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title: Duluth UDC § 406.01 — 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/406.01"
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# Duluth UDC § 406.01

Off-Street Truck Loading; Where Required

**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:** 144–145
- **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. Loading Spaces Provided. Any such business or use shall provide adequate off-street facilities for the

loading and unloading of merchandise, supplies, goods, freight, provisions or furnishings within or
adjacent to the building as deemed appropriate by the owner or occupants of the property. Such loading

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Article Four. Parking and Loading Requirements

facilities, if provided, shall not obstruct freedom of vehicular traffic or pedestrian movement on the public
streets and sidewalks.
b. Location of Off-Street Loading Areas. Off-street loading and unloading areas shall in all cases be located

on the same lot or parcel of land as the structure they are intended to serve. In no case shall the off-street
loading space be considered as part of the area provided to satisfy off-street parking requirements as
listed herein.
c.
Adequacy of Loading Area. All such uses shall provide off-street loading areas sufficient for their
requirements. Such space shall be adequate if no vehicle being loaded or unloaded in connection with
normal operations shall stand in or project into a public street, walk, alley, or way.
d. Use of Off-Street Truck Loading Area. Off-Street loading areas shall not be used as parking areas, rest

areas, or for overnight stays. It shall be unlawful for any heavy truck, heavy equipment, recreation vehicle,
semi-trailer, tractor-trailer, trailer, camper or other Oversized Vehicle to park, stop, or stand in any
designated off-street loading area for any purpose other than to actively load or unload merchandise,
supplies, goods, freight, provisions, or furnishings.