SPANISH FORT, Ala. — In response to questions from a Daphne resident during the public-participation portion of Monday’s regular City Council meeting, Mayor Joe Bonner reiterated the city’s support for an Interstate-10 service road.

TimberCreek resident Ian Walters, a vocal opponent to the measure in his city’s defeat of the measure earlier this year, asked Bonner whether the city was actively  “pursuing” plans to construct the road that would link the Spanish Fort Town Center at Highway 98 and 181 near the Eastern Shore Centre.

“We’ve talked about it,” Bonner said, noting that although city leadership supports construction of a frontage road, no funds have been solicited from any party.

When pressed by Walters on the “perceived benefits” of the city pursuing the project, Bonner said  it’s an issue of creating connectivity and relieving pressure from U.S. Highway 31 as Spanish Fort continues to grow.

The council also set Oct. 4 public hearings for the following items:

*Proposed occupancy guidelines seeking to define clearly what constitutes a single-family unit in an attempt to limit the number of unrelated persons allowed to cohabitate in homes. The issue arose more than a year ago when residents along Artillery Range Road asked the city to consider enacting rental guidelines to protect the integrity and safety of home owners from the actions of absentee landlords allowing tenants to run amok.

*A rezoning request for property located on the north side of Bromley Road, less than one mile from the D’Olive intersection. The request seeks to rezone the 62-acre parcel from R-3B to R-1 to allow for the construction of low-density, single-family dwellings.

*An ordinance amending the city’s Table of Permitted Uses to include a designation for freestanding ice vending machines as an “accessory” use to existing structures such as convenience stores.

In other business the council:

*Approved unanimously an ordinance establishing the offense of careless driving.

*Approved unanimously the execution of a memorandum of understanding between the city and Baldwin County regarding the design phase of an athletic field house on the Spanish Fort High School campus.

*Approved right-of-way bonding and work requests for Baldwin County Sewer Services and Spanish Fort Water Service respectively.

The next regular meeting of the council will begin with a 5 p.m. work session in the conference room at City Hall on Oct. 4, followed immediately by the regular meeting at 6 p.m. at the Gathering Place in the Prodisee Center.