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Planning Commission denies appeal of Flying Horse temple approval, adds enforceable finish and lighting limits
Summary
The Colorado Springs Planning Commission rejected an appeal challenging staff approval of a 140.5-foot spire on a proposed Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple in the Flying Horse neighborhood but added requirements specifying a non-reflective finish and limits on top-tier illumination, with FAA lighting exceptions.
The Colorado Springs Planning Commission on Dec. 10 denied an appeal asking that staff’s administrative approval of a temple development plan in the Flying Horse neighborhood be remanded for additional analysis and enforceable mitigation.
The appeal, filed by a nearby resident, focused narrowly on whether the temple’s proposed steeple — described in the applicant’s materials as roughly 140.5 feet from grade — complies with Unified Development Code provisions that require building features above zone height limits be designed or screened to minimize visibility to nearby low-density residential zones. Appellant attorney Michael Kuhn told the commission the record contained no analysis of that mandatory language in UDC 7.4.203(b)(2) and urged the commission to remand the project for a height study and enforceable design conditions.
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