Ivins council delays vote on Best/Lofts rezoning after hours of public comment, asks developer for binding development agreement

The Ivins City Council on Aug. 21 continued action on Ordinance 2025-18, a proposed map and zone change for roughly 13.02 acres near 290 South and 100 West, sending the item back to staff and the applicant for a binding development agreement and a revised concept plan.

The proposal before the council — filed by Lofts Development LLC on land owned by the Best family — would change the general-plan land use from medium-density residential and a small corner of neighborhood commercial to high-density residential and rezone the property from RA-1 (one-acre minimum) to R-1-5 (single-family, 5,000-square-foot minimum lots). The applicant presented a concept showing mostly detached single-family homes; the developer told council they intend the project to provide “missing middle” or “attainable” housing, not multifamily rentals.

The matter drew a full public hearing and more than a dozen residents who said the location next to Unity Park is not suitable for the proposed density. Residents repeatedly cited existing parking and traffic spillover from the park’s…