Legal Documents of Gatlinburg

It shall be unlawful for any guest, or visitor of any guest, of any hotel, motel, inn or lodging house in this municipality to act in a disorderly manner, or destroying the property of any such hotel, motel, inn or lodging house, or cause a public disturbance in or upon such premises. "Premises" may include, but is not limited to, the guest rooms, meeting rooms, hallways, parking lot, or other common area of a hotel, motel, inn or lodging house. Furthermore, every owner or keeper of any hotel, motel, inn or lodging house in this municipality shall have the right to terminate the occupancy and evict any guest who violates this section; this remedy is in addition to any other fine, penalty or sanction of the law. Upon exercising his right of eviction, the owner or keeper of any hotel, motel, inn or lodging house shall return to the violator any pre-paid room fees, excluding the fee for the day of the actual eviction. Eviction shall not terminate any liability of the violator for room fees owed at the time of eviction. (1976 Code, § 5-705)