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title: Duluth UDC § 505.05 — 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/505.05"
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# Duluth UDC § 505.05

Natural Resource or Conservation Easement 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:** 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

Conservation areas that are required or intended to be protected under the provisions of this Article must be
included within an easement, as follows:

All conservation areas in a Conservation Subdivision, PUD, conventional subdivision, multi-family or non-residential
development that are required to be protected by the provisions of this Article shall be permanently protected
from further subdivision, development and unauthorized use as follows:

a. By a natural resource easement in a conventional subdivision, multi-family or non-residential

development; or
b. By a conservation easement in an open space subdivision or a planned unit development.