---
title: Duluth UDC § 603.05 — 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/603.05"
licence: "CC0-1.0"
---

# Duluth UDC § 603.05

Lighting Restrictions

**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:** 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

In addition to illuminated signs that are prohibited under Section 602.03, the following applies to all illumination of
signs:

a. Only permanent signs shall be illuminated, either directly or indirectly.
b. A permit will not be issued for an illuminated sign on a nonresidential property within 100 feet from any

property line of a residentially zoned parcel.
c.
In a residential zoning district only project entrance signs may be illuminated, and such signs may only be
illuminated indirectly by an external light source, such as floodlights or shielded neon tubes.
d. Any signage with internal lighting composed of light bulbs or neon tubing shall be covered so that the light

sources are not directly visible from the outside.