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title: Duluth UDC § 1123.03 — 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"
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# Duluth UDC § 1123.03

Process for DRI review

**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:** 334–335
- **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. 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.