Legal Documents of Gatlinburg

Rental units, as defined in § 12-802, shall be inspected at least once per year. There shall be a fee for each inspection. The fee shall be for the purpose of defraying the cost of the city in making said inspection. Said fee shall be in the amount of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per unit. Any unit found to have deficiencies and requiring a second inspection to determine if the deficiency has been corrected, shall be charged a fee of seventy-five dollars ($75.00). Any subsequent re-inspections or complaints where violations of the code are found to have occurred, shall be charged an additional seventy-five dollars ($75.00) per unit found to be in violation. The fee called for herein shall be paid by the owner of the rental units. Any violation of the code not cured by the third inspection shall be vacated and not rented again until it has passed inspection. (as added by Ord. #2361, Sept. 2006, and replaced by Ord. #2428, Dec. 2010, Ord. #2452, Nov. 2012, and Ord. #2561, Oct. 2020 Ch14_03-23-22)