How to improve Ivins’ Zoning and Land Use Most people want to see young families move into Ivins, but it is often too expensive for them to do so. As a result, Ivins is rapidly becoming a place where only retirees can live. The high cost of housing here is partly due to the high…
With the interest in Ivins City’s tax increase on the table, it is worth our collective time to ensure that we all understand the facts of property taxes in the State of Utah. So here are a few items that often cause confusion. Warning: it gets more complicated as you go on; I hope you…
I have a deep history regarding water issues for Ivins City; most of this involved the proposal for a reuse water reservoir in Dry Wash, containing partially processed wastewater (not fresh water or fully purified water), at a location equivalent to roughly 800 W. The design called for a reservoir that occupied 66 acres when…
Zoning should be governed by the Land-Use Plan, which needs to be updated to reflect contemporary issues. New “affordable” housing should be planned in conjunction with small commercial districts such that it is near local grocery and other stores, public transportation, and parks, requiring more coordination among the City and developers (and SITLA/UTLA) than currently takes place. That planning must take place with considerable input from residents, fully informed of tradeoffs between amenities and cost.
First, a summary: Ivins has not had a tax increase in dollar amount since 2010 or earlier. Its taxing rate (the percentage value of a residence) has indeed gone down in that time, as housing values have risen. (See Note 1.) In the meantime, inflation has devalued the buying power of that dollar amount by…
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