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Item 6A - Staff MemoCase No. ZA25-0069 S T A F F R E P O R T November 24, 2025 CASE NO: ZA25-0069 PROJECT: Site Plan for White’s Chapel Methodist Church EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Brent Kline of Kline Hardin, on behalf of White’s Chapel Methodist Church, is requesting approval of a Site Plan on property described as Lot 1R, Block 1, White Chapel Methodist Church Addition and located at 185 S. White Chapel Boulevard. Current Zoning: “CS” Community Service District. SPIN Neighborhood #9. DETAILS: The property is located at the southeast intersection of White Chapel B oulevard and Southlake Boulevard. The purpose of this request is to seek site plan approval to construct a new 9,942 square foot , two-story structure. The proposed structure would be intended to replace the existing resource building (classroom facility) and maintenance building with a new singular building that would serve both functions . The proposed changes to the site will also result in the elimination of 17 standard parking spaces but will not affect the number of ADA parking spaces. The property will still comply with minimum parking requirements after the reduction in spaces. Site Data Summary Existing Proposed Zoning CS CS Land Use Designation Public/Semi Public Public/Semi Public Gross Acreage 23.28 23.28 Net Acreage 23.28 23.28 Number of Lots 1 1 Percentage of Site Coverage 13.73% 13.99% Area of Open Space 419,577 424,058 Percentage of Open Space 41.38% 41.82% Area of Impervious Coverage 594,500 590,019 Percentage of Impervious Coverage 58.62% 58.18% Building Area (Foot Print in Sq. Ft.) 139,213 141,884 Number of Stories 2 2 Maximum Building Height 37’ 37’ Floor Area 189,215 195,707 Required Parking (Total) 667 667 Provided Parking (Total) 991 974 Standard 962 945 Handicap 29 29 Parking Provided on Adjacent lot via access and parking agreement with neighbor 166 166 Total Available Parking 1,157 1,140 Item 6A Case No. ZA25-0069 ACTION NEEDED: 1) Conduct a Public Hearing 2) Consider Approval of proposed Site Plan ATTACHMENTS: (A) Background Information (B) Vicinity Map (C) Site Plan Review Summary No. 1 dated November 24, 2025 (D) Surrounding Property Owners Responses STAFF CONTACT: Dennis Killough (817) 748-8072 Wayne Powell (817) 748-828 Case No. Attachment B ZA25-0069 Page 1 BACKGROUND INFORMATION APPLICANT: Brent Kline, Kline Hardin OWNER: White’s Chapel Methodist Church PROPERTY SITUATION: 185 S. White Chapel Boulevard, Southlake, Texas LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Lot 1R, Block 1, White Chapel Methodist Church Addition, City of Southlake, Tarrant County, Texas LAND USE CATEGORY: Public/Semi-Public CURRENT ZONING: “CS” Community Service District HISTORY: - A final plat was approved by City Council on September 16, 1986, under Planning Case ZA86-051. - A concept plan was approved by City Council on November 21, 1995 under Planning Case ZA95 -107. - A change of zoning to “CS” and concept plan were approved by City Council June 2, 1998, under Planning Case ZA98-033. - A plat revision was approved by City Council on September 1, 1998, under Planning Case ZA98-091. - City Council approved a zoning change to “CS” and a revised site plan for the overall property on May 16, 2000, under Planning Case ZA00-014. - City Council also approved a preliminary plat for the overall property on May 16, 2000, under Planning Case ZA00-033. - A plat vacation for the existing lot was approved by City Council on October 3, 2000, under Planning Case ZA00-105. - A final plat was approved by P&Z on December 7, 2000. This plat was not filed. - A special exception use was approved by the Zoning Board of Adjustment to allow for the four portable buildings for a period of three years on June 24, 2004. The Board waived the permanent foundation and masonry requirements for the buildings. - City Council approved a revised site plan on April 18, 2006, under Planning Case ZA06-001. - City Council approved a revised site plan on June 20, 2006, under Planning Case ZA06-086. - City Council approved a revised site plan on July 20, 2010; granting a variance to the masonry requirement and approval for the portable buildings to remain an additional six (6) years until June 24, 2016. - City Council approved a revised site plan on March 7, 2012, granting three variances regarding landscaping, screening, and roof materials under Planning case ZA12-006. - City Council approved a revised site plan on June 20, 2023 for two shade structures, totaling approximately 800 square feet in area, under planning case ZA23 -0027. Case No. Attachment B ZA25-0069 Page 2 SOUTHLAKE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: Consolidated Future Land Use Plan The future land use designation of this site is Public/Semi-Public. Public/Semi‐Public areas are suitable for a wide range of public, civic, and religious uses, such as government offices and facilities, public and private schools, churches and related facilities (including parsonage and parochial schools), cemeteries, and Public Parks/Open Space uses in conjunction with these developments. Pathways Master Plan & Sidewalk Plan There is an existing 6’ sidewalk along the east side of S. White Chapel Boulevard and an 8’ sidewalk along the south side of E. Southlake Boulevard. PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ACTION: November 20, 2025; Approved (5 -0) subject to the Staff Report dated and Site Plan Review Summary dated November 14, 2025. CITY COUNCIL ACTION: Case No. Attachment B ZA25-0069 Page 3 Case No. Attachment B ZA25-0069 Page 4 SITE PLAN REVIEW SUMMARY Case No.: ZA25-0069 Review No.: One Date of Review: 11/24/25 Project Name: Site Plan – White Chapel Methodist Church Resource Building Addition CITY STAFF HAS REVIEWED THE ABOVE REFERENCED PROJECT RECEIVED BY THE CITY ON 11/05/25 AND WE OFFER THE FOLLOWING STIPULATIONS. THESE STIPULATIONS ARE HEREBY MADE CONDITIONS OF SITE PLAN APPROVAL UNLESS SPECIFICALLY AMENDED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR NEED FURTHER CLARIFICATION, PLEASE CONTACT WAYNE POWELL AT (817) 748 -8281. General Informational Comments * No review of proposed signs is intended with this site plan. A separate building permit is required prior to construction of any signs. * Building permit(s) are required prior to commencement of any work. * All mechanical equipment must be screened of view from right -of-ways and residential properties in accordance with the Zoning Ordinance No. 480, as amended. * All lighting must comply with the Lighting Ordinance No. 693, as amended. * All development must comply with the Drainage Ordinance No. 605 and the Erosion and Sediment Control Ordinance No. 946, as amended. * In addition to the City of Southlake impact fees, please be aware that through the wholesale water customer contract with the City of Fort Worth, all new water connections are required to pay the City of Fort Worth impact fee. The City of Fort Worth impact fee assessment is based on the final plat recordation date and building permit issuance. The applicant is encouraged to review the City of Fort Worth's assessment and collection of Impact Fees Guide to determine the fee amount. Fire Department Comments: GENERAL COMMENTS: An automatic fire sprinkler system will be required for buildings over 6,000 square feet. The required backflow protection (double check valve) for the sprinkler can be located on the riser if the riser is within 100 feet of the water main, measured linearly along the length of the pipe. If the riser is further than 100 feet from the main, the double check valve shall be in a vault. Riser rooms shall be a minimum of 5’X5’ if the double check is not located on the riser, or a minimum of 6’X6’ if it is located on the riser. Underground fire line shall be permitted to extend into the building through the slab or wall not more than 24 in. (plan indicates 17’10”) FIRE HYDRANT COMMENTS: Fire Department Connections for sprinkler systems must be within 100 feet of a fire hydrant, and within 50 feet of fire department fire lane access. Case No. Attachment B ZA25-0069 Page 5 Fire hydrants are required at a maximum spacing of 500 feet for commercial locations that contain sprinklered buildings. FIRE LANE COMMENTS: Fire apparatus access needs to be provided within 250 feet of all exterior portions of the perimeter of buildings on a “hose -lay” basis for sprinklered buildings. Fire apparatus access needs to be an all -weather surface, asphalt or concrete, 24 feet wide and able to support the imposed loads of fire apparatus. (Minimum of 85,000 pounds GVW). (Paving details not included) Fire lanes require a minimum 30 foot inside turn radius and a minimum 54 foot outside turn radius. (Undersized inside turn radius at south entrance from Carroll) Where the vertical distance between the grade plane and the highest roof surface exceeds 30 feet, approved aerial fire apparatus access roads shall be provided. Aerial fire apparatus access roads shall have a minimum unobstructed width of 26 feet, exclusive of shoulders, in the immediate vicinity of the building or portion thereof. One or more of the required access routes meeting this condition shall be located not less than 15 feet and not greater than 30 feet from the building, and shall be positioned parallel to one entire side of the building. The side of the building on which the aerial fire apparatus access road is positioned shall be approved by the fire code official. Landscape/Tree Preservation * Except as provided by subsection 7.2.b. of the Tree Preservation Ordinance, a Tree Conservation Analysis or Tree Conservation Plan shall be approved if it will preserve existing tree cover in accordance with the percentage requirements established by Table 2.0. If the property has previously received a tree permit related to development, the percentage of existing tree cover at the time the first such permit was issued shall be used to calculate the minimum existing tree cover that must be preserved under this section. Table 2.0 – Existing Tree Cover Preservation Requirements Percentage of existing tree cover on the entire site Minimum percentage of the existing tree cover to be preserved* 0% – 20% 70% 20.1 – 40% 60% 40.1% - 60% 50% 60.1% - 80% 40% 80.1% - 100% 30% *The minimum percentage of existing tree cover to be preserved shall exclude any area in public rights-of-way as approved by City Council. * Please be aware that all existing trees shown to be preserved on the City Council approved Tree Conservation Plan must be preserved and protected during all phases and construction of the development. Alteration or removal of any of the existing trees shown to be preserved on the approved Tree Conservation Plan is a violation of the Tree Preservation Ordinance and the zoning as approved by the Southlake City Council. Please ensure that the layout of all structures, easements, utilities, structures grading, and any other structure proposed to be constructed do not conflict with existing trees intended to Case No. Attachment B ZA25-0069 Page 6 be preserved. * With the building permit, any additional interior landscape required by the addition and any deficient bufferyard plant materials will need to be provided and shown on the landscape plan. Case No. Attachment C ZA25-0069 Page 1 SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS MAP & RESPONSES Lot 1R, Block 1 White Chapel Methodist Church Addition SPO # Owner Zoning Physical Address Acreage Response 1 GCSW LTD O1 200 E SOUTHLAKE BLVD 0.017733791 NR 2 COSTELLO, JOHN C2 100 E SOUTHLAKE BLVD 0.004431662 NR 3 KLONOWSKI, CARL E SF1-A 813 PEARL DR 0.001558462 NR 4 FERRIS, SENGKEO SF1-A 815 PEARL DR 3.16505E-05 NR 5 WHITE'S CHAPEL CEMETERY ASSN CS 121 E SOUTHLAKE BLVD 0.107664731 NR 6 WHITE'S CHAPEL CEMETERY CS 121 S WHITE CHAPEL BLVD 1.475904523 NR 7 WHITE'S CHAPEL CEMETERY CS 171 E SOUTHLAKE BLVD 0.469607586 NR 8 FIRST FINANCIAL BANK O1 151 W SOUTHLAKE BLVD 0.363469602 NR 9 J & A FRITH PROPERTIES CHAPEL SP2 211 E SOUTHLAKE BLVD 0.660017054 NR 10 CASTLECORP HOLDINGS LLC SP2 251 E SOUTHLAKE BLVD 0.44685026 NR 11 SOUTHLAKE COMMONS LP SP1 185 W SOUTHLAKE BLVD 0.458710115 NR 12 PARTNERS OF SYNERGY LLP SP2 221 E SOUTHLAKE BLVD 0.416932785 NR 13 CALLOWAY'S NURSERY INC SP2 291 E SOUTHLAKE BLVD 1.373367242 NR Case No. Attachment C ZA25-0069 Page 2 14 FRITH, JOHN D SP2 261 E SOUTHLAKE BLVD 0.4120546 NR 15 CREST SECURITIES LTD SP2 241 E SOUTHLAKE BLVD 0.802354101 NR 16 CREST SECURITIES LTD SP2 231 E SOUTHLAKE BLVD 0.326333508 NR 17 NMEM LTD SP1 190 S WHITE CHAPEL BLVD 0.451797509 NR 18 HOFFMAN, HOLLY L SF20A 100 LONDONBERRY TER 0.506831833 NR 19 ALLER TERRA PARTNERS LLC SP2 300 OLIVIA CT 2.319182886 NR 20 SOUTHLAKE CITY OF AG 230 PINE DR 0.715909298 NR 21 CRISWELL, DENNY A SF1-A 331 S WHITE CHAPEL BLVD 0.627560922 NR 22 COOK, DANIEL SF1-A 250 PINE DR 1.041003394 NR 23 CHRISTIANSON, BRANDON L RPUD 508 NORTHWOOD TRL 0.016725706 NR 24 HERRERA, FELIPE RPUD 510 NORTHWOOD TRL 0.227041528 NR 25 RAO FAMILY TRUST RPUD 512 NORTHWOOD TRL 0.263496387 NR 26 BURKE, KIMBERLY RPUD 514 NORTHWOOD TRL 0.23834765 NR 27 GROSSKOPF, SCOTT RPUD 516 NORTHWOOD TRL 0.401706755 NR 28 STEWART REVOCABLE TRUST SF1-A 201 PINE DR 2.104948398 NR 29 HUHEM, B SF1-A 211 PINE DR 1.932367783 NR 30 VUONG, CUONG RPUD 518 NORTHWOOD TRL 0.160601346 NR 31 ALLEN, ANDREW RPUD 600 NORTHWOOD CT 0.003005629 NR 32 PASKVAN, THEODORE RPUD 517 NORTHWOOD TRL 0.074403304 NR 33 GAON ASSETS LLC SP2 271 E SOUTHLAKE BLVD 0.540508071 NR 34 MOSHER, ALEXANDER SF20A 101 LONDONBERRY TER 0.514139448 NR 35 BRONSON, THOMAS A RPUD 506 NORTHWOOD TRL 0.258280637 NR 36 BEDUNAH, SCOTT RPUD 601 NORTHWOOD CT 0.286843211 NR 37 WEST, PERRY AG 221 PINE DR 0.235280263 NR 38 HAMILTON, JACOB T RPUD 602 NORTHWOOD CT 0.241978439 NR 39 FROST, STEPHEN RPUD 519 NORTHWOOD TRL 0.25993794 NR 40 NIEMIROWSKI, GEORGE SF1-A 223 PINE DR 1.087343753 NR 41 WANG, YUQIANG RPUD 502 NORTHWOOD TRL 0.260735343 NR 42 SAKHONKO, EVGENY RPUD 500 NORTHWOOD TRL 0.285991479 NR 43 SOUTHLAKE CITY OF CS 400 PARKWOOD DR 0.33494537 NR 44 GARSA, AMAN SF20A 104 LONDONBERRY TER 0.459572529 NR 45 LIGHTHOUSE LIVING TRUST RPUD 500 CLAYTON CT 0.677331378 NR 46 FINN, CHRISTINE M RPUD 520 NORTHWOOD TRL 0.249680564 NR 47 SOUNDARAPANDIAN, KANNAN SF1-A 276 PINE DR 2.020172678 NR 48 CLARK, CLIFFORD D SF1-A 227 PINE DR 2.532625916 NR Case No. Attachment C ZA25-0069 Page 3 49 SUPERINTENDENT OF CARROLL ISD NR 50 SUPERINTENDENT OF GRAPEVINE COLLEYVILLE ISD NR 51 SUPERINTENDENT OF NORTHWEST ISD NR 52 SUPERINTENDENT OF KELLER ISD NR 1000 WHITE'S CHAPEL METHODIST CHURC CS 185 S WHITE CHAPEL BLVD 23.83743662 F: In Favor O: Opposed To U: Undecided NR: No Response Notices Sent: Sixty-four (64) Responses Received: None