Legal Documents of Gatlinburg

Code of Gatlinburg

Gatlinburg
Title 8 : Alcoholic Beverages
Chapter 2 : Intoxicating Liquors-Hotels, Restaurants, Etc.

8-206 : Minimum separation requirements.[4]

No hotel, restaurant or club shall be issued a "Certificate of Compliance" unless it is separated from the closest church and/or school by the minimum distance of separation required for the zone in which the hotel, restaurant or club is located. The distance of separation in the C-1 Commercial zone shall be determined by the length of a line drawn between the front door of the school building via public sidewalk to the customer entry of the building for which the certificate is sought. The distance of separation shall be determined by the length of a straight line drawn between the closest points of the church or school building and the building for which the certificate is sought. The minimum distances of separation shall be as follows:

If the establishment seeking the certificate of compliance is located in the following then the required minimum distance of separation from a and the required minimum distance of separation from a
ZONE SCHOOL is: CHURCH is:
C-1 150 feet 0 feet
C-2 --------- 10 feet4
Other Commercial 1000 feet 200 feet
All Residential Zones 1000 feet 1000 feet
Other Zones 500 feet 500 feet

(1976 Code, § 2-130, as amended by Ord. #2162, May 1998, Ord. #2470, Oct. 2013, and Ord. #2487, Nov. 2015)

Footnotes:
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In addition to said distance, the establishment seeking the certificate shall be required to construct a permanent barrier consisting of a fence and/or landscaping or a combination thereof to prevent any vehicular or pedestrian passage between properties, if located within 200 feet of a church building. The barrier must be reviewed and approved by the Environmental Design Review Board. (Ord. #2162, May 1998)
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