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title: Duluth UDC § 340.06 — 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 § 340.06

Temporary Event: Yard Sale

**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:** 113–114
- **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. Permit Required.

1. Any person desiring to hold a yard sale shall obtain a complimentary permit from the Planning
and Development Director. The application for the permit shall set forth the name and address of
the person who will be conducting the yard sale, the address where the same is to be located,
and the date upon which the yard sale will be conducted. The Planning and Development
Director shall furnish such person with a copy of this Section at the time of obtaining the yard
sale permit.
2. In the case of a neighborhood yard sale, one of the persons who will participate in the
neighborhood yard sale shall make application for the complimentary permit and shall set forth
the name and address of the applicant; the address where the sale is to be held; the date or
dates on which the neighborhood yard sale is to be held and the names and addresses of all
other persons who plan to participate in the sale.

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Article Three. Restrictions on Particular Uses

3. The permit shall be obtained at least five days prior to the commencement date of the yard sale.
Applicants shall specify an alternate date (rain date) for such yard sale in the event the proposed
sale cannot be held on the first selected date because of inclement weather.
b. Frequency and Duration. No person may hold a yard sale at the same location more frequently than once

each 90 days and such sale shall not be for a period of time greater than 48 hours.
c.
Duties of Planning and Development Director. The Planning and Development Director shall:

1. Maintain application forms and complimentary permits to be issued for yard sales.
2. Furnish to the City of Duluth Police Department a copy of all yard sale permits as and when the
permits are issued.
3. Record for yard sale shall be maintained for the space of at least 18 months.
4. Before issuing any yard sale permit, check the listing record of previous permits issued to be
certain that a requested permit is not being requested more frequently than permitted under the
terms of this Section and if such requested permit is for a date or time by the same applicant or
at an address where a previous yard sale has been held less than 90 days prior to the date of the
proposed sale, the Planning and Development Director shall have the authority to refuse to issue
the permit.
d. Display of Permit. The permit issued to any applicant for a yard sale shall be publicly displayed by the

applicant during the time that the yard sale is being held or shall be available for inspection by a City of
Duluth police officer upon demand.
e. Temporary Signs. See the Sign Regulations Article of this Development Code.
f.
Termination of Sales without Permit. City Council hereby grants authority to the Chief of Police and police
officers to order the immediate termination of any yard sale being conducted without a valid permit being
issued pursuant to the terms of this Section. Any person who refuses to obey the order of the chief of
police or other lawful officer of the City and immediately cease and terminate said yard sale and remove
the public display of goods from their yard shall be subject to arrest for the charge of failing to obey a
lawful order of a police officer and be subject to all the penalties for the violation of the City of Duluth
Code of Ordinances. The charge provided for in this Section is in addition to any other charges that may
be brought against such individuals conducting a yard sale in violation of the terms of this Section.