Plan approved for possible reuse of former Fianna Hills Club House

The Fort Smith Board of Administrators accepted an ordinance Tuesday (July 12) that rezoned the 12.12 acres that features the previous Fianna Hills Golf Club Dwelling to a planned zoning district (PZD) that will guarantee the home will continue on to be what it was when the club was open up.

The only firms the PZD will let on the assets are stores that market outfits, jewelry, baggage, footwear and accessories business or amenities guidance or workplace and administrative assist solutions places to eat or dining places with outdoor dining local community recreation facilities or wellness or physical fitness studios.

In an application to the Setting up Fee, reps of David Millé, proprietor of the residence, explained the intent was to reopen the property as a restaurant and overall health club. The application for rezoning said the tennis courts and pool are envisioned to be restored as well as some kind of exercise facility and the other portion of the creating “is anticipated to have a restaurant and functionality as a group hub for the residents of Fianna Hills.”

City Director Robyn Dawson reported she comprehended the intention was to reopen the restaurant as a awesome dining cafe related to what was there when the club was open. Director Neal Martin requested if there was anything in the PZD that would avoid a long run operator of the assets from razing the existing composition and setting up a fast-foodstuff cafe. Maggie Rice, director of development companies for the city, claimed there was not but the PZD would not permit for a restaurant with a travel-via window.

“I consider this is a fantastic stage forward for the community,” Dawson explained during Tuesday’ normal board conference.

Jackson Goodwin with Mickle Wagner Coleman, Inc., representing Millé, stated there are no contracts however for the home and rezoning the property was the initial action in obtaining the facility reopened.

“Now that this is finished he can access out to see who could be fascinated in opening a restaurant there,” Goodwin explained.

The board permitted the rezoning of section of the golfing study course to a PZD in November facilitated the progress of a few business heaps on the southwest corner of Brooken Hill Generate and Jenny Lind Highway. That PZD enables for a mix of mild business, retail and specialist offices at what was at the time the website of the next tee box of the Fianna Hills Golfing Training course.

Millé shut the Fianna Hills Nation Club and golf study course Dec. 31, 2018. On-once again and off-all over again initiatives to purchase the country club and golf course by a team of community traders fell by in September of 2020. Millé has been working to promote components of the golfing training course to householders immediately adjacent to the study course. When replatting resolutions have been approved in 2021, Millé reported 140 of the 283 items of land on the golf class are beneath agreement.

The clubhouse zoning application mentioned that in the next 10-20 yrs the rest of the golf training course is anticipated to be thoroughly designed or sold as whole lot extensions to current lots in Fianna.