Fairview, a town 30 miles north of Dallas, announced a Zoning Defense Fund this month to protect the town from potential litigation from The Church of Jesus...
A controversial temple. Fairview’s small town dreams. How a proposed building brought religious freedom and a town’s identity into conflict.A rendering of the exterior of the McKinney Texas Temple proposed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Fairview, Texas.
About a week after the May open house, the Fairview Planning and Zoning Commission voted to recommend the Town Council reject the church’s proposal.On June 4, debate over the church’s construction continued when hundreds attended a Town Council meeting.
Fairview Mayor Henry Lessner, who has spoken out against the church’s proposed temple, said previously the town would allow the church building to reach 42 feet and the top of the spire to reach 68 feet, but church officials rejected those dimensions.On Aug.
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