Concord, NC Building Safety: Plumbing Permits (2026)

Section 62-33 of the Concord City Code, in the water and sewer service article of the utilities chapter, prohibits any person from receiving water or sewer service from the Concord Utilities System unless that person has applied for and received a plumbing permit from the appropriate permitting agency and complied with any conditions the permit imposes; connecting plumbing that the City does not own to the Concord Utilities System without that permit is expressly listed as a prohibited activity. Subsection (b) sends applicants to Cabarrus County for the plumbing permit application itself and its procedures, since Concord does not run a separate municipal plumbing permit desk.

Section 62-34(b) adds a second layer: no one may connect to a plumbing fixture, drain, waste, soil or vent pipe, or the water supply system, without first obtaining permission from the city manager or a designee, and the connection must be made under the supervision of the engineering department or Concord Utilities. Before requesting service activation, section 62-38 requires the customer to physically inspect and verify that every pipe is properly connected in accordance with the North Carolina Plumbing Code so the building will not flood, and it states plainly that neither the City nor Concord Utilities is liable for flooding damage caused when faucets or openings are left open or improperly connected.

Large-capacity connections, defined under section 62-34(f) as water lines over two inches or sewer lines over four inches in diameter, require the customer to submit design data and obtain plan approval from the Director of Water Resources, the Director of Wastewater Resources and the Backflow Prevention Administrator before work begins.