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title: Duluth UDC § 331 — 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"
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# Duluth UDC § 331

Massage Therapy Establishments

**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:** 110–111
- **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. 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.