Want to know more about Lake Norman water front real estate?

Duke Energy has control over construction of docks, dredging, even removing vegetation in its shoreline strip, so if docks are important to buyers permits have to be in place before lots are sold.

Duke Energy has control over construction of docks, dredging, even removing vegetation in its shoreline strip, so if docks are important to buyers permits have to be in place before lots are sold.

Duke Energy lake rules can be found at www.duke-energy.com/lakes, to Lake Management, and then to the Shoreline Management Plan link. Go to Catawba-Wateree
SMP and then Shoreline Management Guidelines. Questions and requests for dock permit applications should be directed to Duke Energy Lake Services at 800-443-5193.

In addition to the rules governing the shoreline, there are state and, in some cases, county rules about what can be done just above it, in a buffer zone that uses vegetation as water-quality protection. At lakes Norman, Mountain Island and Wylie, the state says the buffer must be at least 50 feet. On the York County side of Lake Wylie, the buffer is also 50 feet.

In Mecklenburg, the state minimum is observed, but the buffer requirement may be as much as 100 feet, depending on where the property is on the lake or whether it’s in a development that sets its own rules above the 50-foot minimum.

No structures - pools, decks, sidewalks or anything else - can be built in the buffer. Cutting trees or otherwise changing the vegetation is subject to certain rules. For Mecklenburg, those rules are found at http://stormwater.charmeck.org, under Brochures/Publications. Look for Protecting Water Quality in Charlotte-Mecklenburg's Three Lakes.

For Lincoln, Iredell and Gaston, they're at http://h2o.enr.state.nc.us/nps/catawba.htm. Look under Catawba River Basin Riparian Buffer Protection Rules Fact Sheet. And for York County, go to http://www.yorkcountygov.com and look under Department List for Planning and Development. On the right, you'll find River Ordinance FAQs.

Environmental specialists are happy to field questions about the buffer. For Mecklenburg's part of Lake Norman, that's Water Quality Specialist Michael Burkhard at 980-722-5779. For Mecklenburg's part of lakes Mountain Island and Wylie, call Water Quality Supervisor David Caldwell at 704-336-5452.

For the Iredell, Lincoln and Gaston areas of the lakes, call Alan Johnson or Erin Fogarty at the Mooresville office of the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources' Water Quality Division, 704-663-1699. And in York County, you can address questions to the county's Web site or to the county's residential zoning department at 803-909-7240.

In addition to dealing with the lakeside requirements, homebuyers pay a premium for waterfront homes. It's $200,000 to $500,000 more than inland. Waterfront homes on Wylie are in the range of $300,000 to $2+ million and on Lake Norman $400,000 to over $4 million.

Lake Norman waterfront community includes Huntersville, Cornelius, Davidson, Denver, Mooresville, Troutman, Sherrills Ford and Catawba. Lake Norman lakefront neighborhoods include Norman Pointe, North View Harbour, The Farms, The Peninsula, The Point, Birkdale, Riverrun, Sailview, and many others. Lake Norman waterfront homes, water view homes, as well as waterfront and waterview lots and home sites are available for sale, rent and lease purchase. Please call or e-mail us to find out why so many homeowners want to call Lake Norman home.

Full pond elevation at Lake Norman NC is 760 feet. The water of Lake Norman is used in two ways to provide electricity to the Piedmont Carolinas. It is used to power the generators at Cowans Ford Hydroelectric Station and by Marshall Steam Station and McGuire Nuclear Station to cool the steam that drives the turbines. Lake Norman provides a dependable supply of water to Lincoln County, Davidson, NC Mooresville NC, Charlotte Mecklenburg and Huntersville NC.

Lake Norman borders - on the east side of I77 - Mooresville NC (exit 33 and exit 36), Cornelius NC (exit 28) Troutman NC (exit 42 and exit 45), Davidson NC (exit 30) and Huntersville NC (exit 25) and on the west side - Denver and NC and Sherrills Ford NC - Catawba County.

In addition to lake homes, you will find a wide range of housing options including condominiums (condos), townhomes, apartments in the towns bordering Lake Norman - Huntersville, Cornelius, Davidson, Denver, Mooresville, Troutman, Sherrills Ford and Catawba.

On our websites http://carolinasmetro.com/ and http://LakeNormanhomepages.com/ you can search Lake Norman real estate water front, water view or in-land mls listings including Charlotte, Denver, Huntersville, Cornelius, Mooresville, Troutman, western parts of Concord and Kannapolis eastern part of Gastonia, and Lincolnton. To search homes for sale on Lake Norman please go to directly to our Lake Norman home search page http://search.carolinasmetro.com/idx/?area=13.

Let our real estate agents - Yuriy & Luda Vaynshteyn, Brokers, Realtors in North & South Carolina help you explore the lifestyle of a Lake Norman resident and help to you to find home, condo (condominium), townhome of your dream weather you looking for a waterfront, waterview or inland real estate property, lot, home site, land or acreage. They will assist you with all your relocation needs to Lake Norman area. You can call them directly at 704-405-0634 or e-mail LakeNormanRelo@CarolinasMetro.com.