Temple complex plans in Gilbert, Arizona

Blake Herzog

Published: Friday, Aug. 7 2009 9:59 a.m. MDT

Summary

Zoning approval for the Gilbert temple site is expected to go to the town Planning Commission in September.

Plans

for an LDS temple that would be about the same height as the Hayden

Flour Mill silos in Tempe are beginning to take shape in Gilbert.

Zoning

approval for the site is expected to go to the town Planning Commission

in September. Also next month, architectural drawings will be submitted

to the Design Review Board.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is preparing to build

two temples in the Valley, one in Gilbert and the other in Phoenix.

They are expected to relieve overcrowding at the 82-year-old Mesa

temple, said Paul Gilbert, an attorney representing the Gilbert project.

"We are running that temple very early and very late" in order to accommodate demand, Gilbert said Thursday.

Plans call for the Gilbert temple to be built on 21 acres at the

southeast corner of Greenfield and Pecos roads. Temples are reserved by

the LDS church for marriages, baptisms and other ceremonies and are

open only to members in good standing.

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