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title: Duluth UDC § 819 — 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/819"
licence: "CC0-1.0"
---

# Duluth UDC § 819

Establishment of a Water Supply Watershed District

**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:** 8 — Environmental Protection
- **Pages in source:** 225
- **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

1. The Chattahoochee Water Supply Watershed District is hereby designated and shall comprise the land
that drains to the Chattahoochee River. The boundaries of these overlays are defined by the ridgelines of
the respective watershed and the boundary of a radius of 7 miles upstream of the respective public water
supply intakes or reservoirs. This overlay shall be further delineated and defined on the Water Supply
Watershed Protection District Overlay Map of the City of Duluth. The Map is hereby incorporated into and
made a part of this Code Division by reference.
2. The following water supply watershed district is hereby defined and the boundaries shall be identified on
the Water Supply Watershed District Overlay Map.
3. The Chattahoochee River is a large water supply watershed. Intakes for the Atlanta-Fulton Water
Resources and the DeKalb County Water System are located on this river within a 7-mile radius upstream
from the City of Duluth. This water supply watershed does not contain a reservoir within the City of
Duluth.