Jenison, Mich.-based Rookus Group wants to build a 100-room boutique hotel and spa southeast of Black Church Road and Fontana Ridge Road, just outside of the Village of Fontana in Walworth County.
The site is in the Town of Walworth, but it also lies within Fontana’s extraterritorial zoning area so the village must approve the development even if the property is not annexed to the village, Fontana village administrator Kelly E. Hayden-Staggs said.
The property is zoned for business use, so a hotel would be permitted there, Hayden-Staggs said. However, the developer still needs to submit more details about the project and must work out parking, traffic and other engineering issues with the village, she said.
"At the size that it’s proposed right now, there are a lot of issues," Hayden-Staggs said.
