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title: Duluth UDC § 103.01 — 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/103.01"
licence: "CC0-1.0"
---

# Duluth UDC § 103.01

Purposes of the Development Code

**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:** 1 — Adoption, Purpose, and Applicability
- **Pages in source:** 32
- **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

a. To lessen congestion in the streets;
b. To secure safety from fire, panic and other dangers;
c.
To provide adequate light and air;
d. To prevent suburban sprawl;
e. To facilitate the adequate provision of transportation, water, sewerage, parks and other public

requirements;
f.
To protect property against blight and depreciation;
g.
To encourage the most appropriate use of land, buildings, and other structures throughout the City of
Duluth;
h. To provide a system for the subdividing of lands and the accurate recording of land titles;
i.
To provide assurance that lots shown on recorded subdivision plats are usable by the purchasers for their
intended and permitted functions;
j.
To encourage economically sound and orderly land development in accordance with the policies and
objectives of the City of Duluth Comprehensive Plan;
k.
To assure the provision of required streets, utilities, and other facilities and services to new land
developments in conformance with the public improvement policies of the City;
l.
To assure adequate provision of safe and convenient traffic access and circulation, both vehicular and
pedestrian, in new land developments;
m. To assure the provision of needed open spaces and public facility sites in new land developments through

the dedication or reservation for purchase of land for public purposes;
n. To assure equitable review and approval of all subdivisions and site plans by providing uniform

procedures and standards for the developer.