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Commission denies Sawstone Brewery food-truck appeal; board asks staff to draft ordinance changes
Summary
The Ashland Board of Commissioners denied a special-events appeal by Sawstone Brewery to continue weekly food-truck service downtown, citing the city's special-events framework, parking impacts and costs tied to EDC alcohol-boundary monitoring; commissioners asked staff to draft ordinance modifications to address small-business events.
The Ashland Board of Commissioners on Oct. 23 denied an appeal by Nicholas Holland of Sawstone Brewery to extend a weekly food-truck activation on Fifteenth Street into winter and the 2026 season.
The Special Events Committee (SEC) recommended denial, and the board upheld that recommendation. The committee’s written decision said an ongoing weekly event with no clear end date “effectively establishes a standing event rather than a special event,” exceeding the intent of the city’s special-events framework. The committee also cited parking impacts — the proposal requires closing at least one and likely two public parking stalls downtown — and the costs and requirements triggered by…
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