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title: Duluth UDC § 306.04 — 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/306.04"
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# Duluth UDC § 306.04

Architectural Treatment

**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:** 103
- **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. Public entrances must be distinguished from the principal plane of the facade and provide shelter from

wind and sun. This may be accomplished by recessing the entranceway, placing in an arcade, under a
projecting canopy, or within a mass or tower projecting from the primary facade.
b. Blank walls that can be seen from any public or private street are

prohibited. Front facades shall have at least 25% of the wall facing
the street in window or door areas.
c.
Pedestrian Oriented Facades: Facades with non-residential active
uses must be fenestrated with transparent windows and doorways
for no less than 60% of the street frontage at the ground level and
allow visibility to the inside of the building. Any fenestration of
frontages with active uses must have visibility to the inside of the
building with at least 75 percent open to perpendicular view within a
4-foot by 4-foot “visibility zone” at pedestrian eye level. This
visibility zone is located between 4 feet and 8 feet in height
above sidewalk level and extends 4 feet from the surface of the
window glass inside the building.

1. Pedestrian Eye Level includes the space that is
between 4 feet and 8 feet in height above the
adjacent sidewalk level, following the slope if
applicable.
2. Visibility to the Inside of the Building means that the
area inside the building within 4 feet from the surface
of the window glass at pedestrian eye level is at least
75 percent open to perpendicular view.
d. Walls shall have offsets, jogs, changes in allowable building materials, or other distinctive change in the

building facade. Any development consisting of a building longer than 100 feet must have off-sets in the
horizontal plane that are at least 18 inches in depth and at least 5 feet in length for every 100 foot of
frontage. Horizontal off-sets utilized to accommodate exterior outdoor café type settings must have off-
sets in the horizontal plane that are at least 6 feet in depth and 10 feet in length for every 100 feet of
frontage.