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title: Duluth UDC § 603.04 — 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/603.04"
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# Duluth UDC § 603.04

Height Measurements

**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:** 166–167
- **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. For a freestanding sign structure located within 100 feet of an adjacent street right-of-way (as measured

perpendicular to the street), the following applies:

1. For a sign located on land at or above the crown of the roadway in the adjacent street, the height
of a sign shall be equal to the vertical distance from the average grade at the base of the sign to
the highest point of any portion of the sign. Any earthen berms or other site improvements that

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raise the sign above the pre-construction natural grade of the land upon which the sign is placed
shall be included in the height measurement of the sign.
2. For a sign located on land below the crown of the roadway in the adjacent street, the height of a
sign shall be equal to the vertical distance from the crown of the roadway to the highest point of
any portion of the sign. Any earthen berms, elevated foundations or other site improvements
that raise the sign up to the level of the crown of the roadway shall not be included in the height
measurement of the sign.
b. For a freestanding sign structure located 100 feet or more from an adjacent street right-of-way (as

measured perpendicular to the street), the height of a sign shall be equal to the vertical distance from the
average grade at the base of the sign to the highest point of any portion of the sign. Any earthen berms or
other site improvements that raise the sign above the pre-construction natural grade of the land upon
which the sign is placed shall be included in the height measurement of the sign.