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title: Duluth UDC § 903.02 — 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/903.02"
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# Duluth UDC § 903.02

Required Public Improvements

**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:** 9 — Project Design and Construction Standards
- **Pages in source:** 244
- **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. General Requirements. Every developer of lands within the jurisdiction of this Article shall provide the
public improvements included in this Article, as shall be appropriate to serve the project, in accordance
with this Article and other pertinent codes, ordinances, and regulations of the City of Duluth. Said
improvements and associated land shall be provided at no cost to the City of Duluth, and shall be
dedicated or otherwise transferred, as required, to the public in perpetuity and without covenant or
reservation, except as otherwise provided herein.
2. Lots.
a. Lots shall at least conform to requirements of Article 2 of this Development Code.
b. Double frontage and reverse frontage lots shall be required for residential subdivisions along

major thoroughfares where internal access can be provided. A no-access easement of at least 10
feet in width, across which there shall be no right of access, shall be provided along the line of
lots abutting the major thoroughfare. Said no-access easement shall be planted with a single line
of shrubs or trees, or contain a solid or decorative fence, or contain such other landscaping
treatment or grade changes which will produce a partial screening effect, as may be proposed by
the developer.
c.
In no-access easements along minor collectors or local streets, planting or other screening
treatments shall be at the sole option of the developer.