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Neighbors press Ivins over Black Desert parking screening; city says 3.5-foot wall conforms to ordinance
Summary
Reserve neighborhood residents asked Ivins officials to require a taller berm or wall to screen more than 500 parking spaces for the Black Desert Resort; city staff said the project complies with an approved PUD and the municipal screening ordinance, which currently requires a 36-inch (3.5-foot) masking wall within a 30-foot landscape buffer.
Residents from the Reserve and Encanto neighborhoods urged the Ivins City Council Thursday to require a taller screening berm or wall along Snow Canyon Parkway for a new Black Desert Resort parking area, saying a 3.5-foot rock wall will not block headlight glare, noise or the visual impact of hundreds of parked vehicles.
Jim Martinson, speaking for his HOA, said the proposed 3.5-foot dirt berm and rock wall “would fulfill none of [the resort’s] promises” for limiting light, noise and visual intrusion. He urged the city and developer to require at least a 6-foot landscape berm with rock accents or a taller rock wall similar to existing tall rock…
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