, but the applicant opted to pursue the second-sign route and appealed the DRC denial to the board.

The appeal drew extended comment from Steven Stansell, owner of Stansell Square Shopping Center, and tenant Noel Elie, who said the proposed signage complied with the shopping center’s sign policy, which Stansell said the DRC approved in 1988. Stansell told aldermen that the sign band for his tenant space includes both a brick and a stucco portion and that the combined frontage entitles the tenant to a larger total sign area under the municipal formula tied to linear frontage. “This case is the case regarding a sign application,” Stansell said, arguing the application should have been handled administratively because it met the ordinance and the center’s approved sign policy.

Elie said he had been given administrative approval for a primary wall sign that reads “liquor,” but that staff then declined to approve the additional wording “wine” and “beer” in the area he had designated. “All the reasons given to me were not, in reflection to the application of design ordinance,” Elie said, calling the earlier decision inconsistent with the code and the center’s policy.

Ross and planning staff said the site includes differing materials and articulated facades; that complexity placed the request beyond a straightforward administrative approval; and that the DRC is the appropriate body to exercise discretion on whether a second wall sign is allowed. Ross said the total proposed sign area (40.8 square feet) complied with the city’s square-footage limits, but that the rules governing multi-wall signs and building articulation supported the DRC’s denial.

Aldermen debated whether the DRC’s discretionary role and its March deliberations should be weighed against the property owner’s interpretation of the sign policy. Alderman Hicks, who serves on the DRC, said the commission had tried multiple code-compliant options and had sought a practical solution for the tenant, and that the commission’s judgment should stand. Several other aldermen echoed that view.

A motion to approve the second wall sign, moved by Alderman Hicks and seconded by Vice Mayor Gibson, failed on roll call. The roll call recorded no affirmative votes for the motion to approve the second wall sign; the board therefore left the DRC denial in place.

The board did not prescribe additional remedies or remand the matter; the DRC determination stands unless the applicants submit a revised, code-compliant sign proposal or file a new application.

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