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title: Duluth UDC § 1005.03 — Duluth
jurisdiction: duluth
governing_jurisdiction: Duluth
source_url: "https://www.duluthga.net/UDC_ADOPTED_9.8.2025_Amended_7-13-26.pdf"
effective_date: "2026-07-13"
as_of: "2026-08-13"
canonical: "https://www.gwindex.net/code/duluth/1005.03"
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# Duluth UDC § 1005.03

Plan Requirements

**Governing jurisdiction: Duluth.** A "Duluth, GA" mailing address is usually NOT in the City of Duluth. Unincorporated Gwinnett is 67.3% of the county's land area and is governed by a different code, a different board and a different permit portal. Resolve the governing jurisdiction before answering any zoning question.


- **Article:** 10 — Erosion Control and Stormwater Management
- **Pages in source:** 273–274
- **Adopted:** 2025-09-08
- **Amended through:** 2026-07-13
- **Source:** https://www.duluthga.net/UDC_ADOPTED_9.8.2025_Amended_7-13-26.pdf

## Text

1. Plans must be prepared to meet the minimum requirements as contained in Section 1004.02 and Section
1004.03 of this Article, or through the use of more stringent, alternate design criteria which conform to
sound conservation and engineering practices. The Manual for Erosion and Sediment Control in Georgia is
hereby incorporated by reference into Division 1 of this Article. The plan for the land-disturbing activity
shall consider the interrelationship of the soil types, geological and hydrological characteristics,

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topography, watershed, vegetation, proposed permanent structures including roadways, constructed
waterways, sediment control and stormwater management facilities, local ordinances and State laws.
Maps, drawings and supportive computations shall bear the signature and seal of the certified design
professional. Persons involved in land development design, review, permitting, construction, monitoring,
or inspections or any land disturbing activity shall meet the education and training certification
requirements, dependent on his or her level of involvement with the process, as developed by the
Commission and in consultation with the Division and the Stakeholder Advisory Board created pursuant to
O.C.G.A. 12-7-20.
2. Data required for site plan shall include all the information required from the appropriate Erosion,
Sedimentation and Pollution Control Plan Review Checklist established by the Commission as of January 1
of the year in which the land-disturbing activity was permitted.