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title: Duluth UDC § 1129.03 — 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"
canonical: "https://www.gwindex.net/code/duluth/1129.03"
licence: "CC0-1.0"
---

# Duluth UDC § 1129.03

Maintenance Surety Standards

**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:** 340
- **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. For continuing maintenance of the stormwater detention facilities and for maintenance of the street and
stormwater drainage improvements, the following shall apply:

a. The maintenance surety shall be in the form of a valid irrevocable letter of credit issued by a

bank or other reputable financial institution chartered to do business in the State of Georgia.
Such letter of credit must comply with the requirements of Section 1129.04.
b. The value of the maintenance surety shall be equal to 33% of the cost of construction of the

stormwater detention, street and stormwater drainage improvements shown on the as-built
surveys and as estimated for deferred improvements under Section 1130.02. Copies of
contractor agreements or actual invoices paid, or as otherwise determined by the City Engineer,
shall evidence the cost of construction.
c.
The maintenance surety shall include the estimated cost for maintenance of continuing
operations of the stormwater drainage and detention pond facilities during the maintenance
period. Maintenance shall include repair of erosion controls, removal of silt from detention
ponds and other items pertinent to the continuing operation of the stormwater drainage system
for the development.
d. Maintenance surety for the sanitary sewer facilities and water system improvements is required

separately by Gwinnett County in accordance with its regulations.
e. A maintenance surety for continued compliance with the buffer and landscaping requirements of

this Development Code, as applicable, shall be in the form of a landscaping warranty. The
landscaping warranty shall provide for the replacement or restoration of any or all plantings and
landscape material for a period of 12 calendar months from the date of City approval following
installation of such plantings and landscape material. Such warranty shall be in a form acceptable
to the City (see Section 1131 for an example).
f.
Repairs shall be made for any deficiencies identified in the covered improvements within the
maintenance period or the surety shall be called by the City to complete same.