A new temple for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints won approval from Madison’s zoning board Thursday.
The LDS church plans to build a one-story, 30,000-square-foot temple – topped by a 120-foot-tall spire. It would would be the second Mormon temple in Alabama.
The zoning board recommended the city approve a special exception the church had sought to allow a religious building on the property’s current zoning, high-density residential. According to a zoning board report, the LDS church plans to include a “tower, cupola [or] spire” that will exceed the 50-foot height limit for other zoning types…