East Ridge TN

Doing Business

Doing Business in East Ridge

Permits and inspections, business licenses, the City's 18 zoning districts, and the 950-acre Border Region district at Exit One.

Getting a License or a Permit

The order a business license is actually issued inA business in a commercial building schedules a Fire and Life Safety Inspection first. The fifty dollar inspection fee is paid to the Building and Codes Department at City Hall before the inspection. Every code violation found has to be corrected before a new license is issued. The application is printed, completed and filed with the City, where the Finance Director processes and maintains it. Every business operating inside the city limits has to hold a local business license.COMMERCIAL BUILDING?A business in a commercial building schedules a Fire and Life SafetyInspection first.Home-based and non-commercial applicants skip to the application.INSPECTIONDeputy Fire Marshal inspects. The $50 fee is paid to Building and Codes atCity Hall before the visit.(423) 867-7711CORRECTIONSEvery code violation found has to be corrected. No license is issued untilthey are.This is the step that decides the timeline.APPLICATIONPrint the application, complete it, and file it with the City. Financeprocesses and maintains it.Diane Qualls, (423) 867-7711LICENSEThe local business license is issued. Every business inside the citylimits has to hold one.Renewed annually.
Two of these five steps are gates: nothing moves past a failed inspection or an uncorrected violation. The rest is paperwork.
Permits and Zoning What needs a permit, how inspections work, and every zoning district in full. Border Region District The boundary, what the designation does, and the incentive it carries. Ordinances and Records Every published ordinance, standard, and solicitation, searchable in full text.

Permits Are Filed Online

Permit applications, inspection requests, and code enforcement complaints are submitted online.

  • Building
  • Demolition
  • Electrical
  • Fire prevention
  • Gas
  • Mechanical
  • Plat submittal
  • Plumbing
  • Rezone application
  • Short-term vacation rental
  • Sign
  • Street cut
  • Tree cutting
  • Use on review
  • Variance request
  • Yard sale
  • Zoning appeals
  • Zoning verification