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Developer To Take Another Shot At Golf Resort

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By MICHAEL D. BATES, Hernando Today

Published: November 4, 2007

BROOKSVILLE - The project engineer for a resort complex at Spring Hill's Oak Hill Golf Course will try Nov. 13 to again sell his plan to the planning and zoning board.

The ambitious project has already been delayed twice by Hernando County planning and zoning commissioners who have asked for a more detailed plan.

Since the Oct. 8 planning and zoning meeting, project representatives have reportedly met with golf course residents to smooth out any concerns. The planning department has neither received any information regarding that neighborhood meeting nor has it received any proposed revisions to the project's master plan.

The applicant will update planning commissioners Nov. 13.

To accommodate neighbors whose view would be blocked by golf course buildings, the developer has already agreed to reduce the number of planned single-family residences to be built on the property from 25 to 19.

In addition to the homes, the developer envisions a resort, luxury hotel, spa, three-story parking garage and 52 short-term rental villas.

The plan also shows room for a new three-story clubhouse that would include a pro shop, formal restaurant, conference center, 120-room hotel facility, gift shops, banquet facilities and golf training facilities.

Highlights from the latest report include:

•The developer will leave in operation the 18-hole golf course and driving range and make improvements and additions to the course as needed.

•The new clubhouse is slated to have a pro shop, formal restaurant, conference center, 120-room hotel facility, gift shops, banquet facilities and golf training facilities.

•The proposed 52 villas would be rented on a seasonal basis and have no permanent residents. The villas would also have golf cart access.

•The proposed project would add an estimated eight students to the local schools. Planners are recommending the planning and zoning board approve the project but have included 17 stipulations, which include not approving the 120-room hotel.

Because of the scope of the project, they are also requesting that lighting on the golf course be cut off 30 feet from the property line from nearby homes.

Planners are also asking the developer to limit the height of the clubhouse-conference center to two stories.

Planning and zoning commissioners will discuss the Oak Hill Golf Course resort project at their next meeting, which begins at 9 a.m. Nov. 13 at the Hernando County Government Center, 20 North Main St. in downtown Brooksville.

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