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title: Duluth UDC § 1020.02 — 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/1020.02"
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# Duluth UDC § 1020.02

Applicability Criteria for Stormwater Management Standards

**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:** 283
- **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

This Article applies to the following activities:

1. New development that creates or adds 5,000 square feet or greater of new impervious surface area or
that involves land disturbing activity of 1 acre of land or greater;
2. Redevelopment (excluding routine maintenance and exterior remodeling) that creates, adds, or replaces
5,000 square feet or greater of new impervious surface area or that involves land disturbing activity of 1
acre or more;
3. New development and redevelopment if such new development or redevelopment is part of a subdivision
or other common plan of development, and the sum of all associated impervious surface area or land
disturbing activities that are being developed as part of such subdivision or other common plan of
development meets or exceeds the threshold in (1) and (2) above;
4. Any commercial or industrial new development or redevelopment, regardless of size, that is a hotspot
land use as defined in this Article; and
5. Linear transportation projects that exceed the threshold in (1) or (2) above.