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Beer board delays temporary permits — firefighters' block party moved and Logan’s Roadhouse awaits zoning approval
Summary
The board moved the Chattanooga Firefighters Association holiday block-party permit to the end of the agenda to await a zoning representative and said Logan’s Roadhouse ownership-change applications cannot be approved until city zoning and building sign-offs are entered into the OpenGov system; Playwash Pint was moved to the next meeting.
The Chattanooga beer board postponed action on several temporary-permit requests, moving an application for the Chattanooga Firefighters Association holiday block party to the end of its agenda so zoning staff could attend and postponing a Playwash Pint application to the next meeting.
Bertha read a temporary-permit application filed by Joseph Fuller for the Chattanooga Firefighters Association holiday block party scheduled for Dec. 6, 2025, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. The application lists 218 E. Main St. and notes the location is city property; zoning staff said the application’s serving area was described as Station Street and flagged a discrepancy between the address and the actual serving location. Because zoning and building approvals had not yet been completed in the OpenGov system, the board did not take final action and moved the item to later in the agenda to allow a zoning representative time to attend.
Staff also reported two Logan’s Roadhouse applications reflecting an ownership change for locations on Cummins Highway and at Northgate Mall Drive. Attorney Carl Spinning, who identified himself as counsel for the new owner, said the sale had closed the previous day and the owner had a temporary permission from the state ABC to continue under the prior permit. The board’s staff and zoning official said the board’s process requires city zoning and building sign-offs before automatic approval via OpenGov; until those sign-offs are complete the board could not approve the applications.
Playwash Pint’s applicants (Pamela and Carrie Clark) were not present and the board voted to move that application to the next meeting.
The board recorded that, once zoning and building approvals are entered and staff verify the OpenGov workflow, applicants will be able to complete the process online and not have to return to the board for ministerial approval.
