City Council Denies 2019 On Premise Consumption License Fee Refund for The Roof Ellijay, Approves Other Consumption License Renewals.

ELLIJAY, Ga. – The Ellijay City Council denied an on premise consumption license fee refund for The Roof Ellijay, approves four on premise consumption license renewals, one off premise consumption license renewal, and re-appointed Josh Moyers to the Downtown Development Authority during their meeting held on Monday, December 16, 2019.

Because The Roof Ellijay is opening later than initially planned (currently set to open sometime in March of 2020), they had requested a refund from the Ellijay City Council regarding their on premise consumption license fee.

Initially, during the workshop meeting held just prior to the council meeting, council member Al Fuller seemed to be the only one in favor of potentially issuing the refund, with council member David Westmoreland openly opposed to the idea.

Mayor Al Hoyle made it known that The Roof Ellijay had obtained both their state and local on premise consumption license, and that the state wouldn’t issue a refund for theirs, but that the local consumption license had to be obtained before The Roof Ellijay could obtain their state consumption license, which they had.

Fuller stated that such a refund had never been given before, and that the current ordinance would have to be amended should they vote in favor of the refund.

Westmoreland went on to say that administrative costs come into play, and that, use it or not, once the license has been purchased, it’s been purchased.

During the meeting, the council voted unanimously against the On Premise Consumption License refund.

The following on premise consumption license renewals did take effect though, with the council voting unanimously in favor of each:

Beer, wine, distilled spirits – Ellijay Wood Fired Pizza

Beer, wine – Cantaberry Restaurant

Beer, wine – Boardwalk Pizza and Pub

Beer, wine – County Corner Kitchen

The following off premise consumption license renewals also took place, again with the council voting unanimously in favor:

Hwy 5 General Store

Josh Moyers, already vice chairman of the Downtown Development Authority, was also re-appointed by unanimously by the council, as his term was set to expire.

A video of the meeting may be viewed below!

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