A concept plan for a mixed-use development off Rt. 23 would mean the loss of nine holes on the Delaware Golf Club's course.

A concept plan for a mixed-use development off Rt. 23 would mean the loss of nine holes on the Delaware Golf Club�s course.

The concept plan by T&G Properties refers only to the 60-acre portion of the golf course within Delaware�s city limits. The developer has not filed plans for the remaining portions of the course that are in Liberty and Delaware townships.

The plan presented to the Delaware Planning Commission calls for 208 apartment units, 31 duplexes and seven commercial outlots.

Noted golf course designer Donald J. Ross laid out plans for the course in the early 1920s, according to the club�s website. It later was expanded to 18 holes under the supervision of golf course architect Michael Hurdzan and professional golfer Fuzzy Zoeller.

The golf course was purchased out of bankruptcy in 2007.

The planning commission doesn�t vote on projects at the concept plan stage, but several members raised questions about light from the development having an adverse affect on operations of the nearby Perkins Observatory.

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