Legal Documents of Gatlinburg

The city manager shall have five (5) normal working days to make an investigation of the application submitted by the applicant, holidays and weekends excluded. If a permit is neither issued nor denied within five (5) normal working days, the applicant may appeal directly to the board of commissioners of the City of Gatlinburg for issuance of a permit. In the event the permit is denied by the city manager, for whatever reason, the City of Gatlinburg shall institute proceedings in the local Chancery Court for judicial review of the city's denial, the same as for review of other administrative decisions. In lieu of this procedure, the applicant may request that the board of commissioners of the City of Gatlinburg review the denial by the city manager, however, review by the board of commissioners shall be at their discretion and in the event the board of commissioners does not exercise its discretion in reviewing the denial, the appeal shall be to Chancery Court as provided above. (1976 Code, § 5-304)