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title: Duluth UDC § 1303.01 — 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"
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# Duluth UDC § 1303.01

Zoning Board of Appeals Creation, Membership, Appointment, Terms of Office

**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:** 13 — Administration and Enforcement
- **Pages in source:** 376
- **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

a. The five members and the alternate member are to be appointed by the City Council, each for a

term of four years, said terms to be staggered, to begin on April 1 and end on March 31.
b. Each of the five members shall vote on each matter before it (or may recuse themselves from

voting in the case of a conflict of interest or other stated reason). In the absence of one of the
five members, or in the case of the recusal of a member, the alternate member shall serve as a
voting member and shall be counted for the purposes of establishing a quorum.
2. Regardless of any other provision to the contrary contained in this Section, at all times at least four
members of the Zoning Board of Appeals shall be residents of the City of Duluth.
3. Members of the Zoning Board of Appeals may be removed from office by the City Council for cause or for
nonattendance at three consecutive meetings upon written charges and after a public hearing. Vacancies
shall be filled by resolution of the City Council for the unexpired term of the member affected.
4. One member of the Zoning Board of Appeals shall be a member of the Planning Commission. No other
member of the Zoning Board of Appeals shall hold an elected or appointed public office in Duluth
Government.