Duluth UDC § 703.02
Minimum Buffer Requirements, Location, and Width
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
- 7 — Landscaping, Buffers, and Tree Protection
- Pages in source
- 188–189
- Adopted
- 2025-09-08
- Amended through
- 2026-07-13
- Source
- Adopted PDF
Text
a. A buffer shall be required for the following properties:
1. All property zoned C-1, C-2, HC-Auto, HC-Retail, O-I, O-N, M-1 and M-2, shall have a buffer along
any rear and side property lines abutting a residential district.
2. All property zoned RM and MH shall have a buffer along any rear and side property lines abutting
a lower density residential district.
3. All property non-residential zoned PUD shall have a buffer along any rear and side property lines
abutting an RA-200, R-100, R-75 and R-50 residential district, as specified in Article 5 of this UDC.
b. Minimum buffer width requirements are shown in Table 7-A.
c.
The Duluth Council may increase the minimum buffer width requirements given in this Section as a
condition of rezoning or as a condition of a special use approval. The Duluth Zoning Board of Appeals may
increase the minimum buffer requirements given in this Section as a condition to granting a variance.
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