Gwinnett Index

Duluth UDC § 303.03

Maximum Maintained Illuminance Level

Governing jurisdiction
Duluth

Land inside these city limits is governed by Duluth's own code and boards. A "Duluth, GA" mailing address is not proof of being inside them — most such addresses fall in unincorporated Gwinnett.

Boundary: US Census TIGERweb (Incorporated Places, ACS 2025 vintage), vintage 2025.

Article
3 — Restrictions on Particular Uses
Pages in source
95–96
Adopted
2025-09-08
Amended through
2026-07-13
Source
Adopted PDF

Text

Glare Shield 303.03. Maximum Maintained Illuminance Level The maximum maintained illuminance levels permitted at the property line(s) during the nighttime, produced by the sum of all outdoor area lighting installations on said property, shall be at grade in Horizontal Footcandles or Horizontal Lux according to Table 3 A. a. Exceptions. 1. By written agreement between the respective property owners, an outdoor lighting installation on one property may illuminate area or roadways on adjacent properties beyond the property line. In such a case, a lighting easement must be submitted to the City and recorded with Clerk of Courts of Gwinnett County. 2. This requirement does not apply to outdoor roadway lighting installations intended for the nighttime illumination of public roadways, streets, highways, alleys, cartways, and the like. 3. At designated vehicular, cyclist, and pedestrian entries/exits between properties and public roadways, streets, highways, alleys, cartways, and the like; provided that the excepted area of illumination (maintained illuminance levels at grade higher than permitted in Table 3-A is limited to the said property and the adjoining pavement and right-of-way of public road-ways, streets, highways, alleys, cartways and the like. The excepted area of illumination shall not extend beyond 50 feet from the centerline of the designated entry/exit in any direction along the property lines of said property. 94 | P a g e Article Three. Restrictions on Particular Uses