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title: Duluth UDC § 1109 — 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/1109"
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# Duluth UDC § 1109

Timely Implementation Required

**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:** 11 — Procedures and Permits
- **Pages in source:** 306–307
- **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

Actions to be taken if proposed plans of property owner are not implemented within specified 12 months and
found to be inconsistent with the comprehensive plan.

1. If a building permit, development permit, certificate of occupancy or preliminary subdivision plat has not
been issued or approved within 12 months of the date of approval of a map amendment or special use
requested by a property owner and in accordance with the proposed development plans and other
submitted documents, and if it is determined that such plans or zoning is inconsistent with the Future
Land Use designation of the Comprehensive Plan, then the Planning and Development Director may notify
the Planning Commission of the lack of activity on the property.
2. The Planning Commission shall review each such situation and report its findings to the City Council.

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Article Eleven. Procedures and Permits

3. In circumstances where the zoning and proposed development is not consistent with the Comprehensive
Plan, the Planning Commission may recommend to the City Council that it initiate a rezoning or special
use application to change the land to its appropriate zoning district classification or rescind the special use
approval in conformance with the Comprehensive Plan Land Use designation.