Duluth UDC § 1016
Stormwater System Design Criteria
Governing jurisdiction
Duluth
Land inside these city limits is governed by Duluth's own code and boards. A "Duluth, GA" mailing address is not proof of being inside them — most such addresses fall in unincorporated Gwinnett.
Boundary: US Census TIGERweb (Incorporated Places, ACS 2025 vintage), vintage 2025.
- Article
- 10 — Erosion Control and Stormwater Management
- Pages in source
- 280
- Adopted
- 2025-09-08
- Amended through
- 2026-07-13
- Source
- Adopted PDF
Text
1016.01. General Design Criteria
1. Stormwater conveyance facilities, which may include but are not limited to culverts, storm drainage pipes,
catch basins, drop inlets, junction boxes, headwalls, gutters, swales, channels, and ditches, shall be
provided for the protection of public rights-of-way and private properties adjoining projects’ sites and/or
public rights-of-way. Stormwater conveyance facilities which are designed to carry run-off from more
than one parcel, existing or proposed, shall meet the requirements of these regulations.
2. All stormwater conveyance facility design calculations shall be certified by a registered professional
engineer and submitted to the City as part of the Stormwater Management Report outlined in Section
1021 of this Code Division.
3. Methods to calculate stormwater flows shall be in accordance with the Georgia Stormwater Management
Manual.
4. Runoff curve numbers used for the SCS Method shall be consistent with those shown in the Georgia
Stormwater Management Manual.