Beer board fines Uptown Reload $750, gives 60 days to correct license

The Chattanooga Beer Board voted to impose a $750 civil penalty on Uptown Reload and gave the establishment 60 days to correct its beer permit after a multi-month review found the license information on file did not match ownership records.

The action follows a hearing officer’s written recommendation that the board impose a $500 penalty for operating without a proper beer permit. The hearing officer’s report, read into the record, “recommend[ed] that the beer board impose a $500 civil penalty” based on the totality of the circumstances, but several board members urged a larger fine during the meeting’s deliberations.

Board members debated competing proposals at length. One board member moved to increase the fine to $1,000 and require 30 days to correct the license; another proposed keeping the $500 penalty but extending the cure period to 60…