Black Desert Resort Height Exception Update
Last night the Planning Commission recommended to approve a special height exception for the resort. Next, it goes to the City Council for their consideration. However, instead of a request…
Black Desert Resort Wants To Get High
Well, this is interesting. The Planning Commission on Tuesday August 3rd will consider recommending approval of a request by the resort to get a special exception to the City’s 35-foot…
Black Desert Resort Wants A PID?
There will be a City Council public hearing tomorrow, July 15th, about creating a Public Infrastructure District (PID) for Black Desert Resort. That’s so they can secure up to $106…
Wrestling With The State & Mother Nature
The Planning Commission will hold a public hearing and consider recommending changes to the City’s Subdivision Ordinance at its July 13th meeting. Sounds like an exciting topic, doesn’t it? Of…
Hidden Springs RV Resort
Hidden Spring RV Resort. There will be a public hearing at the Ivins Planning Commission on Tuesday July 13th starting at 5:30pm. This is early on the agenda. The Resort…
Permit Me To Tally Recent Development
We talk about all the new development going on in Ivins. So here are the actual numbers. Ivins issued 100 to 150 permits a year between 2015 and 2018. Permit…
Building Colors and State Interference
The Planning Commission started to discuss changing requirements for exterior building colors at its June 15th meeting. Currently, Ivins requires building exterior colors to be muted, earth tones. It appeared…
Increasing the Size of Attached Garages
The Planning Commission discussed relaxing the City’s requirements for the size of attached garages for single-family homes at its June 1, 2021 meeting. Currently, the square footage of attached garages…
Loosening Exterior Building Color Requirements
The Planning Commission discussed changes to the City’s requirements for exterior building colors at its June 1, 2021 meeting. Ivins has required exterior colors to have a light reflective value…
Sentierre Resort Development Reborn
At the June 3, 2021 City Council meeting the developers of Sentierre requested a change to the original development agreement. And what they are asking for looks good, compared to…