Just west of Rose Lake on Highway 3 lies the old township of Lane. It was subdivided into residential lots years ago and platted with streets. The town never took hold, and was sold off. That's how the Scheffelmaier family got hold of a large chunk of it back in the 1950s. Since then, Fred Scheffelmaier has developed a good portion of the property into a thriving custom butchery. In 1991 he applied with Kootenai County for a conditional use permit to operate the meat plant on his rural property. He has invested hundreds of thousands of dollars and employs half a dozen people. With an approved permit, he had a reasonable expectation that if the county ever decided to rezone the area, his now-successful business property would be classified commercial. He was wrong/Jeff Selle, Coeur d'Alene Press. More here. (In Duane Rasmussen file photo, Commissioner Todd Tondee, left, speaks to crowd at Grange Hall near Medimont re: proposed zoning regs, while Scott Clarke listens)

Question: Are you concerned re: proposed new county zoning regulations?