Gwinnett Index

Duluth UDC § 704.02

Five-Foot-Wide Landscape Strips

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
192
Adopted
2025-09-08
Amended through
2026-07-13
Source
Adopted PDF

Text

a. Landscape Strips which are required to be 5-feet in width shall contain landscaping and plantings within said strip as follows: 1. One tree for each 50 linear feet of strip length shall be provided. 2. Eight shrubs for each 50 linear feet of strip length shall be provided. 3. The remaining ground area shall be sodded, seeded or hydro seeded with grass, and/or planted with groundcover species and/or provided with other landscaping material, or any combination thereof. 4. Encroachment into Landscape Strips. Required Landscaped Strips shall not be encroached upon by parking spaces, driveway surfaces or stormwater detention facilities except that driveway crossings may traverse such strip as near to a perpendicular alignment as practical.