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title: Duluth UDC § 606.01 — 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/606.01"
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# Duluth UDC § 606.01

Landscaping 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:** 6 — Sign Regulations
- **Pages in source:** 176
- **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

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.