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title: Duluth UDC § 1202.03 — 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 § 1202.03

Approval of an Appeal by City Council

**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:** 12 — Appeals
- **Pages in source:** 362
- **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. The City Council may hear and finally decide requests for special exceptions and hardship or floodplain
management variances that have been included in the application for a proposed development that is
under consideration for a rezoning or special use approval. In such cases, the Zoning Board of Appeals
may include its recommendations on such special exceptions or variances in its report, and the City
Council shall assume all powers and duties otherwise exercised by the Zoning Board of Appeals.
2. The City Council shall hear and finally decide all appeals from actions by the Zoning Board of Ap-peals.
3. The City Council shall hear and finally decide all appeals from an administrative decision not otherwise
associated with a special exception or a hardship or floodplain management variance.
4. Appeal from a final decision by the City Council shall be to a court of competent jurisdiction and must be
brought within 15 days of the City Council’s final action.