Duluth UDC § 1024.04
Owner’s Failure to Maintain the Stormwater Management System
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
- 289–290
- Adopted
- 2025-09-08
- Amended through
- 2026-07-13
- Source
- Adopted PDF
Text
The terms of the inspection and maintenance agreement shall provide for what constitutes a failure to maintain a
stormwater management system and the enforcement options available to the City of Duluth. If a site was
developed before the requirement to have an inspection and maintenance agreement or an inspection and
maintenance agreement was for any reason not entered into, recorded, or has otherwise been invalidated or
deemed insufficient, then:
1. An owner’s failure to maintain the stormwater management system so that it performs as it was originally
designed shall constitute and be addressed as a violation of, or failure to comply with, owner’s property
maintenance obligations pursuant to the Duluth Municipal Code and
a. To address such a failure to maintain the stormwater management system, the City of Duluth
shall have all the powers and remedies that are available to it for other violations of an owner’s
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property maintenance obligations, including without limitation prosecution, penalties,
abatement, and emergency measures.