Concord, NC HOA Rules: Board Governance (2026)

When a conservation subdivision developer chooses to have a homeowners association own the required open space, CDO Sec. 7(B) sets the governance baseline. The association shall be established, and membership is mandatory for all purchasers of homes in the development and their successors, meaning no owner in the subdivision can opt out of HOA membership or its obligations. Before the City approves the preliminary plat, the developer must submit the association's bylaws, described in the code as guaranteeing continuing maintenance of the open space and other common facilities, along with the declaration of covenants, conditions and restrictions, for City review and approval.

Those documents must contain eight specific items: the legal description of the common land; a description of the common facilities; the restrictions placed on use and enjoyment of the land or facilities; the persons or entities entitled to enforce those restrictions; a mechanism to assess and enforce common expenses; a mechanism for resolving disputes among owners or members; the conditions and timing for transferring land and control to the association; and any other matter the developer deems appropriate. This governance package is a precondition to plat approval, not an optional add-on, giving the City leverage over how the association is structured before a single lot sells, while leaving the substantive content, dues levels, enforcement procedures, dispute process, to the developer and the association's drafters within those eight required categories.