DAPHNE, Ala. — The Daphne Ordinance Committee Wednesday set a second public hearing for a proposed smoking ban to give busy restaurant employees a fair chance at representation.

The first hearing — set for Monday during the City Council meeting at 6:30 p.m. — takes place on the date of the Southeastern Conference National Championship football game. Many restaurants will be full of sports fans during this game, so the committee has set a second public hearing for Jan. 21, Councilman August Palumbo, a committee member, said.

“The city council will not vote on the smoking ordinance until Feb. 4,” Palumbo said.

In other business, the committee decided it will use a version of Orange Beach’s impact fee ordinance to create Daphne’s law. City leaders for nearly two years have considered charging a percentage of new developments to pay for public improvements. Orange Beach’s resolution contains a chart for calculating impact fees according to the size and type of buildings. It also maps out the amount given to each city department. The chart is checked by a 1 percent maximum fee of the fair market value of each unit.

The ordinance provides that the fee will be collected prior to the issuance of a building permit.

The committee directed the Orange Beach ordinance to City Attorney Jay Ross to make revisions that specifically concern Daphne. They motioned to adopt the impact fee ordinance after Ross’ provisions are made. It will then return to the city council.

Also Wednesday, City Clerk David Cohen said construction workers plan to take down the back wall of the council chambers. He asked the councilmen present Wednesday to consider another location for meetings.

Council President Greg Burnam, Councilman Eric Nager, and Palumbo agreed they would have meetings at the Daphne Civic Center if it’s available.

“If not, I’d like to go out to different areas of the community — so long as proper notice is given to the public,” Burnam said.

Council members will vote on a new meeting location; the decision will be announced at Monday’s city council meeting.