Funeral Home Zoning Hearing Set

An interesting legal battle is taking shape in Port St. Joe, Florida, where Casey Whatley has received preliminary permission to open a funeral home in a building that has been vacant since 2008 and once had been operated as a Whatley Funeral Home. The plaintiffs contend that a license for operation had not been issued since 2012.

In August 2016 the city issued a business license for Whatley to re-open the funeral home. The plaintiffs contend that when they bought their property next to the proposed funeral home that there was no full service funeral home operating there and more should have been done than to just issue a license.

In any case, a circuit judge will now be receiving filings and hearing arguments in a lawsuit.

Funeral Director Daily take: While those of us in funeral service believe we are in a noble profession and here to help, not everyone believes as we do. Funeral home zoning, especially with crematories, will find it harder and harder to be placed in populated neighborhoods.

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