PHOENIX — The height of the proposed Mormon temple in Phoenix will not exceed residential zoning heights, church officials said Tuesday, Jan 26.
Len Greer, a spokesperson for the church in the Greater Phoenix
Area, said the church will lower and redesign the height of the temple.
The Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints officials had proposed building a temple, at 51st
Avenue and Pinnacle Peak Road, that would be 40 feet high, 10 feet
higher than the land's current zoning, which is 30 feet. The temple
would still have a 78-foot-high steeple and spire.
When the church revealed its plans last summer to build the Phoenix temple, neighbors were upset. The anger came to a boiling point on Dec. 3, when the Phoenix city counsel unanimously approved the zoning variance. Opponents vowed to get the needed 16,000 signatures on a petition to put the matter to vote. They got their number by Jan. 2.
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Good to see the church is being a good neighbor and complying with the zoning. People in Phoenix love their outdoor views and prefer not to have them cut off by very tall buildings.
I just read the complete story in the Az Republic.
On the surface, this seems to be an issue of only 10 feet of height.
According to the article (graph) the maximum allowed height in the zoning district is 30 feet.
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The church is bending over backwards to accomodate the complaints of a few thousand people who signed a petition, not because their properties will be affected in the least by this beautiful temple, but because the "Mormons" want to do it. Let's call More..