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title: Duluth UDC § 704.02 — 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"
canonical: "https://www.gwindex.net/code/duluth/704.02"
licence: "CC0-1.0"
---

# Duluth UDC § 704.02

Five-Foot-Wide Landscape Strips

**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:** 192
- **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. 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.