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title: Duluth UDC § 1305.05 — 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/1305.05"
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# Duluth UDC § 1305.05

Effect of Code Amendment 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:** 13 — Administration and Enforcement
- **Pages in source:** 378
- **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. Approval of a code amendment shall be in full force and effect upon its approval by the City Council or
upon the stated effective date thereof.
2. For a property on which a use, building, structure, or other improvements existed in conformity with this
Development Code prior to the effective date of a text amendment affecting the property, any such use,
building, structure, or other improvements no longer in conformance shall be governed by the provisions
for Nonconforming Development under Article 1 of this Development Code, as applicable.
3. Construction of any use, building, structure, or other improvements for which a building permit has been
issued in conformity with this Development Code prior to the effective date of a code amendment may
continue to completion as though no change had occurred and, upon completion, shall be governed by
the provisions for Nonconforming Development under Article 1 of this Development Code, as applicable.