Council hears introduction of Ironstone PUD: master-planned community proposed with trails, parks and school-donation

City staff and the petitioner introduced the Ironstone Planned Unit Development (PUD), a multi-district master plan that the petitioner and staff said would be built in phases over a decade and include streets, trails, parks and a mixed-use node.

Weston Rogers, community development staff, described the PUD as a residential community organized into four districts — the Lakes, the Reserve, the Village and a Horton Square mixed-use block — with distinct architecture and site-development standards. Rogers said the zoning request covers hundreds of acres and that the petitioner and staff would continue outreach; a public hearing at the advisory planning commission is scheduled for Nov. 3, with workshops and additional planning-commission review through December and January before a council adoption consideration in February or March.

John Davosha Woods, a land-use professional with Nelson & Frankenberger representing the petitioner, said the city and developer are coordinating road and intersection improvements and that some road work would be advanced before home construction. He said the city has begun or planned nearby…