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Federal Way committee agrees to start negotiations for proposed LDS temple; public review to follow
Summary
The committee authorized staff to begin negotiating a development agreement with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter‑day Saints for an approximately 12‑acre property in south Federal Way where the church proposes a roughly 43,000‑square‑foot, two‑story temple.
The committee authorized staff to begin negotiating a development agreement with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter‑day Saints for property the church owns west of I‑5 in south Federal Way, near Todd Beamer High School.
Community Development Director Keith Niven said the church owns three parcels totaling roughly 12 acres and proposes a two‑story temple approximately 43,000 square feet in size. Niven said the property is zoned RS‑35 (single‑family residential) where churches are an allowed use, and that a development…
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