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title: Duluth UDC § 1125.01 — 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/1125.01"
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# Duluth UDC § 1125.01

Initial Activities 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:** 335–336
- **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. Required erosion control measures must be installed where practical by the developer and inspected by
the original engineer at the seven-day visit and approved by the Planning and Development Department
prior to actual grading or removal of vegetation. All control measures shall be in place as soon after the
commencement of activities as possible and in coordination with the progress of the project.
2. Soil sedimentation facilities must be installed and operational prior to major grading operations.
3. Areas required to be undisturbed by this Development Code, conditions of zoning approval, Metropolitan
River Protection Act or other ordinance or regulation shall be designated by survey stakes, flags, or other

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Article Eleven. Procedures and Permits

appropriate markings and shall be inspected and approved by the Department of Planning and
Development prior to the commencement of any clearing or grading activities.