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title: Duluth UDC § 1025 — 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/1025"
licence: "CC0-1.0"
---

# Duluth UDC § 1025

Purpose and Intent

**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:** 290
- **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. The purpose of this Division V of this Article is to protect the public health, safety, environment and
general welfare through: the regulation of non-stormwater discharges to the city separate storm sewer
system to the maximum extent practicable as required by federal and state law; establishing minimum
requirements and procedures to control the adverse effects of increased post-development stormwater
runoff and nonpoint source pollution associated with new development and redevelopment; and
establishing methods for controlling the introduction of non-stormwater discharges into the city separate
storm sewer system in order to comply with requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination
system (NPDES) permit process. It has been determined that proper management of post-development
stormwater runoff will minimize damage to public and private property and infrastructure, safeguard the
public health, safety, environment and general welfare of the public, and protect water and aquatic
resources.
2. The objectives of Division V of this Article are to:
a. Comply with all state department of natural resources (DNR) and federal Environmental

Protection Agency (EPA) stormwater regulations developed pursuant to the Clean Water Act;
b. Prohibit illicit discharges and illegal connections to the city separate storm sewer system;
c.
Prevent non-stormwater discharges, generated as a result of spills, inappropriate dumping or
disposal, to the city separate storm sewer system;
d. Establish decision-making processes surrounding land development activities that protect the

integrity of the watershed and preserve the health of water resources;
e. Require that new development and redevelopment maintain the pre-development hydrologic

response in their post-development state as nearly as practicable in order to reduce flooding,
streambank erosion, nonpoint source pollution and increases in stream temperature, and
maintain the integrity of stream channels and aquatic habitats;
f.
Establish design and application criteria for the construction and use of structural stormwater
control facilities that can be used to meet the minimum post-development stormwater
management standards;
g.
Encourage the use of nonstructural stormwater management and stormwater better site design
practices, such as the preservation of greenspace and other conservation areas, to the maximum
extent practicable; and
h. To establish legal authority to carry out all inspection, surveillance, monitoring and enforcement

procedures necessary to ensure compliance with this Code Division.