Kootenai County, ID Fire Regulations: Wildfire Zones (2026)

901 spells out what the plan must contain. The site plan has to map draws, ridges and steep slopes using three categories (0% and under 15%, 15% and under 35%, and 35% or more), show building aspect, mark existing and proposed structures and railroad lines, and include a fuel hazard rating broken into low (grass, weeds, shrubs), medium (brush, large shrubs, small trees) and high (heavy accumulation of large fuels, including timber). 201 or the responding fire district's standards, provide two means of ingress and egress, and include turnarounds at least fifty feet from structures, with one pullout for every four hundred feet of driveway.

The written report half of the plan must cover perimeter and internal fuel breaks, short and long-term vegetation management, underground versus overhead power lines, and identification of firefighting water supplies. 807, which tracks Idaho Code sections 67-6518 and 67-6527 and can void the plat ab initio. 603 backs this up: violations are misdemeanors under section 1-4-1 of the county code, and Community Development can also impose a civil penalty of up to one thousand dollars per incident per day, capped at twenty thousand dollars per incident, with each day of noncompliance treated as a separate incident.