Item 7 - PresentationWhite’s Chapel UMC Christmas Festival and
Follow the Star –Drive Through Christmas Story
Specific Use Permit
ZA22-0045
APPLICANT:White’s Chapel UMC
REQUEST:Approval of a Specific Use Permit for two
Mass Gathering Events for the Christmas
Festival (outdoors) on Wednesday, November
30, 2022, and the Follow the Star –Drive
Through Christmas Story on Thursday and
Friday, December 8 and 9, 2022; and allowing
the event for a period of 10-years.
Location:185 S.White Chapel Blvd.
ZA22-0045
Future Land Use
Zoning
Aerial View
Christmas Festival (outdoor) Event Site Plan
North
North
Plans are reverse oriented White Chapel Blvd.
White Chapel Blvd.
Christmas Festival:southwest parking lot
Wednesday,November 30,2022
Event: 2:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Christmas Festival (outdoor) Event Site Plan
North
White Chapel Blvd.
The festival will be in the southwest parking lot.
There will be inflatables,pony rides,petting zoo,reindeer
photos,tents and mechanical rides.We will have free popcorn
and cotton candy,in addition there will be 4 food trucks selling
items.
There will be:
•25 -10'x 10'stationary tents
•2 -Snow hills 10-15 -Inflatables-bounce houses,obstacle
courses and games
•2 -Trackless trains
•5-7 -Mechanical rides -swing rides,spinning rides,bungee
jumps,small carousel
•1-Petting zoo -goats,chicken and bunnies
•1 -6 ring pony ride
•Live nativities in our amphitheater.
•The main sanctuary will be open for restrooms and the
kitchen open if needed for any food items.
•We will have additional parking and buses running from
the High School on White's Chapel.
•We have fireworks at 7:15 p.m.,and the vendor gets all
permits for fireworks
Christmas Festival (outdoor) Event Bus Route
North
White Chapel Blvd.
Route to Carroll
High School
Follow the Star -Drive Through Event Site Plan
•2-night event
•There will be 7 scenes depicting the story of Jesus'
birth.
•The scenes are painted wood backdrops that vary in
size from 8' x 12' -to 36' x 12’.
•Each scene will have live "actors" in the scene.
•There is a prerecorded narration that guests will
listen to in their car that takes about 5 minutes.
•All cars will enter from White's Chapel and move
through a serpentine drive to get as many cars as
possible into our parking lot. All cars will exit onto
Southlake Blvd.
•The entrance will close at 7:30 p.m. to let everyone
on campus finish the drive.
Entrance
Exit
Follow the Star -Drive Through Event Site Plan
Follow the Star –Drive Through Map
Follow the Star -Drive Through Christmas Story
Thursday,December 8th and Friday,December 9th,2022
Event:6:00 –7:30 pm
Site Photographs for the Christmas Festival
View northwest to festival event area in southwest parking lot
View north to event area in southwest parking lot
View north to event area in parking lot
View east from S. White Chapel Blvd.
Site Photographs for the Follow the Star –Drive Through Christmas Story
Entrance from S. White Chapel Blvd.
View of south drive near pond
View north to event drive through area
Exit at E. Southlake Blvd.
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