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title: Duluth UDC § 703.04 — 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/703.04"
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# Duluth UDC § 703.04

Approval of Reduction in Buffer Widths

**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:** 189–190
- **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

The Planning and Development Director, in certain circumstances, may approve the reduction of a buffer width
required in Section 703.02 in accordance with the procedures in the Procedures and Permits Article of this
Development Code; however, in determining whether a buffer width may be reduced, the Planning and
Development Director must be satisfied that:

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Article Seven. Landscaping, Buffers, and Tree Protection

a. Existing topography and/or vegetation within the reduced buffer area achieve the intent of this Article.
b. The requested buffer width reduction does not reduce the required buffer width by any more than 50%.
a. All other standards for permanent buffers listed in this Article, including all screening and supplemental

plantings requirements, will be met despite the buffer width reduction.