I agree as well, I would not remove dockage until you truly determine your needs. A house on the lake will increase your popularity, you will find that your # of friends will increase dramatically
You may just find out that you don't have enough.
It is easy to look online and check what/ if any permits have been recorded with the registry. If they have been there for a while and are grandfathered, you may want to repair/replace what is there instead of pulling it all out and starting new due to the cumbersome permitting process. Mine took 125 days, and this was before 4+ years ago. Now the laws have been changed to add in extra restrictions/information needed to process.
How much frontage do you have? Based in current rules you are allowed 2 slips at 75', and can add an additional slip for every 75' thereafter. I believe the eligible frontage is calculated as an average between your actual frontage and your straight-line frontage (taking out all curves/bends). For instance, we have 289' which gives us 4 slips.