Mooresville OKs national homebuilder’s planned Lake Norman townhome community
Mooresville approved a rezoning late Monday for a national homebuilder’s planned 78 townhomes near Lake Norman.
Commissioners voted 4-2 in favor of Mattamy Homes’ Regalia at Lake Norman community on Langtree Road, off Interstate 77 Exit 31 in southern Iredell County.
The board gave its approval after the developer agreed to save more trees, extend sidewalks, and add a crosswalk on busy Langtree Road.
Developer addresses fire response
The developer also agreed to time the construction with the town’s planned fire station No. 7 near the entrance to Lowe’s national headquarters. Lowe’s is donating the land and is close to reaching an agreement with the town for the station, Mayor Chris Carney said Monday night.
Mattamy Homes plans to have the first homes available for sale in summer 2027 and would install sprinklers in the homes if the fire station isn’t completed by then, company officials said at Monday’s meeting.
“We’ve already ordered the truck for station 7,” Carney said, inferring that the station should be up and running by 2027.
Fire department response to Langtree Road averages nine or 10 minutes, Fire Chief Curt Deaton told the commissioners. The department aims for a four-minute response or less, which the new station would meet, town officials said.
In February, commissioners tabled a vote on the rezoning to give the builder time to revamp its plans after neighbors complained the development would be too obtrusive.
Mattamy Homes will preserve a 30-foot-wide natural tree area between Regalia and neighboring homes, company officials said Monday night. Under the property’s current zoning, no trees would have to be saved and the developer could by right construct three-story buildings, Carney said.
Because of the sloping topography of Regalia’s 15.3 acres, the three-story townhomes would appear no taller than neighboring two-story homes, Mattamy Homes officials said.
Townhomes will be 1,800 to 2,300 square feet, cost at least $500,000 and have two-car garages.
Four neighbors spoke in favor the development and three against during a public hearing before the board’s vote.
The Town Board also agreed Monday night to annex the Regalia property from Iredell County.
Developer ordered to provide public access
Mattamy Homes is North America’s largest privately owned homebuilder, according to its website. The builder has opened or is near finishing 13 Charlotte-area subdivisions, including in Charlotte, Huntersville, Kannapolis, Mint Hill and Monroe.
In August 2024, the Mooresville Board of Adjustment ordered the builder to include public access to the lake from the 15-acre site.
Mattamy sought an exemption to the town rule that waterfront developments open at least 50% of their shoreline to everyone. The Board of Adjustment turned down Mattamy’s request, The Charlotte Observer previously reported.
In October, the Mooresville Planning Board voted 7-to-1 to recommend a rezoning for the development. The recommendation followed Mattamy Homes proposing 3.84 acres of open space, including an overlook along at least 50% of the shoreline, according to the developer’s rezoning application.
The public would have access to the overlook but not to the lake from Regalia, a Mattamy Homes representative told the commissioners.