Legal Documents of Gatlinburg

No person, firm or corporation shall fly or permit any aircraft to be flown within the corporate limits of the City of Gatlinburg, except at a height sufficient to permit a safe emergency landing and at no instance shall any aircraft fly at a height above the city less than one thousand feet (1,000). In addition, no aircraft shall be permitted to fly within two thousand (2,000) horizontal feet of any personal property or structure located within the city limits of the City of Gatlinburg. These heights and distances are minimum and unsafe operation of an aircraft above the city shall be a violation of this chapter regardless of the distance involved, if the operation of said aircraft is in violation of any provision of this chapter, federal rules, regulations, or any safe standard of conduct for the operation of an aircraft. (1976 Code, § 9-703)