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The Oxford City Council has scheduled a special meeting Wednesday "to discuss potentially recalling" an ordinance making it a crime to use a public restroom different from the gender on a person's birth certificate.

The meeting is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. Wednesday in the council chambers at City Hall, according to a notice from the city clerk's office.

Last week, Oxford's city council made it a misdemeanor punishable by a $500 fine or six months in jail to use a bathroom opposite the person's biological sex at birth. The ordinance came in response to a change is policy by national chain Target.

The retailer announced it would allow transgender employees and shoppers to use the restroom that matches their gender identity as opposed to the gender with which they were born.

Last week, the Alabama ACLU said it was considering a legal challenge to the ordinance, and a protest rally is being planned for Saturday at Oxford City Park.

Oxford Fire Chief Gary Sparks announced the fire code will be strictly enforced during the meeting, as the Council chambers was designed to hold 100 people.

"Once the 100 limit is met, we will ask anyone else to stage in the area in front of City Hall near the flag poles," Sparks said in a statement. "We will not allow people to gather in the hallways due to this is the means egress for the building. It is our goal to keep everyone as safe as possible and if you plan to attend this meeting we ask for your cooperation."