Concord, NC Environmental Rules: Vehicle Idling Restrictions (2026)

Concord does not regulate vehicle idling citywide; the only idling restriction in the Development Ordinance applies to Truck Terminals and Support Facilities under the Industrial Uses supplemental standards of Article 8. ' The same subsection requires loading areas to be designed so they are not visible from residential property, bars outside storage of spare or dismantled truck parts, and requires that any outdoor storage of goods be completely screened from adjacent property and the public right-of-way. Because this standard is written into the supplemental use standards that apply only to truck terminal and support-facility development, it governs idling at those specific sites rather than general roadway or parking-lot idling by delivery trucks, passenger vehicles, or construction equipment elsewhere in the city. A.