Legal Documents of Gatlinburg

The Board of Commissioners of the City of Gatlinburg further finds and declares that certain other areas of the City of Gatlinburg are less congested, but have a potential for same, and hereby declares that those areas may contain the amusement rides defined herein, provided:

1. Temporary amusements are at least two hundred feet (200') from the listed roads and street's rights-of-way.

2. Permanent amusement rides are at least fifty feet (50') in distance from the roads and street's right-of-way listed.

   For purpose of this section, permanent is hereby defined to be: Installed in such a way as the amusement ride is securely affixed to the land and the amusement ride is so constructed as to not be readily removable and the value of same must reasonably exceed twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00).

3. The roads and streets referred to in this section are as follows:

   Highway 73 from Ridge Road East to the Corporate limits; Cherokee Orchard Road; Parkway from traffic light #1 to traffic light #3.

4. The provisions of this section, § 9-104, shall not apply to amusements within a totally enclosed building. However, for the purposes of this section, the term "totally enclosed building" does not include buildings that contain rollup/garage doors that remain in an up or open position during the hours of operation. (1976 Code, § 5-105, as replaced by Ord. #2471, Nov. 2013)