Planning commission holds work session on Reserve at Johnson Ranch: 92-acre annexation, mixed housing and a neighborhood commercial node

City staff and the applicant presented updated materials for the Reserve at Johnson Ranch, a proposed roughly 92-acre annexation and planned unit development at the northwest corner of Old Reserve Drive and Stillwater Road.

Staff said Spartan Holdings Whispering Trails submitted applications for annexation, a growth-policy amendment to create a neighborhood business and a high-density residential node, initial zoning requests of R-3, RA-1 and B-1, and preliminary plat approval for about 86 single-family lots, two multifamily parcels (one with 237 units, one with 70 units) and one commercial lot. “The B-1 would include a 40,000-square-foot neighborhood grocery, with a total of 110,000 square feet of commercial,” staff said in the presentation.

The commission’s discussion focused on design,…