Fairview faces legal threat as P&Z votes down proposed LDS temple design: "They're being a bully"
Designs show the proposed building would be nearly twice the size of the town hall with a 173-foot steeple as tall as 16-story building.
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FAIRVIEW – Rose Oswald's home in Fairview faces land where the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints plans to build a temple.
"This is in my front yard essentially," Oswald said, looking out at the lot.
Designs show the proposed building would be nearly twice the size of the town hall with a 173-foot steeple as tall as 16-story building.
It's far too big, neighbors say, for this small residential town.
"Never could I have imaged that we would consider putting a building of that size on that lot," Oswald said.
At a packed meeting Thursday night, a church spokesperson told the town's Planning and Zoning Committee that every aspect of the temple's design serves a religious purpose with symbols like the steeple, meant to draw the eye upwards to heaven.
The committee, though, sided with neighbors and voted to recommend council members reject the proposal. Mayor Henry Lessner said, that's exactly what he plans to do.
"I can only speak for myself. I will never approve that," he said. "It is just grossly out of proportion to everything around there."
The ballon circled in red is the height of the proposed spire inj NV.
IMHO no unwanted church should be the defining visual characteristic of the town.
The irony is, the property in TX was originally going to be sold to a group who wanted to build a two story medical building but the townspeople freaked out and nixed it. Bet they’re wishing for that doctors office now.
