PHOENIX -- A proposal to build a new Mormon temple in north Phoenix moved a step closer to reality after getting the green light from a village planning committee.

The Deer Valley Village Planning Committee recently approved The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' request to build a large temple with a spire on an empty lot it bought at 5104 W. Pinnacle Peak Road, west of its existing church.

Church officials want a building that is 48 feet tall with 78 feet of steeple and spire. But the land's existing residential zoning caps a building's height at 30 feet.


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