It doesn't get the highest grade for location sensitivity, but a proposed new funeral home in Coeur d'Alene deserves better than the appeal filed against it recently. Aspen Funeral Home has made several headlines in this paper for seeking to operate its proposed new business directly across the street from Lake City Senior Center. Tacky? Perhaps. A story Thursday indicated some 100 Senior Center patrons have signed a petition asking that the funeral home not be located directly across from the tables where they eat their meals. But despite the seniors' obvious discomfort, Aspen Funeral Home appears to be satisfying the requirements for legal operation. Its special use permit request will be the subject of a public hearing before the Coeur d'Alene Planning Commission on Feb. 5/Coeur d'Alene Press editorial. More here.

Question: How much weight should the concerns of the senior citizens carry in deciding whether to grant the special use permit?

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