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title: Duluth UDC § 403.08 — Duluth
jurisdiction: duluth
governing_jurisdiction: Duluth
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effective_date: "2026-07-13"
as_of: "2026-08-13"
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# Duluth UDC § 403.08

Parking Lot Design, Screening, and Location

**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:** 4 — Parking and Loading Requirements
- **Pages in source:** 137–138
- **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

The requirements of this Section shall apply to all off-street parking lots, including areas dedicated to customer
and employee parking and for storing or displaying vehicles (such as a car sales lot).

a. In all zoning districts, there are options for placement and screening of parking lots on the property.

Those options include:

1. Push the building closer to the road and allow no parking between the building and the road with
the required 10-foot landscape strip as required in the Buffers, Landscaping and Tree Protection
Article of this Development Code.

i. The Planning and Development Director has the discretion to reduce the front building

setback accordingly to achieve this goal.
ii. Changes in topography or other unusual circumstances may be reviewed by the

Planning and Development Director, and at his/her discretion, may modify requirements
of this Section, provided the intent of this Article is maintained.
2. Place any portion of the parking between
the road and the building with a minimum
3-foot-high landscaped berm (maximum
2:1 slope) and a 10-foot landscape strip in
accordance with the standards of the
Buffers, Landscaping and Tree Protection
Article.

i. If parking is located below road

grade, that vertical footage may
be counted toward the required
berm height.
ii. Changes in topography or other

Illustrative example of a landscaped berm used

unusual circumstances may be
reviewed by the Planning and
Development Director, who, at
his discretion, may modify requirements of this Code Section, provided the intent of this
Article is maintained.
b. In all areas, pedestrian access via sidewalks shall be provided from the front of the building(s) to the rear

to screen a parking lot.

parking areas and to the road. Adequate signage directing vehicular traffic to the rear of the building shall
also be provided. Parking area(s) shall be lined along the edges with large maturing canopy trees a
minimum of 15 foot on center, based on species and size at maturity.

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Article Four. Parking and Loading Requirements