The city of Reno will spend $5,000 to improve two Peavine Peak trailheads under a plan the City Council adopted Tuesday to better regulate motor-vehicle access to the mountain.

The council’s decision came despite objections from several homeowners who don’t want a trailhead on their street.

To mediate a battle that has pitted neighborhood against neighborhood and homeowners against outdoor recreationists, the Northwest Neighborhood Advisory Board presented several recommendations Tuesday to the City Council.

“Each meeting I go to, one group is louder than the other group or attends in larger numbers,” said Reno city planner Arlo Stockham, who has spent months working on a plan to curb the friction. “Most people do not like an access point right near their homes.”

Under the plan, the city will reopen an access point on Roxbury Drive and renovate the Kings Row access point to accommodate more traffic when construction begins near the Keystone Canyon access point.

The city had closed the Roxbury Drive trailhead after neighborhood complaints of loud traffic, dust problems and litter. The plan to reopen the trailhead drew six angry residents to the council meeting Tuesday.

“We were assured verbally and in writing that Roxbury would not be reopened,” resident Lucy Wilber said. “We feel a bit like the rug was pulled out from under us.”

But keeping the access point closed has increased problems in the northwest, the Neighborhood Advisory Board decided.

A focus group had called for closing all access points between the intersections of Robb Drive and Las Brisas Boulevard, and Keystone Avenue and North McCarran Boulevard. A second proposal suggested creating new access points away from homes.

But those proposals angered other residents, resulting in the current proposal.

“What you have right now is a mess,” said Jim Calkins, who gathered nearly 300 signatures in support of closing access points near homes. “You will have constant friction on this issue until you come up with a complete solution.”

Stockham said neighbor concerns could be addressed by creating a staging area for trucks and trailers 500 feet from homes at the Roxbury Drive and Kings Row trailheads. He estimated the improvements would cost about $10,000 and could be shared by the city, the Neighborhood Advisory Board and the U.S. Forest Service.

The council unanimously agreed Tuesday to find $5,000 for part of the improvements.