The Mobile City Council on Oct. 28 voted to revoke a business license for a property at 1608 Saint Stephen's Road following sustained public complaints about noise, parking overflow and safety concerns.

Multiple residents and nearby stakeholders told the council they have experienced disturbances tied to the business. Resident Belinda Pearman said she had not asked for the business to be closed but repeatedly requested that the noise and traffic be controlled: “I never said I want him closed. I just want the disturbance to stop,” she told the council. Pearman described repeated occurrences of loud late‑night activity, parking in front of homes and incidents that she said made her family fear for their safety.

Business owner Richard Johnson, who identified himself as owner of Fat Tuesday Sports Bar and Grill, also addressed the council earlier in the meeting to describe policing interactions and to say he had security cameras around his building. Johnson said off-duty officers and enforcement actions had affected his operations and offered to compromise on hours if necessary.

University of South Alabama representative Nick Lacas, vice president for government relations, told the council the university is concerned about the proximity of certain business activities to Children and Women’s Hospital, including pedestrian routes, parked vehicles and a nearby fuel storage area. Lacas asked council members to consider potential safety implications and to take a precautionary approach: “Imagine what a stray bullet would do to 25,000 gallons of fuel,” he said, and he flagged the hospital’s helipad and nighttime activity as particular concerns.

On the council floor the City Clerk introduced Resolution 371346 to revoke the business license at 1608 Saint Stephen’s Road. The item was debated briefly in council and then put to a vote; the clerk announced the item passed and recorded that several members registered abstentions.

The meeting record does not show the name of the licensee in the adopted resolution text published in the clerk’s reading. The resolution was approved and the clerk noted the item passed following the council’s recorded votes; the meeting transcript shows council members discussing whether no‑parking signs had been installed in the neighborhood and whether signage had been removed.

Council members asked staff to verify prior city actions (for example, the installation and subsequent removal of signage) in response to residents who said they had not seen no‑parking signs in front of their homes.