--- title: "Duluth UDC (unnumbered, p.409: Definitions — R) — 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/unnumbered-p-409-definitions-r" licence: "CC0-1.0" --- # Duluth UDC (unnumbered, p.409: Definitions — R) Definitions — R **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:** 14 — Interpretation and Definitions - **Pages in source:** 409–410 - **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 Rate (Small Cell Wireless Facility). A recurring charge. Recharge Area. Any portion of the earth's surface, where water infiltrates into the ground to replenish an aquifer. Reconditioning Work (Small Cell Wireless Facility). The activities associated with substantially painting, reconditioning, improving, or repairing authority poles. Recreational Vehicle. A vehicle which is: 1. Built on a single chassis; 2. 400 square feet or less when measured at the largest horizontal projection; 3. Designed to be self-propelled or permanently towable by light duty truck; and, 4. Designed primarily not for use as a permanent dwelling but as temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, travel, or seasonal use. Recycled Water System. A water system that captures and reuses water previously used in wash or rinse cycles. Redevelopment. A land development project on a previously developed site, but excludes ordinary maintenance activities, remodeling of existing buildings, resurfacing of paved areas, and exterior changes or improvements which do not materially increase or concentrate stormwater runoff, or cause additional nonpoint source pollution. Regional Stormwater Management Facility or Regional Facility. Stormwater management facilities designed to control stormwater runoff from multiple properties, where the owners or developers of the individual properties may assist in the financing of the facility, and the requirement for on-site controls is either eliminated or reduced. Regulated Activity (Discharge). Any activity which will, or which may reasonably be expected to, result in the discharge of dredged or fill material into waters of the U.S. excepting those activities exempted in Section 404 of the Federal Clean Water Act. Repetitive Loss. Flood-related damages sustained by a structure on two separate occasions during a ten-year period for which the cost of repairs at the time of each such flood event, on the average, equals, or exceeds 25% of the market value of the structure before the damage occurred. Replace, Replacement, or Replacing (Small Cell Wireless Facility). To replace a pole or decorative pole with a new pole or a new decorative pole, similar in design, size, and scale to the existing pole or decorative pole consistent with 47 C.F.R. § 1.40001(b)(7) as it existed on January 1, 2019, in order to address limitations of, or change requirements applicable to, the existing pole to structurally support the collocation of a small wireless facility. Replacement Work. The activities associated with replacing an authority pole. Replacement Planting. The planting of trees on a site that before development had more trees, and after development shall have fewer trees per acre. Replacement trees. Trees located on the City of Duluth Tree Species List that are appropriate to be planted to meet the requirements of this Development Code. Residential or Community Shelter. A facility licensed by the State Department of Human Resources for the purpose of receiving, on a temporary basis, persons who are subject to family violence as defined by Georgia Statutes 19-13-20 and 19-13-22. Residential Use. See “Use, Residential.” 408 | P a g e Article Fourteen. Interpretation and Definitions Right of Way (Small Cell Wireless). Generally, property or any interest therein, whether or not in the form of a strip, which is acquired for or devoted to a public road; provided, however, that such term shall apply only to property or an interest therein that is under the ownership or control of the City and shall not include property or any interest therein acquired for or devoted to an interstate highway or the public rights, structures, sidewalks, facilities, and appurtenances of buildings for public equipment and personnel used for or engaged in administration, construction, or maintenance of public roads or research pertaining thereto or scenic easements and easements of light, air, view, and access. Right-of-Way. A portion of land over which a local or state government has designated a right of use. Right-of-Way Line. The dividing line between a lot, tract, or parcel of land and a continuous street, sidewalk, railroad, or other public right-of-way. Riparian. Belonging or related to the bank of a river, stream, lake, pond, or impoundment. Roadway. The paved portion of a street from back-of-curb to back-of-curb (or edge-to-edge of pavement for streets not having curbs) but excluding driveway aprons, bridges, and large single-and multi-cell culverts that in a hydrologic sense, can be considered to function as a bridge. Roadway Drainage Structure. A device such as a bridge, culvert, or ditch, composed of a virtually nonerodable material (such as concrete, steel, plastic, or other such material) that conveys water under a roadway by intercepting the flow on one side of the roadway (consisting of one or more defined lanes, with or without shoulder areas), and carrying water to a release point on the other side. Roof Line. The top of a flat roof or the ridge of a gable, hip or gambrel roof. Roof Sign. See under “Building Sign.” Roots. Woody and fibrous (or “feeder”) structures extending from the base of the tree trunk and contained primarily within the soil that function to anchor the tree, store food, and absorb water and nutrients. A tree’s root system extends out from the trunk generally two to three times the width of the crown. Runoff. Stormwater runoff.