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title: Duluth UDC § 613.03 — 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/613.03"
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# Duluth UDC § 613.03

Abandoned Signs

**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:** 187
- **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. If a building, structure or premise is vacated, any associated temporary signs shall be removed by the

property owner or the sign owner within 10 days, following service of notice by the Department. If the
property owner or sign owner fails to comply within 10 days after written notification, the City may cause
the removal of the sign at the property owner’s or sign owner’s expense.
b. If a nonconforming sign or sign structure has not been in use whereby the property has been vacated for

a period of 3 months or longer and the sign has not been updated to convey a current message, any such
sign on the property, building, or structure loses its legal nonconforming status and must be removed or
brought into compliance with the current sign regulations.
c.
A sign that no longer correctly directs or exhorts any person, or no longer advertises a bona fide business,
lessor, owner, project or activity conducted or product available on the premises where such sign is
displayed, shall be removed by the property owner or the sign owner within 10 days following service of
notice by the Department. If the property owner or sign owner fails to comply within 10 days after written
notification, the City may cause the removal of the sign at the property owner’s or sign owner’s expense.