Asbestos removal - Cabarrus County
Concord, the Cabarrus County seat with 105,240 residents in 2020, is outside Mecklenburg County, so asbestos notices here go to the state Health Hazards Control Unit in Raleigh instead of a county office. It is an old mill town: about 15 percent of its housing was built before 1960, a larger share than Charlotte's.
Concord is the Cabarrus County seat, 20 miles northeast of Uptown, and Cabarrus has no asbestos program of its own. That moves the paperwork from Mecklenburg County Air Quality to the North Carolina Health Hazards Control Unit. The state wants a demolition notice at least 10 working days before work, signed in original, even if the inspection found no asbestos at all. It also says plainly that a local demolition permit does not satisfy that notice. Removing more than 35 cubic feet, 160 square feet or 260 linear feet of regulated material needs a state permit as well.
Building permits are reviewed by Cabarrus County Construction Standards at the Government Center on Church Street, while the City of Concord reviews zoning. One application can cover both, but neither one covers the state asbestos notice.
About 15 percent of Concord's homes were built before 1960, a larger share than Charlotte's. Much of that older stock grew up around the mills. The Odell-Locke-Randolph Cotton Mill, whose original mill dates to 1839, is now Locke Mill Plaza. The 1897 Coleman-Franklin-Cannon Mill is believed to be the first Black-owned cotton mill in the country. The Gibson Mill, later Cannon Plant No. 6, had its own village. The North Union Street Historic District holds 150 contributing buildings developed after 1870, and South Union Street has a district of its own.
In the mill houses and Union Street homes, the original construction is rarely the issue. It is the later flooring, siding and heating systems, which is where vinyl tile, cement siding and pipe insulation turn up.
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