horse regulations in NC ? (Charlotte, Raleigh: real estate, how much, house)

[lovenlife]

Yes, it's me again. I know this question is a little vague but I've been through county sites until my eyes are blurred and can't find what I'm looking for. My new CD friends always seem to have something helpful to tell me so I thought I'ld give this a shot . We are hoping to move to NC soon and have two horses we want to bring ('cause, you know, we love them). My husbands company has offices in both Charlotte and Greensboro that he will be applying at. We aren't looking for a huge horse farm but don't know what the regs are for how much acreage we have to have and which neigboring counties are most accepting. I have read in previous posts of a few counties that are big into horses but haven't been able to find anything in county print and I'm a little nervous at just taking the word of the realtor (nothing personal) we get a house from that horses are allowed. We are hoping for something no more than 45 min from his company.

Thanks for any help you can give.

[jenn02674]

It is going to vary by county or even town so you are going to have better luck researching more locally. Union County is very horse friendly or at least there are many, many horse farms particularly in the Waxhaw-Marvin area but acreage is expensive. Because Waxhaw is more horse friendly, the restrictions on acreage are not as strict (ie you can keep more horses on less acreage than you can in the country where there is typically a five acre minimum).

[lovenlife]

Thanks jenn02674. I didn't even think about looking at the city regs. I will do a little more digging.

[Eleanor Thorne]

I would contact the jumper hunter groups in that area. I know there's a huge facility at Summerfield which is just outside Greensboro. Most of the state sites have directors names and email addresses. There are several agents in the state that specialize in horse farms... in Raleigh I would recommend you contact Joan Petty MacNair with Allen Tate Real Estate.