Heber City • The Wasatch County Council voted unanimously to approve the plan for construction of a controversial Latter-day Saint temple during a public hearing Wednesday.
Since September 2022, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has wanted to build a temple on an 18-acre parcel in the area of 1400 E. Center Street in Heber City.
The temple is set to be 88,000 square feet with a 210-foot steeple and more than 450 parking spaces.
Those who were for and against the construction of the temple once again packed into the Wasatch County Senior Center. A number residents worry about lighting and groundwater issues with the new structure.
Lisa Bahash, a co-founder of Save Wasatch Back Dark Skies, said she and her group are not against a temple in the valley. They just would like to see it in a better location.
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(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The site of the announced Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple in Heber on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023.
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