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Beer board orders hearing on Uptown Reload permit dispute, asks treasury for timeline
Summary
The Chattanooga Beer Board voted to hear a previously delayed violation involving Uptown Reload (Beer 999) and asked the city treasury to produce a timeline of permit changes after questions about ownership and name changes on the permit.
The Chattanooga Beer Board voted to hear a dispute over a beer permit for a business operating as Uptown Reload (permit number Beer999), after months of uncertainty about who holds the permit and whether the city treasury changed the name on the certificate without board review.
Board members said the issue grew from a sequence of name changes logged in permitting records and a citation tied to the permit; staff told the board some records show the permit name changing to Nathan Benford and later back to Charles Smith. The board asked the treasury office to provide a detailed timeline of the permit ownership changes and asked that the treasury supervisor, Roberta, appear to explain why the name changes were made.
The dispute matters because Chattanooga ordinance requires the clerk, hearing officer and city attorney to set a hearing “within 60 days, but not less than 30 days” after a permittee receives notice. Board members,…
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