(a) All incorporated cities, towns and Class B counties in this state are authorized to pass proper ordinances governing the issuance and revocation or suspension of licenses for the storage, sale, manufacture and/or distribution of beer within the corporate limits of the cities and towns and within the general services districts of Class B counties outside the limits of any smaller cities as defined in § 7-1-101 and to provide a board of persons before whom such application shall be made, but the power of such cities, towns and Class B counties to issue licenses shall in no event be greater than the power herein granted to counties, but cities, towns and Class B counties may impose additional restrictions, fixing zones and territories and provide hours of opening and closing and such other rules and regulations as will promote public health, morals and safety as they may by ordinance provide. The ordinance power granted to a municipality by this subsection (a) does not permit a municipality to establish residency requirements for its applicants. The ordinance power granted to a municipality by this section does not permit a municipality to impose training or certification restrictions or requirements on employees of a permittee if those employees possess a server permit issued by the alcoholic beverage commission pursuant to chapter 3, part 7 of this title.
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 57-5-106

  • beverage: means and includes alcohol, spirits, liquor, wine, high alcohol content beer, and every liquid containing alcohol, spirits, wine, and high alcohol content beer and capable of being consumed by a human being, other than patent medicine or beer, as defined in §. See Tennessee Code 57-3-101
  • Commission: means the alcoholic beverage commission, except as otherwise provided. See Tennessee Code 57-3-101
  • Manufacture: means and includes brewing high alcohol content beer, distilling, rectifying and operating a winery. See Tennessee Code 57-3-101
  • Municipality: means an incorporated town or city having a population of:
    (i) Seven hundred (700) or more, according to the 2010 federal census or a subsequent federal census. See Tennessee Code 57-3-101
  • Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) Cities, towns and Class B counties may authorize the sale of beer in the rooms of regularly conducted hotels and motels and in regularly incorporated clubs and lodges.
(c)

(1) Notwithstanding subsection (a), any county that is the owner of property used as a park that is within the corporate boundaries of a municipality within that county has the exclusive authority to issue, revoke, and suspend licenses for the storage, sale, manufacture, and distribution of beer within the boundaries of the park consistent with the county rules governing the issuance, revocation, and suspension of licenses for other locations in the county, except there is no restriction of distance from residences or churches, schools, or other public gathering places.
(2) This subsection (c) applies only in counties with a population of not less than one hundred seventy-two thousand three hundred (172,300) nor more than one hundred seventy-two thousand four hundred (172,400), according to the 2010 federal census or any subsequent federal census.
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