5 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Ada County, Idaho.
Verified from official government sources
In unincorporated Ada County, solid-waste carts must be set out no more than four feet from the street and may not be stored curbside outside collection days. Containers must be out by 7:00 A.M. on collection day but no earlier than the evening before.
Ada County Code 5-2-4-3
All sanitary containers shall be made available for conveyance to contractor's vehicles by placement no more than four feet (4') from the street... Sanitary containers shall be placed for collection no later than seven o'clock (7:00) A.M. on the regularly scheduled collection day, but no sooner than the evening prior to collection.
In unincorporated Ada County, accumulations of junk, debris, and dilapidated conditions are regulated under the Ada County Nuisance Ordinance (Ada County Code Chapter 9), enforced by the Sheriff's Code Enforcement unit on written or verbal complaint. Inside Boise, Meridian, Eagle, Kuna, and Star, the city's own nuisance code applies.
Ada County sets no separate vacant-lot maintenance code, but owners of unincorporated land must control noxious weeds under Idaho Code 22-2407, and accumulated junk or debris on vacant parcels can be abated under the county Nuisance Ordinance (Chapter 9). Cities regulate lots within their limits.
Idaho Code 22-2407
It shall be the duty and responsibility of all landowners to control noxious weeds on their land and property, in accordance with this chapter and with rules promulgated by the director.
Unincorporated Ada County has no dedicated garage-sale permit ordinance; occasional residential yard sales are treated as an accessory use under the Ada County Zoning Ordinance (Title 8). Incorporated cities like Boise and Meridian may cap the number or duration of sales, so check your city code.
Idaho Code 22-2407 makes it every landowner's duty to control noxious weeds, enforced in unincorporated Ada County by the county weed superintendent under Title 22, Chapter 24. Ada County has no fixed grass-height number in county code; incorporated cities set their own weed and grass limits.
Idaho Code 22-2407
It shall be the duty and responsibility of all landowners to control noxious weeds on their land and property, in accordance with this chapter and with rules promulgated by the director.
1 cities in Ada County have their own property maintenance rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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