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title: Duluth UDC § 913.02 — 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/913.02"
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# Duluth UDC § 913.02

Construction Methods

**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:** 259
- **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. Curb and gutter shall be set true to line and grade, horizontal be field staked, and finished to the section
shown on the plans. Along the Project Access Improvements of a road for which the Department of
Transportation or the Department of Public Works resurfacing has been scheduled within 1 year of the
new construction, the grade of the new gutter shall be placed 1 inch above the Project Access
Improvement pavement grade in areas where drainage will not be adversely affected.
2. Line and grade shall be set by developer's engineer or surveyor on grades less than 2% and greater than
12%, and within 100 feet in both directions from all low points.
3. One-half inch expansion joints or pre-molded bituminous expansion joint material shall be provided at all
structures and radius points and at intervals not to exceed 250 feet in the remaining sections of the curb
and gutter.
4. Inferior workmanship or unprofessional construction methods resulting in unacceptable curb and gutter
will be cause for rejection of the finished work.
5. Disturbed areas along all curbing shall be backfilled, stabilized, and grassed.