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 2015 and needs updating. We started that process almost two years ago, in January 2022, with a series of community meetings. That was followed up with more community meetings that April along with hotdogs in the park. And more meetings followed.
Now we are nearing the end and should have a revised plan soon to help guide our future. But it isn’t done yet. I would still like to see more community input, so we end up with a great, four-star general plan.
The Planning Commission held a public hearing on September 19th to get comments from residents about their proposed plan. They got a lot of good input at the hearing and from residents’ emails.
Next, they will consider any final changes based on that public input at their October 3rd meeting. They might wrap it up that night or continue working on it for another meeting. Then they will send their recommended plan to the City Council for our consideration.
So, please read the proposed plan and email the Planning Commissioners with suggestions for additions or changes you would like to see. The Plan is 59 pages, but the meat of the plan is just 30 pages. It’s a fast read.
To help, here are some downloads:
- The current plan from 2015 (download)
- The proposed new plan (download)
- A computer-generated comparison of the two plans that Ivins resident John Bjerke sent me. I don’t know how accurate the program is, but it provides an interesting look. (download)
- The State of Utah’s General Plan Writing Guide for anyone who wants to see what the state recommends general plans include. (download)
Please send me a copy of any comments you send to the Planning Commission (mike@MikeScott4Ivins.com). Their emails are: Perry Brown, pbrown@ivins.com, Pam Gardiol, pgardiol@ivins.com, Doug Clifford, dclifford@ivins.com, Dave Robinson, drobinson@ivins.com, Derek Larsen, dlarsen@ivins.com
You are absolutely correct! Problem is, we have a city council and planning commission in which 4/5 of members don’t or won’t pay attention to the residents! They asked us in a city wide survey, what we want and don’t want, in which they didn’t or did not want to, read! Then on top of this, a whole lot of residents either went to the meetings and spoke up or sent messages to them, that we do not want any more multiple resident building!
So what do both do, approve a hotel south of 91 and approve a hugh multiple residents, townhomes and condos, development south of Snow Canyon, across from Black Desert Resort, and two large townhome developments north of hwy. 91! Just last week they approved another resort in Kayenta!
Does this sound like they are paying attention to the residents? I think not! Both Council and Planning members need to be replaced by members who actually “represent” the residents!
When we first came here, there was a great plan in place by the Planning Commission. We attended a city council meeting where the council spent about 20 minutes from different members of the council, telling us how hard the planning commission worked. How many hours they put into the plan. They almost called them heroes. Then they promptly ignored what the commission had worked so hard to come to consensus and allowed the change of zoning for more subdivisions to proceed, willy-nilly. Since that time, everything the city has done, has made this city, with its sprawling unchecked growth into a place where we have a tax base mainly burdened on the home owners but developers are rich. So, they’ve got that going for them. Do you really think all these “condominiums” and apartments are an improvement?