On Thursday March 18th, the Ivins City Council decided to break the Outdoor Lighting Ordinance issue into two parts.
Part 1 will be a public hearing on April 1st to consider: (1) a prohibition of electronic message boards; (2) increasing the color temperature for residential from 2700K to 3000K, and, (3) lowering the output of flag lighting from 6,000 to 1,500 lumens.
Part 2 will take place after April 1st, when the Council will consider all of the other changes proposed by the Planning Commission.
We agree with the message board and flag lighting changes. The residential increase is reasonable.
We do not agree with many of the other Planning Commission recommendations, which will be considered after April 1st.
If you agree with us and haven’t signed our Letter of Support yet, please do it now (Click here for the Letter of Support).
If you are not sure if you signed the Letter of Support, do it again. We will watch for duplicates.
We need to show the City Council that a lot of people object to the Planning commission’s recommendations. Please reach out to people you know in Ivins and encourage them to sign the Letter of Support.
Based on the discussion at Thursday’s Council meeting, it appears the April 1st public hearing and any resulting decision will not include the more concerning recommendations from the Planning Commission. But anything can happen. So, if you are able to speak at the public hearing, either in person or using Zoom, about the issues that concern you, thank you.
As of March 20th, more than 1,200 Ivins residents, all adults, have added their names to the Letter of Support. The map below shows there is broad support from all over the city. Please add your name and increase our collective voice.