5 rules for unincorporated Kootenai County, Idaho.
Verified from official government sources
Kootenai County requires all solid waste to be disposed of only through the approved county disposal system. Rural residents use 12 residential collection sites or two transfer stations; the property owner pays the county solid waste fee on their tax bill.
Kootenai County Code 4-3-8
No person shall discard or dispose of any solid waste in the county except by approved use of the county solid waste disposal system.
Kootenai County sets container rules through its collection system rather than a curbside setout ordinance. Residential service is defined as up to three 32-gallon cans weekly, and rural sites and transfer stations require residents to obey all posted regulations.
Kootenai County Code 4-3-3
RESIDENTIAL SERVICE: The regular weekly removal of not more than three (3) approved thirty two (32) gallon containers, or the preapproved equivalent (96 gallons) of waste from a residence.
Large bulky items, appliances, furniture, tires and wood must go to the Ramsey or Prairie transfer station, not to rural residential collection sites, where they are expressly prohibited under the Solid Waste Ordinance.
Kootenai County Code 4-3-15(B)(2)
Rural residential collection sites are for garbage generated from residential dwellings. Prohibited are any commercial waste, yard waste (greater than three 32-gallon cans or equivalent [96 gallons]), tires, batteries, construction materials, appliances, furniture, carpet, large bulky items, liquid waste, wood or wood products, petroleum products or any other hazardous material.
Recycling is voluntary in Kootenai County, not mandatory. Residents are encouraged but not required to recycle. Both transfer stations have green bins for aluminum, cardboard, paper, plastics #1 and #2, and other materials.
Dumping trash on public or private property without authorization is illegal under both Idaho Code 18-7031 and Kootenai County's Solid Waste Ordinance. County violations can be charged as a misdemeanor with up to a $1,000 fine and up to six months in jail.
Kootenai County Code 4-3-15(E)
No person shall deposit upon any public or private property any debris, paper, litter, glass bottles, glass, nails, tacks, hooks, cans, barbed wire, boards, trash, garbage, lighted material or other waste substances on any place not authorized by any county, city, village or the owner of such property.
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