Posted on 07/16/2012 7:28:05 AM PDT by BenLurkin
RANCHO CUCAMONGA {California} (CBS) A Rancho Cucamonga neighborhood wants to fight a proposed business attempting to move in.
A proposed funeral home, they say, shouldnt be near their homes.
The proposed funeral parlor would be built smack in the middle of several new developments in this San Bernardino County neighborhood.
Art Barron, reporting for CBS2 and KCAL9, said residents are worried about their property values.
And some, frankly, dont want to live that close to dead people.
Wendy Sandoval told Barron, We are not happy about this at all. She showed him a petition signed by residents who are decidedly against the funeral parlor. Dont want it, dont want it, dont want it, she said, rattling down signatures. Were hoping that the councilmen and the mayor of our city will get involved and not allow it to affect the residents who pridefully live in this area.
Plannng Commission Chairman Luis Munoz has tried to assuage the fears of some residents explaining there will be no embalming or cremating done on the premises.
Either way, dead bodies dont bother resident Shirley Gaskins who doesnt understand all the fuss. She shrugs, So what? Some people have a hard time dealing with death. The idea that its going to be in the neigh-bor-hood. Dead things. In the neighborhood. Ooooh.
The new business would sit just north of a post office and across the street from Etiwanda Gardens.Theres also a wedding and banquet hall close by. None of these businesses have upset the neighborhood.
A meeting is planned for July 25th at City Hall. That is where Planning Commission members are considering granting a conditional use permit to Service Corporation International., a Texas-based firm that specializes in funeral homes.
But not if the petition signers have their way. Resident Joseph Russell is firmly against the funeral home moving into his neighborhood. Its just not part of our community. Its not a good fit, he says. So well do whatever we can (to fight it.)
Some residents told Barron, if the grant goes through, they will just consider walking away from their homes and letting them go into foreclosure.
good for them! and next I hope they vote to ban death, ‘cause that’ll learn ‘em...
This is crazy. My hometown has 2 funeral homes right smack in the middle of houses. What are the dead going to do to them? I know of 2 here that are in with houses. They better worry about some of the living.
This is a joke, right?
Why would a duneral home be a bad fit for a neighborhood? Are the people in this neighborhood exempt from death?
Pride of Cucamonga!
Maybe they’re afraid of the unsavory zombie element roaming their quiet neighborhood streets.
And the possibility of the home attracting this unsavory element;
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2905752/posts
Crazy, huh. Just wait until Uncle Joe tips his mocha latte over into granny’s casket. Or maybe it’s the poor economy. I know of a funeral home that is also the local florist so you go there to plan your wedding flowers and pick up your prom date’s corsage.
Doesn’t stand a ghost of a chance.
This small business faces stiff resistance, but has the neighbors dead to rites.
Could be worse...they could have an Obama 2012 office opening in their neighborhood.
I wouldn’t have a problem living next door to a funeral home or a cemetery. At least the neighbors are quiet.
Nothing will wreck the peace and quiet of a suburban neighbourhood quite like dead bodies and solemn professional businessmen. /sarc
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