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title: Duluth UDC § 342.04 — 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 § 342.04

Collocation; Availability of Suitable Existing Structures

**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:** 115–116
- **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

No new wireless support structure (tower) shall be allowed unless the applicant demonstrates to the satisfaction
of the Planning and Development Department and the City Council that no existing tower or existing alternative
tower structure (clock towers, bell towers, church steeples, light/power poles, electric transmission towers,
manmade trees, and similar natural or manmade alternative-design mounting structures that camouflage or
conceal the presence of antennas or towers) can accommodate the applicant's proposed wireless facilities. All
evidence submitted shall be signed and sealed by appropriate licensed professionals or qualified industry experts.
Evidence submitted to demonstrate that no existing tower or structure can accommodate the proposed antenna
shall consist of the following:

a. That no existing towers or suitable alternative tower structures are located within the geographic

antennas placement area required to meet the applicant's engineering requirements.
b. That existing towers or structures are not of sufficient height to meet the applicant's engineering

requirements.
c.
That existing towers or structures do not have sufficient structural strength to support the applicant's
antenna and related equipment.

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d. That the applicant's proposed antenna(s) would cause electromagnetic interference with the antenna(s)

on the existing towers or structures, or the antenna on the existing towers or structures would cause
interference with the applicant's proposed antenna.
e. That the cost or contractual provisions required by the tower owner to share an existing tower or

structure for sharing are unreasonable. Costs exceeding new tower development are presumed to be
unreasonable.
f.
That the applicant adequately demonstrates that there are other limiting factors that existing towers and
structures unsuitable.