A third new golf course in north Davis County - to be called The Bluff at West Point - should be under construction within 30 days and open by June 1995.
This 18-hole, privately financed development will join west Layton's Swan Lakes course, due open next spring, and northeast Layton's Suns Hills course, set for construction next year.A public hearing to rezone 2.37 acres from agricultural to commercial for construction of the Bluff's clubhouse and parking lot is set for Jan. 11, 7 p.m. at West Point City Hall. The remainder of the golf course land can remain agricultural.
The Bluff course's address is 3495 W. 300 North. It will be east of the city cemetery, west of the LDS stake farm and south of 300 North.
The 150-acre golf course is being financed and developed by Ernie Schneiter, who has owned and operated Riverdale's Riverside Golf Course for the past 30 years.
"We're going to try and give it some personality," Schneiter said of the new course that he's been planning for 30 years.
Schneiter said the new course will feature numerous trees and utilize some well-planned water hazards. He also said the land has a 25-foot slope from east to west. He chose the site because of the good, sandy soil.
"It will be an asset to the community . . . a social place," Schneiter said of the course, explaining it will cater to golfers of all abilities.
He's convinced the growth on the west side of the county can support this course, as well as Swan Lakes.
The clubhouse will go in south of 3500 West, across from the LDS chapel. The parking lot will be set back 200 feet from 300 North, and the clubhouse will another 100 yards back.
Mayor Howard Stoddard said he's pleased with the golf course plans so far.
"I think it's appropriate," Stoddard said of the course's name. "It will have a good view."
Stoddard said hookups for sewer lines and storm drains are the only two concerns city officials have to work out with the new golf course.
Schneiter isn't revealing the course's cost. He said he has plenty of water lined up through the Weber-Davis Canal to keep the course green.
More detailed plans of the course will be presented to the public and the City Council during the January hearing. Construction would begin after City Council approval of the rezoning.