Ivins City Council revises city's sensitive land ordinance

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IVINS — In a unanimous vote, the Ivins City Council last Thursday added language to its sensitive lands ordinance, which members say gives better clarification as to what is protected land in the city and what is not.

The new language is more specific to the height and other physical criteria for a protected ridgeline, creates more specific "sensitive land districts" and adds flexibility for developers to "modify or remove relatively small topographic features which may have slopes distinctly different from surrounding property."

The amendment to the existing sensitive lands ordinance was approved 4-0, with Council member Jenny Johnson absent, after a public hearing where two residents expressed opposition to the move.

"This is so much more clear now," Council member Adel Murphy said. "They've taken something that's confusing and (are) dialing it down better."

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