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title: Duluth UDC § 318 — 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/318"
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# Duluth UDC § 318

Continuing Care Retirement Community

**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:** 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

a. The residential portions of the development provide for a density of no greater than eight units per acre.
b. Before development permits are issued for any residential portion of the development which proposes to

sell units in fee simple, the declaration of covenants for the development shall be provided to and
reviewed by the City prior to said declaration of covenants being recorded in the public records and prior
to any building permit being issued. Said covenants shall, as a minimum, establish provisions for
maintenance of all streets, recreational areas, yards and other common facilities, any requirements for a
mandatory homeowners’ association, buy back provisions or other similar restrictions or obligations
placed on owner.
c.
Approval of the development may be conditioned to a specific site plan and any substantial change or
variation in said site plan shall be treated as an amendment of the zoning and must be considered in
accordance with the procedures set forth in the Procedures and Permits Article of this Development
Code.
d. All future development on the property shall conform to the standards adopted for the district, regardless

of any change in ownership.
e. If one of the services provided takes the form of independent living facilities, the percentage of units

devoted to such independent living facilities shall not exceed 60 percent.