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title: Duluth UDC § 342.13 — 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/342.13"
licence: "CC0-1.0"
---

# Duluth UDC § 342.13

Abandoned Towers

**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:** 121–122
- **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. Any telecommunications facility that is not operated for a continuous period of 12 months shall be

considered abandoned, whether or not the owner or operator intends to make use of it or any part of it.
The owner of a telecommunications facility and the owner of the property where the facility is located
shall be under a duty to remove the abandoned telecommunications facility. If such antenna and/or tower
is not removed within 60 days of receipt of notice from the City notifying the owner(s) of such
abandonment, the City may remove such tower and/or antenna and place a lien upon the property for
any removal cost(s) incurred or seek costs incurred through court action. The City may pursue all legal
remedies available to it to ensure that abandoned telecommunications facilities are removed. Delay by
the City in taking action shall not in any way waive the City’s right to take action. The City may seek to
have the telecommunications facility removed regardless of the owners or operators’ intent to operate
the tower or antenna and regardless of any permits, federal, state or otherwise, which may have been
granted.
b. If the owner of an abandoned tower or antenna wishes to use such abandoned tower or antenna, the

owner first must apply for and receive all applicable permits and meet all of the conditions of this Article
as if such tower or antenna were a new tower or antenna.

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