HANNIBAL (WGEM) -- Heated moments at Hannibal City Council on Monday as land developers, construction companies, neighbors, and realtors talked about changes to subdivision ordinances from last October.
The changes made at that time included new requirements, such as larger street sizes, sidewalks for new subdivisions, and new testing for roads being constructed, it's something people had a lot to say about.
For some, sidewalks are something they want to see in their neighborhoods, but some developers at the city council meeting said the changes could have a negative impact on home prices and even slow development in Hannibal.
One contractor, Chris Doyle, said his biggest concern is additions to the ordinance will make consumer costs on new developments too large, according to him, things like like sidewalks could add thousands of dollars to homes that are already ranging $250,000 and up.
He said he's also concerned about efforts establish free spaces and sidewalks, sometimes further up in the yard rather than closer to the curb than in other areas.
All things he said make it harder to build cheap homes in Hannibal.
"At the very least, I'd like to see a moratorium on the new ordinance, so that we can maybe proceed in the future with this standards as they are now," said Doyle.
But one former city council member and local relator, Kristy Trevathan, praised the changes, saying some of the changes will help keep subdivisions in better conditions longer saving the city money.
"I think development will still take place, housing is an issue right now. And we still see the need for new homes, but I think we don't want to just build a new subdivision, at the expense that could cost us down the road," said Trevathan.
City officials said regardless of what happens, it isn't possible to simply rollback changes to an ordinance like this.
An engineer who consulted with the city at the time of the development of the new ordinances says they had four months for public comment during the development period.
The ordinances that were changed chapter 9 and 29 of city ordinances.
City engineers said the last changes to these ordinances were over a decade ago.
The changes don't impact existing subdivisions.
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