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title: Duluth UDC § 703.02 — 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"
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# Duluth UDC § 703.02

Minimum Buffer Requirements, Location, and Width

**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:** 188–189
- **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. 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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Article Seven. Landscaping, Buffers, and Tree Protection