---
title: Duluth UDC § 315 — 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/315"
licence: "CC0-1.0"
---

# Duluth UDC § 315

Cemeteries

**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:** 105–106
- **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

Any new cemetery shall meet the following requirements:

a. A cemetery may front only a major thoroughfare, collector street or state highway. The entrance and exits

to it shall be only from the street on which it fronts.

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Article Three. Restrictions on Particular Uses

b. A cemetery shall be bordered by a 10 foot wide buffer strip along all of its exterior property lines not

bordering the front yard. The buffer strip shall be planted with evergreen trees or shrubs that grow at
least 8 feet tall and provide an effective visual screen.
c.
A cemetery shall be included in a preliminary subdivision plat that has been approved by the Planning and
Development Director.