Duluth UDC § 1123.03
Process for DRI review
Governing jurisdiction
Duluth
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- Article
- 11 — Procedures and Permits
- Pages in source
- 334–335
- Adopted
- 2025-09-08
- Amended through
- 2026-07-13
- Source
- Adopted PDF
Text
1. Submission to the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC).
a. First request for governmental action.
i. Upon determination by the Planning and Development Director that a request for City
approval qualifies for DRI review, the applicant shall provide such information as
necessary for completion of the DRI review form (available from DCA).
ii. The completed DRI review form shall be submitted electronically by the Planning and
Development Director to the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC), the Georgia Regional
Transportation Authority (GRTA) and DCA through the DCA web site.
iii. Once ARC has determined that the project is a DRI, the 30-day review period officially
begins.
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iv. Throughout the DRI process, the applicant shall coordinate with the Planning and
Development Department and provide such additional information as may be needed to
complete the DRI review process.
b. Subsequent requests for governmental action. Once the development project has been reviewed
by ARC and the first governmental action has been taken, no further reviews by ARC will be
required unless the project is substantially revised, as determined by ARC in consultation with
the Planning and Development Director.
2. Final Action by the City.
a. Review by the City of the development project may proceed during the DRI process, but no final
action approving the project may be taken until the DRI process is completed.
b. Approval of the first request for governmental action by the City shall not be made on a
Development of Regional Impact until:
i. The DRI Report has been received from ARC reflecting its public findings and comments,
if any, and the City has had adequate time to consider the Report; or
ii. Said report is not received within 30 days of official determination by ARC that the
project is a DRI, or by the end of such time that DRI process extensions have been
approved by ARC.