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title: Duluth UDC § 601.02 — 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 § 601.02

Findings of Fact

**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:** 6 — Sign Regulations
- **Pages in source:** 161–162
- **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 Mayor and Council find that:

a. Signs are a proper use of private property, are a means of personal free expression, and a necessary

component of a commercial environment. As such, signs are entitled to the protection of the law.
However, an improperly regulated sign environment imposes health and safety dangers to the public;
b. The result of effective sign regulation will be to lessen hazardous conditions, confusion and visual clutter

caused by the proliferation, improper placement, illumination and excessive height and size of signs which
compete for the attention of pedestrians and vehicular traffic;
c.
Proper regulation of signs is a necessary prerequisite to a peaceable, orderly, and safely designed business
environment;
d. Through proper regulation of signs, the aesthetic attractiveness and economic well-being of the city will

be enhanced as a place to live, work and conduct business.
e. Concerns about aesthetic and safety issues as balanced with concerns about freedom of expression or

speech are reasonably promoted in the City of Duluth by the provisions of this Article.

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Article Six. Sign Regulations