BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) - Misti Bartlett and her neighbors have been fighting for months to keep Enon Baptist Church from growing in-between their historic homes.

"We’re happy out their growth and we're all for them using the other 4 acres, but we're asking them not to use the property in between our two homes for parking." says Bartlett.

With construction of a new children's ministry building the church is now in need of additional parking. It has gone before the city zoning committee to request that the residential lot purchased years ago be rezoned.

"We want to provide for the needs of our membership in a responsible way and we cannot build the parking we need until the zoning is complete." says Minister of Music Ken McWilliams.

Residents across the street are also hoping additional land owned by the church is not rezoned for parking purposes.

Members of the zoning committee and residents gathered Tuesday at Morris City Hall for a public hearing and to vote on the request.

Back in December the churches request was approved but after concerns about some of the member’s connections to the church the committee was asked to vote again by the city council.

When it came time to vote, three members of the committee who previously voted yes recused themselves.

The remaining four members split the vote.

The churches request has been tabled until the members of the zoning committee figure out what to do about the deadlock.