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title: Duluth UDC § 1121.04 — 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/1121.04"
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# Duluth UDC § 1121.04

Certificate of Development Conformance Approval Process

**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:** 332–333
- **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. Final approval by the Planning and Development Director shall not be shown on the Certificate of
Development Conformance until all requirements of these and other applicable regulations have been
met, and the Director has received a properly completed request for Approval of Development
Conformance and an executed Development Performance and Maintenance Agreement prepared in
accordance with the requirements of Section 1127 and Section 1128.
2. The Director shall further determine that either:
a. All improvements to the development required for approval of the Certificate of Development

Conformance under the regulations of the City of Duluth have been completed in accordance
with the appropriate specifications; or,
b. All of the required improvements have been completed except final grassing, pavement topping,

required landscaping, or sidewalks, in which case a performance guarantee meeting the
requirements of Section 1130 shall have been filed by the developer with the Development
Performance and Maintenance Agreement.
3. Payment for materials and installation of traffic controls and street name signs shall be made to the
appropriate Gwinnett County department in accordance with their regulations prior to approval of the
Certificate of Development Conformance. Payment of the cost of striping major thoroughfare or

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signalization, where required, if not completed or installed by the developer shall also be paid to the
appropriate Gwinnett County department prior to approval of the Certificate of Development
Conformance, if appropriate.
4. Once the Department has approved the Certificate of Development Conformance and all other affected
departments and agencies of government as required have certified compliance, by signing the Route
Sheet, the Director shall certify by his or her signature on the original of the Certificate of Development
Conformance that all requirements of this Development Code and the conditions of zoning approval have
been met. The Certificate of Development Conformance shall not be deemed approved until it has been
signed by the Planning and Development Director and where use of septic tanks is proposed, by a duly
authorized representative of the Gwinnett County Health Department.