Legal Documents of Gatlinburg

It shall be unlawful and a misdemeanor for any person to park, locate or occupy any trailer or portable building for the purposes of residing therein, on any street, lot, or parcel of land within the city outside of a duly permitted trailer camp as hereinafter provided:

1. Any person desiring to install and operate a trailer camp within the City of Gatlinburg shall make application to the city manager for a permit for said trailer camp. Said application shall be accompanied by a sketch or plan drawn to scale showing the number and arrangement of trailer lots, roadways, water supply, water outlets, location and type of sewage, liquid and garbage disposal, and the location of the buildings for toilets, baths, launderies and other facilities. The city manager may issue a permit for the installation and operation of said trailer camp if the application therefor meets the requirements of this section.
2. No trailer camp shall be located in a known area of mosquito breeding and any trailer site shall be well drained to avoid pools of water. All trailer camps must be located in an industrial district zone according to the zoning ordinance of the city.
3. The lot for each trailer shall be plainly staked off or marked, and each lot shall have an area of not less than eight hundred square feet. No two trailers shall be parked closer than ten feet of each other. At least a twenty-foot roadway shall be provided between each block of lots.
4. An adequate supply of water under pressure, from a source and of a quality approved by the Tennessee Department of Health, shall be provided in all trailer camps. There shall be a water outlet within twenty-five (25) feet of each trailer lot and in each shower room, washroom, laundry room, sink and night waste container washing facility.
5. Approved flush toilets connected to an approved sewer or an approved septic tank shall be provided in the ratio of one toilet seat for each sex, for each ten trailer lots or fraction thereof, plus at least one urinal for each men's public toilet room. A minimum of three persons is assumed for each trailer with the sexes assumed equal in number. When not in use, the sewer connection shall be covered with a fly-tight cap or screen.
6. Public shower nozzles and lavatories shall be provided in the same ratio as toilet seats, and shall be supplied with an adequate quantity of hot water. Shower rooms shall be provided with two sets of slatted walkways.
7. Liquid wastes from showers, sinks, hoppers, laundry rooms and lavatories shall be piped to an approved sewer.
8. If cooking is done in any trailer which is not provided with a sewer connection and sink, a hopper, kitchen or laundry sink shall be provided within one hundred fifty feet of all such lots for the disposal of dishwater, and the hopper for the disposal of night wastes and the washings from night waste containers, shall be separate.
9. If trailers do not have inside toilets which are connected to a sewer, a hopper for the disposal of night waste, which is connected to a sewer, shall be provided within one hundred fifty feet of all such trailer lots. Provisions for washing night waste containers shall also be provided and the wash water from these shall be conducted into an approved sewer or septic tank.
10. A laundry room with adequate laundry trays, tubs or washing machines and adequate facilities for heating water shall be provided.
11. A fly-tight metal can shall be provided by each trailer camp for each trailer lot.
12. The camp shall be under the supervision of a caretaker who shall be responsible for the maintenance of physical equipment, for cleanliness of the grounds, surrounding toilets, showers, lavatories and laundry facilities, and for the general conduct of the camp operation. All contact surfaces (sinks, toilets and showers) shall be washed daily, then disinfected with a two percent U.S.P. creosol solution, 200 P.P.M. chlorine solution or an equivalent disinfectant, and dried.
13. A complete and permanent register shall be kept at the trailer camp, listing car license number and state, names, age and sex of occupants of each trailer, and dates of admission and departure from the camp. The city manager shall be notified immediately of communicable diseases in camp.
14. The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation and the enforcement of this section:
    
    1. The term "portable building" shall mean any small, compact structure, similar to a trailer, intended for or capable of human habitation, mounted on skids or otherwise so constructed that it is capable of being readily moved from one location to another without change in structure or design except for foundation or method of support.
    2. The term "trailer" shall mean any structure intended for or capable of human habitation, mounted, or designed for mounting, upon wheels or capable of being mounted on wheels and of being driven, propelled or towed from place to place without change in structure or design, regardless of whether such structure is actually mounted on wheels or whether the same is placed on a temporary or permanent foundation; provided, that this definition shall not include transport trucks or vans equipped with sleeping space for the driver, and shall not include a structure or car used exclusively upon fixed tracks or rails.
    3. The term "trailer camp" shall mean any site, privately or publicly owned or operated, upon which two or more trailers, used for living, eating or sleeping quarters are, or are intended to be, located, whether operated for or without compensation. (1976 Code, § 8-404)