Duluth UDC § 606.01
Landscaping Required
Governing jurisdiction
Duluth
Land inside these city limits is governed by Duluth's own code and boards. A "Duluth, GA" mailing address is not proof of being inside them — most such addresses fall in unincorporated Gwinnett.
Boundary: US Census TIGERweb (Incorporated Places, ACS 2025 vintage), vintage 2025.
- Article
- 6 — Sign Regulations
- Pages in source
- 176
- Adopted
- 2025-09-08
- Amended through
- 2026-07-13
- Source
- Adopted PDF
Text
There shall be established a landscaping area along the long side of each principal freestanding sign and each
project entrance sign that extends no less than 2 feet out from the sign face. The sign landscaping area may be at
ground level or accommodated within planters created as an integral part of the sign base. Within this sign
landscaping area, the following standards shall apply:
a. All portions of the sign landscaping area shall be covered by landscape materials, as defined in this
Development Code. A minimum of 80% of the required landscape area shall be covered with living plant
materials, which may include any combination of ground covers and shrubs.
b. Shrubs that are provided within the sign landscaping area must be at least 12 inches tall at the time of
planting and be of a species that will not normally exceed 4 feet in height at maturity.
c.
Plant materials may be clustered for decorative effect following professional landscaping standards for
spacing, location and design.