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title: Duluth UDC § 505.02 — 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 § 505.02

Designation of Conservation Areas

**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:** 5 — Subdivisions and Planned Developments
- **Pages in source:** 156–157
- **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

Conservation Areas are required to be protected in a Conservation Subdivision, a PUD, or any new subdivision.
These areas are defined as follows:

a. Floodways within the 100-year Floodplain. These areas are designated on maps prepared by the Federal

Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and must be confirmed as to their specific location on a
preliminary plat for a subdivision or site development plan for a multi-family or nonresidential project.
b. Flood Hazard Areas. All areas within the 100-year floodplain but lying outside any floodway, wetland or

other designated primary conservation area fall under this category. The boundaries of the 100-year
floodplain are designated as the “flood hazard area” on maps prepared by the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) and must be confirmed as to their specific location on a preliminary plat for
a subdivision or site development plan for a multi-family or nonresidential project.
c.
Required Stream Buffers. Natural vegetative stream buffers along the banks of all perennial streams and
other state waters, as required by the Soil Erosion, Sedimentation and Pollution Control provisions of the
Erosion Control and Stormwater Management Article of this UDC.

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Article Five. Subdivisions and Planned Developments

d. Wetlands. Wetlands are those areas that are inundated or saturated by surface water or groundwater at a

frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances do support, a
prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions. Wetlands generally include
swamps, marshes, bogs and similar areas.