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Council approves storage-shed rules and a rezoning; several items set for later hearings or first readings
Summary
The Spanish Fort City Council voted to adopt zoning and administrative measures including limits on storage-shed displays and a rezoning of a property on U.S. Highway 31; other items were set for later hearings or first readings.
The Spanish Fort City Council voted on multiple ordinances and resolutions during its meeting.
Key outcomes
- Ordinance 695-2025 (zoning amendment restricting storage shed sales and displays): Adopted. The ordinance adds Section 7.13 to the city’s zoning code, allows display and sale of storage sheds in certain commercial zoning districts with Planning Commission approval (B-3 and B-4) and by right in M-1, sets a minimum half-acre display area, allows up to eight sheds on a half-acre, requires on-site unloading and prohibits on-site manufacturing. The council adopted the ordinance by roll call vote; the item passed.
- Ordinance 696-2025 (rezoning at 10284 U.S. Highway 31 from R-1 to B-1): Adopted. The property owner requested rezoning to B-1 (professional business). The Planning Commission forwarded a positive recommendation; the council opened and closed the public hearing and adopted the ordinance by roll call. One councilmember recused from a later separate vote (see note on ordinance 699 hearing), but the rezoning at 10284 US Highway 31 passed.
- Ordinance 699-2025 (rezoning Lot 6D, Eastern Shore Center from B-3 to B-5 to allow hotel use): A public hearing was announced and held; the council scheduled further public comment on March 3. This item was not adopted at the meeting and will return for additional public input.
- Resolution 1481-2025 (administrative authority for mayor to approve amendments to the Spanish Fort Police policy manual): Adopted. City staff said this is an administrative item intended to align local policy with applicable CALEA and state standards; the resolution passed on roll call.
Introductions / first readings / funding items
- Resolution 1482-2025 (city responsibility for potential cost overruns on an A-TRIP grant project related to Highway 225 improvements): Introduced; council said the first reading will appear on the March 3 agenda. Staff explained the resolution would commit the city to pay cost overruns if necessary as required by the state when accepting the A-TRIP award.
- Resolution 1483-2025 (contract with VirTra Inc. for a police training simulator): Introduced; staff said the simulator purchase would be funded 100% by grant funds and the item will appear for action on March 3.
Votes and recusals noted in the record
- Ordinance 695-2025: Roll call recorded in the transcript as affirmative votes; ordinance adopted.
- Ordinance 696-2025: Roll call recorded as affirmative votes by councilmembers present; Councilmember Brabner recused during one rezoning vote noted in the transcript (recusal referenced in roll call for a related item). The ordinance was adopted.
The council’s actions during the meeting included routine acknowledgements and committee reports, public hearings on multiple rezoning requests, adoption of administrative resolutions, and the scheduling of additional hearings and first readings for grant- and contract-related items. Several items adopted at the meeting were described as administrative or conceptual; site plans, environmental reviews and ALDOT permitting were described as prerequisites for construction or roadwork.
