Development

A general plan exists to guide decisions about how Ivins should grow, based on our community vision, priorities, and values. It’s important. Really important. Our current plan dates back to…

The Planning Commission has finished their recommendations for revisions to our General Plan (click here for the PDF). They will hold a public hearing to get comments from residents on…

It’s okay to be against proposed land use or zoning changes. The city council can deny them. But they need to be convinced it's more in the public interest to…

The State Legislature keeps chipping away at our ability to decide for ourselves what type of construction design and materials are appropriate in single-family neighborhoods. For years Ivins, like other…

Unfortunately, residents don’t always find out about land use or zoning changes until they’re done. The city does a few things to let residents know about proposed changes, like mailing…

Join us on Wednesday March 22nd at 7:00 PM at Rocky Vista University (255 E Center Street) for a “Talkabout” on housing. Our citywide survey showed that housing types, density,…

The City Council has been busy in the past month. Is that a good thing? I’ll understand if you want to paraphrase Mark Twain and say, when the city council…

We talk about all the new residential development going on in Ivins. So here are the actual numbers. Ivins issued 100 to 150 residential permits a year between 2015 and…

I witnessed the most amazing public hearing I have ever seen two weeks ago. A dozen residents spoke on behalf of hundreds of residents, presenting detailed information in opposition to…

Here is my second post about Rize Capital’s to rezone 113-acres of SITLA land just east of Puerto Drive and south of Mesa Vista Drive to “Resort Mixed Use” (RMU)…