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title: Duluth UDC § 906.04 — 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/906.04"
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# Duluth UDC § 906.04

Other Dead-End Streets

**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:** 250–251
- **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. A dead-end street shall be provided to the boundary of a subdivision where necessary to provide access
to a land-locked abutting property, for planned continuity of future circulation, for improved access for
public safety vehicles, or for the extension of public water or other utilities to neighboring lands.

a. Such dead-end streets shall be designed so as to allow their reasonable extension and shall be

located so as to be reasonably incorporated into a street design for the neighboring property.
b. The stub street requirement may be waived by the Planning and Development Director, provided

such waiver has received the approval of the Gwinnett County Fire Department and Gwinnett
Department of Transportation, as applicable.
2. Dead-end streets on abutting property shall be extended into a proposed subdivision and incorporated
into the street design of the development. This requirement may be modified by the Director in cases of
serious topographical hardship or dissimilar zoning which would create unacceptable land use conflicts
between the two developments. This modification may be conditioned on the provision of easements
necessary for the extension of public utilities, the provision of cul-de-sac or other permanent turnaround
on the dead-end street, or the removal of the dead-end street back to its nearest intersection.
3. Where a dead-end street (other than a cul-de-sac) serves more than three lots, the developer shall be
required to provide a temporary vehicular turnaround within the right-of-way. This requirement may be
waived if extension of the dead-end street is approved and under construction prior to its inclusion in a
Final Plat.
4. Where a street dead-ends at the property boundary and the street exceeds 1000 feet in length, a
permanent cul-de-sac shall be required. In this situation, right-of-way to the property boundary shall be
required, but the pavement shall not be extended to the property boundary beyond the edge of the

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Article Nine. Project Design and Construction Standards

paved cul-de-sac turnaround. In no case shall a dead-end street exceed 2,000 feet in length unless
approved by the Planning and Development Department due to unusual topographic conditions or
property configuration.