COEUR d'ALENE - A drug and alcohol treatment facility is seeking a special use permit to operate in east Coeur d'Alene.

Problem is, it's already operating there - and has been since 1991.

Only recently did the city learn that Port of Hope, the sober living housing complex at 23rd Street and Coeur d'Alene Avenue, was also treating offenders for felony crimes other than drugs and alcohol.

Violations range from assault to pornography charges, and the Coeur d'Alene School District is one neighbor that opposes giving the rehab center a special use permit to continue to operate as it has been.Fernan Elementary School sits a couple blocks away from the facility, and the mix of school children and felony offenders is dangerous, the district said. Tom Hasslinger, Cda Press Full story

Do you think it's appropriate to have a facility of this type located near an elementary school? What should be done?

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