7 rules for unincorporated Kootenai County, Idaho.
Verified from official government sources
Kootenai County's Land Use and Development Code does not cap residential fence height in the zoning tables, but any fence eight feet or taller must meet setbacks and, under Title 7, obtain a building permit. Screening/buffer fences are capped at eight feet.
Kootenai County LUDC 8.4.605(D)
Fencing shall be limited to a maximum of eight feet in height.
In unincorporated Kootenai County, fences under eight feet tall are exempt from zoning setback requirements and do not trigger a zoning permit. A fence eight feet or taller is regulated as a structure and must meet setbacks and building-code review.
Kootenai County LUDC 8.4.1106(C)(1)
Exceptions to Setback Requirements. The setback requirements set forth in this title shall not apply to: 1. Fences which are less than eight feet (8') in height;
Kootenai County's Land Use Code sets no boundary-fence cost-sharing or 'good-neighbor' rule; those are civil matters under Idaho law. The county only regulates height, materials, corner-lot visibility, and setbacks for taller fences.
Kootenai County LUDC 8.4.1403
On a corner lot, nothing shall be erected, placed, planted, or allowed to grow in such a manner as to materially impede vision between a height of two feet six inches (2'6") and ten feet (10') above the centerline grades of the intersecting streets... fifty feet (50') from the point of intersection.
In unincorporated Kootenai County a retaining wall taller than four feet above ground level (unless within a setback area) requires a location/building permit, and any wall over four feet must be engineered under the adopted residential code.
Kootenai County Code Title 7 Ch. 1, 7.1.105(D)(1)
A location permit shall be required before the start of construction of an agricultural building, retaining wall greater than 4' above ground level unless within a setback area, or a structure exceeding 200 square feet for which the owner has opted out of the building permitting process.
Kootenai County requires that fences not block corner-lot visibility, meet setbacks if eight feet or taller, and avoid prohibited materials. Screening fences must be 100% sight-obscuring and at least six feet where required.
Kootenai County LUDC 8.4.605(A)
Refuse containers shall be screened from view by a one hundred percent (100%) sight obscuring fence that is a minimum of six feet (6') in height.
Kootenai County's Land Use Code bans fences made of tires, manufactured-home parts, salvaged building materials, automobile parts, junk, or garbage. Screening fences must be sight-obscuring, and total fence height is capped at eight feet.
Kootenai County LUDC 8.4.605(C)
Fencing material shall not consist of tires, manufactured home parts, salvaged building materials, automobile parts, junk, or garbage.
Kootenai County allows conventional fence materials but forbids fences of tires, manufactured-home parts, salvaged building materials, automobile parts, junk, or garbage. Required screening fences must be fully sight-obscuring, and fences top out at eight feet.
Kootenai County LUDC 8.4.605(B)
Storage of Equipment, Materials and Goods... shall be stored within an accessory building or within a one hundred percent (100%) sight obscuring fence that is a minimum of six feet (6') in height.
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