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title: Duluth UDC § 703.01 — 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/703.01"
licence: "CC0-1.0"
---

# Duluth UDC § 703.01

Applicability

**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:** 7 — Landscaping, Buffers, and Tree Protection
- **Pages in source:** 188
- **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

703.02 or as a condition of zoning, special use, or variance approval.
b. On properties where tree harvesting is proposed, all buffers as required in this Article shall remain intact

and undisturbed. Any tree classified as a specimen tree as defined in Article 14 shall not be removed from
the property where tree harvesting is occurring without written approval of the Planning and
Development Director.
c.
Except as otherwise provided herein, all standards for permanent buffers, temporary construction buffers
and landscape strips shall be followed when establishing buffers and landscape strips.
d. The Duluth City Council may establish minimum buffer requirements in situations other than those given

in this Code Division as a condition of rezoning or as a condition of a special use approval.