The City of Trenton was asked about curb requirements in housing developments in the city limits Monday.
Evan Livesay, who is working on a development behind Palms Medical, spoke to the board at Monday’s meeting and asked about using a different style of curb.
Livesay said the development would have one-third-acre lots and aims to build around 12 homes per year for a total of 120 homes in 10 years.
Livesay asked to use a “Miami”-style curb, a channel-like curb that does not have a raised barrier, as opposed to a Type-E or Type-F curb, which have raised barriers.
City Attorney David Lang said the barrier curbs may be necessary because access to new subdivisions is not allowed from existing city streets.
The barrier-type curbs prevent access from city streets, Lang said.
Livesay said it would likely be a mixture of curb types in the development, with barrier curbs on the exterior and Miami curbs in the interior.
Livesay said the Miami curbs are significantly less expensive and would save him approximately $4,000.
The board asked engineer Greg Lang from Mittauer and Associates for his opinion on the curbs.
Lang said the Miami curbs were better for rural areas in his opinion.
This discussion took place in the scheduled guests portion of the meeting and no vote was taken.
The board could amend its land use regulations to allow the Miami curbs, or it could vote to waive the regulation when Livesay comes back before the board with his site plan.
Any action would take place at a later meeting.