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Code of Gatlinburg
Title 8 Alcoholic Beverages
Chapter 1 Intoxicating Liquors--Package Stores
Title 8 Alcoholic Beverages
Chapter 1 Intoxicating Liquors--Package Stores
Gatlinburg
Title 8 : Alcoholic Beverages
Chapter 1 : Intoxicating Liquors--Package Stores
8-111 : Location of stores.
- No liquor store shall be located within four hundred fifty feet (450') of any church or school, except for C-1 zones which shall not be within 200 feet (200') of any church, and in all cases shall be measured in a straight line from property line to property line. No liquor store shall be located adjacent to property where any house used as a residence is located. No liquor store shall be located at any place where excessive congestion is present or is likely to develop. Adequate off-street on-site parking space shall be available to any proposed liquor store and be in conformance with the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Gatlinburg. No liquor store shall be located on any property unless such property is in a commercial district as defined in the Gatlinburg Zoning Ordinance. No license shall be issued for any location until the city manager certifies to the board of commissioners that the plans submitted by the applicant are in conformance with the building code of the City of Gatlinburg. A majority of the members may then approve the proposed location of a liquor store after a public hearing and deliberate consideration of this matter at a meeting of the board of commissioners.
- Minimum distance required. No liquor store shall be located within one thousand feet (1,000') of any other liquor store. This distance shall be determined by measuring from property line to property line of each establishment.
- Distillery distance requirement. No distillery manufacturing distilled spirits shall be located within one thousand feet (1,000') of any other distillery manufacturing distilled spirits. This distance shall be determined by measuring from property line to property line of each distillery. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to, or effect, any licensed distillery in operation and open to the public prior to April 12, 2016. A distillery that is exempt from this requirement shall remain exempt under this subsection upon the transfer of any ownership interest in the distillery to a successor in interest. (1976 Code, § 2-110, as amended by Ord. #2459, Feb. 2013, Ord. #2495, June 2016, and Ord. #2526, June 2018 Ch14_03-23-22)
Date Last Updated: 03/23/2022
Codification Date: 03/01/2000
Officials at Date of Last Codification:
Mayor - Mike Werner
Vice Mayor - Mark McCown
Commissioner - Ryan DeSear
Commissioner - Chad Reagan
Commissioner - Kirby Smith
City Manager - Cindy Cameron Ogle
City Attorney - Ronald E. Sharp