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title: Duluth UDC § 610.01 — 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/610.01"
licence: "CC0-1.0"
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# Duluth UDC § 610.01

Nonconforming Signs; Registration

**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:** 184–185
- **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. Any sign and sign structure that is or has become a nonconforming sign may be registered by the owner

with the Department of Planning and Development. If the sign was legally erected prior to the effective
date of this Article or any amendments thereto, the sign shall be registered and allowed to continue to
exist under the provisions of Section 610.02.

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Article Six. Sign Regulations

b. At the time that a legal nonconforming sign is registered, a sign permit shall be issued to the sign owner

and the sign shall be so marked in accordance with Departmental procedures.