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title: Duluth UDC § 303.04 — 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/303.04"
licence: "CC0-1.0"
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# Duluth UDC § 303.04

Requirements for Outdoor Sports and Recreational Lighting

**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:** 3 — Restrictions on Particular Uses
- **Pages in source:** 96
- **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. Outdoor lighting installations which are employed for nighttime area illumination of sports and

recreational facilities, but not limited to, ballfields, ballparks, stadiums, tennis courts, water slides,
paintball facilities, drive-in theaters, soccer fields, golf courses, driving ranges, and recreation fields, and
the like shall meet the following requirements.

1. The candlepower distribution from all lighting
installations shall be cut off at and above the
horizontal level.
2. To the extent practicable, the candlepower
distribution from all lighting installations shall be
further cut off at angles below the horizontal level
to restrict direct illumination to within the
functional area being illuminated for sports and
recreation purposes.
b. The maximum maintained illuminance levels permitted at

the property line(s) during the nighttime, produced by the
sum of all outdoor sports and recreation lighting
installations on said property, shall be as measured at grade
in horizontal footcandles or horizontal lux according to
Table 3-A.

Illustrative example of lighting that cuts

off candlepower above the horizontal

level by using “full cutoff luminaires.”