Legal Documents of Gatlinburg

"Tourist residency" (sometimes referred to as a tourist residence) is defined as the practice of renting single family residences, specifically including cabins and chalets and similar residences, including condominiums and apartments, which are not otherwise inspected by the State of Tennessee, on an overnight, weekly or other basis of less than thirty days duration, to tourists and/or visitors.

Tourist residencies shall be reviewed and permitted under the adopted building codes and Life Safety 101 Code using one (1) of the following criteria:

1. Tourist residency, as defined herein, consisting of three (3) or less stories, less than five thousand (5,000) gross square feet, and twelve (12) or fewer occupants shall be classified as one- and two-family dwellings. These dwellings are subject to the fire sprinkler exemptions of Tennessee Code Annotated, § 68-120-101(a)(8)(A);
2. Tourist residency, as defined herein, consisting of more than (3) stories, more than five thousand (5,000) gross square feet, or more than twelve (12) occupants, shall be classified as R-1 or R-3 as determined by the provisions of NFPA 101-Life Safety Code and the International Building Code requirements. These dwellings are not subject to the fire sprinkler exemptions of Tennessee Code Annotated, § 68-120-101(a)(8)(A). (1976 Code, § 6-801, as replaced by Ord. #2325, Dec. 2004, and amended by Ord. #2453, Nov. 2012, Ord. #2461, March 2013, and Ord. #2503, Sept. 2016)