A developer is looking to transform the Ponemah Mobile Home Park in Fenton Township into a campground and resort.
The trailer park, located along Lake Ponemah on Eastview Drive in Fenton Township, is currently owned by Loreta Vaughn, but the developer, Fenton-based realtor Ed Constable, plans to purchase it, according to Fenton Township Zoning Administrator Mike Deem.
The new development would be called the Ponemah Lakeside Retreat.
The developer intends to make the campground and resort a getaway spot for families, snowbirds, retirees, and second-home owners.
“The goal is to communicate it as a mobile home park but sort of transition it from the older units to more modern mobile home units, and sort of in the interim, while he does that, he’d like to have some RV parking there,” Deem said.
However, before Constable can develop the property, the township will have to first vote to allow him to have RVs parked there as the current zoning for the area does not allow for it.
The trailer park is currently zoned for residential use.
The Fenton Township Planning Commission reviewed preliminary plans for the proposed campground and resort during its meeting on Thursday, Oct. 10.
“It was just an introduction,” Deem said.
The developer would repurpose the 67 existing lots in the trailer park as well as the 50 boat slips that can be accessed from there.
Additionally, the developer plans to demolish 50 older existing units to make way for eight different types of new mobile home units with the goal of having these new units compose 50% of the campground and resort within the next five years.
Plans for the development also include repaving all existing roads in the trailer park, upgrading the existing laundry and bathhouse building at the park, and landscaping work.
The commission did not take any action regarding the proposed development during its meeting this week.
However, it is expected to hold a hearing regarding the developer’s request to rezone the property to allow for RV parking once the developer returns to the township with more concrete plans.
“They need to tighten up what their full plan is,” Deem said.
Following a hearing, the commission would make a recommendation to the township board which would have the final say on the matter.
Constable and Vaughn could be immediately reached for comment.
