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title: Duluth UDC § 106 — 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/106"
licence: "CC0-1.0"
---

# Duluth UDC § 106

Nonconformities

**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:** 36
- **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

106.01. Intent of Nonconformities Section.
This Section defines the provisions that protect uses, structures, lots, and signs that lawfully existed prior to the
adoption of this Development Code or a subsequent amendment, but no longer conform to the regulations herein.
The primary intent of the treatment of nonconformity is to allow continuation of these uses, structures, lots and
signs until the end of their useful life, while encouraging conformance to the new regulations when it becomes
reasonable to do so.