Editor\u2019s note: Transcript provided by CoverGov<\/a>.<\/p>\n White\u2019s Chapel Methodist Church won approval from the Southlake Planning and Zoning Commission for a zoning change that will allow an expansion with taller height than currently allowed.<\/p>\n The commission voted 6-0 at its Jan. 8 meeting<\/a> to approve the zoning change.<\/p>\n The church, 185 S. White Chapel Blvd., plans to add 57,212 square feet in two phases. The first phase would include a youth activity center and education building addition, with a third floor over part of it, triggering the need for the zoning change. The two-story foundry building \u2014 an addition to the existing sanctuary and the second phase of the expansion \u2014 would fit with the current zoning.<\/p>\n The additions would be arranged in a \u201ccluster\u201d around the existing building \u201cfor circulation purposes,\u201d Brent Kline, of the Lewisville architecture firm Kline Hardin, representing the church, told the planning and zoning commissioners<\/a>.<\/p>\n The foundry will offer \u201cmore of a contemporary worship space,\u201d Kline told the commission.<\/p>\n One of the commissioners asked city staff whether the expansion raised any firefighting concerns. The staff said the Southlake Fire Department had noted a need to widen the fire lane by 2 feet to accommodate ladder trucks.<\/p>\n Nobody spoke during a public hearing on the case. The Southlake City Council will be scheduled to consider the case and vote on it.<\/p>\n The current zoning is CS community service district<\/a>, established in response to the educational, safety and welfare needs of the community. The requested zoning is S-P-2 generalized site plan district<\/a> \u2014 which permits flexibility of area regulations but still has restrictions \u2014 with community service district uses.<\/p>\n