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title: Duluth UDC § 505.03 — 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/505.03"
licence: "CC0-1.0"
---

# Duluth UDC § 505.03

Allowed Uses in 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:** 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

The following requirements apply only to land set aside under conservation or natural resource easements in
fulfillment of the provisions of this Article.

a. Areas identified as conservation areas shall remain in their natural, undisturbed state. Such undisturbed

areas include floodways, required stream buffers, and designated wetlands and wetland buffers.
b. Flood hazard areas outside of the floodway may be used for natural (unpaved) trails and for agricultural

uses such as cultivated farmland and pasture, provided that no fence or structure shall be constructed
that would impede the free flow of flood waters.