---
title: Duluth UDC § 719.05 — 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/719.05"
licence: "CC0-1.0"
---

# Duluth UDC § 719.05

Continuing Maintenance

**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:** 212
- **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. The owner shall be responsible for the perpetual maintenance and protection of buffers and

landscape plantings required by this Article.
b. The Planning and Development Department is hereby authorized to order diseased, infested, dying,

dead or damaged landscaping required herein to be replaced.
c. Buffers that, over a period of time, lose their screening ability shall be replanted to meet the

requirements of this Article.
d. Replacement trees and landscaping shall be in accordance with the applicable provisions of this

Article.