LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Lone Mountain community residents in the Las Vegas valley are asking the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to mimic a good faith deal struck by a Texas town council and religious leaders, which would reduce the proposed temple’s height and size.
Henry Lessner, the mayor of Fairview, released an update Wednesday to mediation between the town council and representatives for the LDS Church. The three-month-long journey for an agreement sparked by the town’s initial denial of a building permit for the McKinney Texas Temple .
“I am pleased to report that we have reached an initial compromise that can be put forward to the community,” Lessner wrote. “Let me stress that this proposal must still go through our normal zoning process with input from our citizens.”
The proposed temple for the Dallas neighborhood will now be no more than 120 feet tall and on a now reduced 30,000-square-foot-space. The height of the temple’s spire was decreased by 54 feet and the footprint was reduced by 15,000 feet.