---
title: Duluth UDC § 346 — 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/346"
licence: "CC0-1.0"
---

# Duluth UDC § 346

Farm Tenant Dwellings

**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:** 130
- **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 farm tenant dwelling may be either a single-family detached or two-family site-built or modular

building.
b. The dwelling shall meet the yard requirements of the zoning district in which it is located.
c.
No more than one dwelling unit for each five acres of land devoted to active agricultural use is allowed.
d. The principal residence on the property, to which the farm tenant dwelling is accessory, must be occupied

by the owner or the operator of the farm.
e. At least one adult occupant of each dwelling unit must be employed to work on the farm where the

dwelling is located. Such employment must be for compensation or profit, or such employee must be a
relative of the owner or a co-owner of the farm; in any case, one occupant must devote at least 20 hours
a week on average in the farming operation.