DAPHNE, Ala. — The Daphne City Council requested that more changes be made to the Outdoor Amusement zoning amendment presented by the city’s Development Director Adrienne Jones.

The council told Jones at a work session Monday that the new zoning amendment was not doing what they wanted it to do, which was create a restrictive zone specifically for golf courses and anything related.

Currently, the amendment places golf courses—along with other outdoor amusements such as amusement parks—in a new C-2 classification.

Council President August Palumbo had concerns.

“The council requested a zone that protects golf courses from being torn down and made into a business,” Palumbo said. “Golf courses in Daphne are improperly zoned. One is zoned B-1 and another is zoned R-3, and neither is correct.”

Council member Cathy Barnette defended the presentation given by Jones.

“I guess we were trying to improve on the land use ordinance,” Barnette, a planning commissioner, said. “All of these are public uses, and so that’s why we did the outdoor amusements.

“We need to make a plan beyond a golf course community.”

Jones asked the council what its members wanted her to do; they said to make a zoning classification specifically for golf courses.

“If you zone golf courses C-2, then it can be turned into an amusement park,” Palumbo said.

Palumbo said everything else with the city’s land use ordinance looks to be complete, which ends what he called an “18-month saga” for Jones.

In other news:

*Public Works Director Richard Johnson presented the updated 2009-2014 city road project, including the estimated cost for road repairs in the 2011 fiscal year.

Johnson presented two plans: one that just resurfaces the roads; and one that gives complete road redevelopment, including resurfacing, curbing and median development. The council unofficially backed the complete road development, which is estimated to cost between $3.5 to $3.8 million.

*Jones presented to the council potential changes in the B-1 zone. The Daphne Planning Commission proposed that convenience stores must be approved by the commission in B-1 zones. Currently, property owners can “by right” build a convenience store on a B-1 property.

*Parks and Recreation Director David McKelroy requested $50,000 to $60,000 to help fix hazardous problems in some of the local parks.