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title: Duluth UDC § 1126.02 — Duluth
jurisdiction: duluth
governing_jurisdiction: Duluth
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effective_date: "2026-07-13"
as_of: "2026-08-13"
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# Duluth UDC § 1126.02

Field Change; Approval

**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:** 337–338
- **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. Authority to Approve Field Changes.
a. Field changes may be approved only by the Director of the Duluth or Gwinnett County

department responsible for plan review and approval related to the improvement for which the
change is proposed. Such approvals are to be coordinated between the affected departments as
appropriate.
b. Administrative approval shall not be given for any change that would not have been approved as

part of the original permit if the unanticipated conditions had been known.

i. A change that would be inconsistent with the requirements of this Development Code

must be considered as a variance under the provisions of the Appeals Article of this
Development Code.
ii. Consistency with all other codes, regulations, and ordinances is required unless an

appeal or waiver is granted under the provisions of such applicable code, regulation or
ordinance.
c.
Administrative approval shall not be given for any change that is inconsistent with the conditions
of zoning approval imposed by the City Council through the rezoning or special use approval
process. Such a change can only be considered and approved as a change in zoning conditions
under Section 1104.04.
2. Process for Approval of Field changes.

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Article Eleven. Procedures and Permits

a. A request for a field change shall be made to the Director of the Department responsible for plan

review and approval related to the improvement for which the change is proposed (i.e., the
“responsible Director”).
b. Revised development construction plans or architectural building plans, as applicable, must be

submitted with the proposed change clearly indicated.
c.
If the revised plans relate to a change under this Development Code, the request will be acted
upon within ten (10) full business days of receipt of the plans, and either:

i. There are no comments and the change is approved by the Duluth Planning and

Development Director;
ii. Plan review comments are forwarded and resubmittal for further review is required;
iii. The information submitted is inadequate to determine consistency with regulations and

resubmittal is required; or
iv. The change is approved by the Duluth Planning and Development Director subject to

attached plan review comments or conditions of approval.
d. If the revised plans relate to a change under the codes or regulations of Gwinnett County, the

request will be acted upon by the responsible County Director in accordance with the County’s
procedures.
e. The field change, if ultimately approved, shall be documented by the developer or builder on

revised development construction plans or architectural building plans, as applicable, and
distributed to the appropriate departments of both the City and the County.