Bonner County, ID Ordinances (2026)

In unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho, Bonner Park West bans overnight camping in any form, from tents to RVs and boats. A violation is a misdemeanor with a fine up to $300, up to six…

In unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho, any violation of the Title 12 land use code is a misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in county jail, a fine up to $1,000, or both. Each…

Anyone can report a suspected Title 12 violation in unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho, by filing a written complaint on a form provided by the Planning Department. The form can be…

In unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho, anyone who wants to run a commercial activity soliciting crowds at Bonner Park West must first apply for and obtain a permit from the Board of…

In unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho, the county code bans discharging fireworks and firearms within Bonner Park West at all times, with one exception: fireworks on the beach area…

In unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho, residential propane tanks not exceeding 1,000 gallons are excepted from the structure definition in section 11-219, so no building location…

Bonner County Revised Code § 11-102 requires smoke detectors in mobile homes built before June 15, 1976 (pre-HUD code) before the Planning Department issues a building location permit…

In unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho, section 2-811 authorizes the county to remove any encroachment into a county right of way, including signs, fences and approaches, that was…

In unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho, a residential planned unit development cannot exceed the density of its zone district except through the density bonus tables in § 12-256. Bonus…

In unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho, Revised Code § 7-210 requires household solid waste to move through the authorized collection system, treats county drop box sites as part of…

In unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho, Revised Code § 7-210(D) bars brush, yard waste, construction waste, and household appliances or furnishings in excess of five cubic feet from…

In unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho, Revised Code § 7-401 makes it a violation to dispose of or abandon solid waste anywhere except a county approved disposal site, or outside the…

In unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho, Revised Code § 7-230 requires all solid waste awaiting collection to be securely contained within a sanitary container or hauler provided bin so…

Under Bonner County Revised Code § 12-453 K, solid waste and recycling collection areas for commercial, industrial and multi-family uses in unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho must be…

In unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho, Revised Code § 8-102 makes it unlawful to run a pawnbroker business or pawnshop without a county license costing $200 per year, and the license…

In unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho, a peace officer who finds a vehicle parked in violation of section 2-401 or 2-420 can remove it or have it towed by a county road crew or…

In unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho, automobile, truck and heavy equipment repair is a prohibited activity for Home Occupation II businesses. Repair work at home is possible only as…

In unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho, no adult entertainment use is permitted within 500 feet of an establishment serving or selling alcohol, or within 2,500 feet of a school…

In unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho, every planned unit development must include a homeowners' association and/or corporate ownership responsible for the development, use and…

In unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho, the vacation rental ordinance has permit holders post the area's Homeowners Association rules inside the rental, and it states that Bonner…

In unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho, § 12-484(C)(8)(g) states that Bonner County will not enforce Homeowners Association rules or Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions, even though…

Bonner Park West in unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho, is closed from sunset to sunrise. No person may be in the park and no vehicle may enter, except for active boat launching or…

In unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho, Revised Code § 12-432 requires automobiles, recreational vehicles, boats and campers parked or stored more than 48 hours to sit on the same lot…

In unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho, section 2-401 of the Bonner County Revised Code makes it unlawful to park or leave a vehicle on a county street, road or highway where it…

In unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho, Revised Code § 12-432 requires industrial, institutional and commercial uses to provide off street loading spaces at least 12 feet wide…

In unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho, section 2-420 makes it unlawful to park or leave a vehicle on a county street, road or highway in a way that impedes county snow removal crews…

In unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho, Revised Code § 12-420 F declares an unlicensed automobile body a public nuisance when it is inoperable or unused for six months or more and…

In unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho, an automobile, recreational vehicle, boat or camper parked or stored for more than 48 hours must sit on the same lot as the use it serves and…

In unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho, home occupations come in three tiers. Home Occupation I is permitted by right, Home Occupation II needs a permit approved by the planning…

In unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho, home occupation traffic is capped by tier: ten (10) vehicle trips per day on average for Home Occupation I, fourteen (14) for II and eighteen…

In unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho, a home business gets one sign, not exceeding four square feet in area, nonilluminated and meeting applicable setback requirements. The limit…

In unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho, Revised Code § 12-453 F requires exterior lighting on commercial, multi-family, public and industrial development to be directed downward…

In unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho, Bonner County Revised Code § 12-442 bars sign lighting from being beamed onto a public thoroughfare, highway, sidewalk or navigable water. It…

In unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho, disturbances or nuisances caused by vacation rental occupants and their invited guests that violate the Bonner County Revised Code or State Law…

Every permitted vacation rental in unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho must have a designated local representative: the owner or another individual who resides permanently within…

In unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho, the Planning Director can revoke a vacation rental permit after three (3) violations in a twelve (12) month period. A revoked owner cannot…

A vacation rental in unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho is capped at two (2) persons per bedroom plus an additional two (2) persons, up to a total of twenty (20) persons regardless of…

Unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho caps unpermitted rentals at fourteen (14) days per calendar year, divided into no more than two (2) stays, under § 12-484(C)(1)(e). Beyond that, a…

No structure, dwelling or dwelling unit in unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho can be used as a vacation rental until the Planning Director or designee approves a vacation rental…

Vacation rentals in unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho must provide one off-street parking space for each three (3) persons of occupancy, and no more vehicles can be parked on the…

In unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho, every proposed lot in a subdivision must be designed with a fire protection plan that assesses fire risk, plans to reduce it, and provides…

In unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho, new and substantially improved residential and non-residential buildings in a Special Flood Hazard Area need the lowest floor, basement…

Development in unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho must handle a 25 year design storm, hold and treat the first one-half inch of runoff, and avoid any increase in peak runoff for…

In unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho, no one starts development inside a Special Flood Hazard Area without a Floodplain Development Permit from the Planning Department. The Board of…

In unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho, grading and excavation of more than 50 cubic yards triggers a written grading/erosion plan filed with the Planning Department, with the bar…

In unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho, community docks and marinas with upland accommodations need a conditional use permit in the Commercial and Recreation zones, and the use table…

In unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho, an accessory dwelling unit is capped at 900 square feet and two bedrooms, needs one additional off street parking space, and is limited to one…

In unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho, a detached storage shed, playhouse, carport, shop or garage with up to 1,080 square feet of floor area goes through a small structure…

Unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho has no separate tiny home category. Its zoning definitions fold tiny houses into the term recreation vehicle, and section 12-496 governs how a…

In unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho, section 3-108 D makes it unlawful for a vessel operator to run a sound amplification system, including radios and portable music devices, that…

In unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho, Revised Code § 12-421 C defines objectionable noise as more than 60 decibels from residential land use, 65 from commercial and 70 from…

In unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho, an owner who wilfully or negligently lets a dog become a nuisance commits the crime of animal nuisance, but only after a complaint to the…

In unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho, Table 4-1 in Revised Code § 12-411 sets maximum lot coverage at 35 percent in all five rural zones: F, A/F-20, A/F-10, R-10 and R-5. The…

In unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho, the Forestry, Agricultural/Forestry and Rural zones require a 25 foot minimum street setback and a 25 foot minimum property line setback, with a…

Unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho prints numeric height caps for cottage dwellings in Table 4-6 of § 12-480: 25 feet for cottages with a 6:12 minimum roof slope, with every part of…

In unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho, a subdivision can satisfy its fire protection requirement with a final plat note stating that an approved IFC residential fire suppression…

Section 11-120 of the Bonner County Revised Code says a building location permit does not excuse an applicant from other requirements, and it names sewage disposal, electrical and…

Before construction starts on any structure in unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho, the permit holder posts the building location permit at the job site entrance, sets up temporary…

In unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho, no structure subject to Title 11 can be erected, constructed, set, placed, installed, enlarged, extended, moved or converted without first…

In unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho, child and adult daycare centers need a conditional use permit in the Agricultural/Forestry, Rural, Suburban, Rural Service Center, Recreation…

In unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho, a fence or wall taller than 36 inches cannot sit closer than 40 feet from the shoreline. Fences in other locations within 40 feet of shorelines…

In unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho, fences not over eight feet in height, measured at grade, are excepted from the structure definition, so no building location permit is needed…

In the Alpine Village District of unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho, Bonner County Revised Code § 12-471 A requires plans for any retaining wall taller than four feet to bear the…

In unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho, the Agriculture row of the Resource Based Use Table attaches the chicken and rabbit standard to the Suburban zone: roosters are prohibited, and…

In unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho, cats are covered by the impound and multiple-animal rules of Title 10. An impounded cat can be reclaimed after paying impound fees set by Board…

Title 10 of the Bonner County Revised Code contains no breed-specific ban. It regulates a vicious animal, defined by conduct: two bites or attacks within 48 months, or one attack…

In unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho, dog owners must at all times prevent their dogs from being at large. A leash is a rope, leather strap, chain or other material not exceeding six…

In unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho, more than six adult dogs, more than six adult cats, or any combination exceeding six on a single parcel or aggregated parcels counts as…

Bonner County counts a pool as a structure, but swimming pools not exceeding 4,000 square feet of area (15-20,000 gallons) are listed as exceptions to the structure definition in…

In unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho, farming inside a voluntarily created Agriculture Protection Area is excluded from public nuisance definitions and is a complete defense to a…

Bonner County Revised Code § 12-463 prefers plants native to northern Idaho for landscaping on new commercial, multi-family, public and industrial development in unincorporated Bonner…

Bonner County, Idaho does not hand out a general tree-cutting permit in the section read here, but it does fix how many standing trees must stay within 40 feet of a perennial stream…

In unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho, accessory solar and geothermal facilities and ground-source heat pumps are a permitted accessory use in all nine zoning districts, as is the…