Duluth UDC § 331
Massage Therapy Establishments
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
- 110–111
- Adopted
- 2025-09-08
- Amended through
- 2026-07-13
- Source
- Adopted PDF
Text
a. A 150-foot buffer shall be required between any massage therapy business to any residentially zoned
property from the front door of the structure where the massage business occurs to the nearest parcel
boundary line of any residentially zoned property as measured by a straight line on the ground. Should
this buffer requirement differ from what is contained in the City of Duluth Massage Therapy Ordinance in
the City of Duluth Code of Ordinances, the requirement in the Massage Therapy Ordinance shall apply.
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Article Three. Restrictions on Particular Uses
b. After June 1, 2012, there shall be no more than three (3) massage therapy businesses per ten thousand
(10,000) persons living within the city limits based on the most current U.S. Census and calculated on a
pro-rata basis.
c.
A message therapy business shall be subject to all other rules and requirements of the City of Duluth
Massage Therapy Ordinance in the City of Duluth Code of Ordinances and all current and future pertinent
local, state, and federal ordinances.