FAIRVIEW, Texas — Fairview leaders gave their final approval Tuesday night to a new Church of Latter-day Saints temple, but an attorney for neighbors opposing the project says construction could be tied up in court before the first shovel ever hits the ground.

The temple proposal has been years in the making . Early plans envisioned a taller, two-story building with a spire reaching 170 feet . That version was denied last year after pushback over size, traffic, and lighting.

The church later submitted a scaled-back design: a one-story temple with a 120-foot spire and rules requiring exterior lights to be turned off overnight. That version won council approval in April by a 5–2 vote.

Not long after, a group of neighbors calling themselves Fairview United sued both the town and the

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