Bonner County, ID HOA Rules: HOA Disputes (2026)

Section 12-484 of the Bonner County Revised Code, the vacation rental ordinance in Title 12, requires every permit holder to post the vacation rental permit within five feet (5') of the front door of each dwelling unit, on the inside of the unit. The posted sheet carries eight items: the local representative's name and telephone number, the owner's name and mailing address, contact information for the Planning Department and the Sheriff's Office in Bonner County, the maximum occupancy, the parking plan, the solid waste collection day, the rules of the area, and boating and recreational rules. The rules-of-the-area item names Homeowners Association rules and ends with a flat statement: Bonner County will not enforce Homeowners Association rules or Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions.

That sentence tells a neighbor or a guest where a covenant dispute does not go. A resident who believes a rental breaks the subdivision's CC&Rs cannot ask the Planning Department to enforce those covenants. What the county enforces is its own permit: the occupancy cap, the off-street parking requirement, weekly solid waste collection, the local representative, and the rest of section 12-484. Section 12-112 of the same title adds a rule of priority: when the zoning title imposes a greater restriction on the use of buildings or premises than covenants do, the provisions of the title control.

The ordinance does give neighbors a county-side contact. When a permit issues, the County notifies property owners and residents within three hundred feet (300') of the property so they can reach the local representative or the owner about problems. The local representative must respond to complaints within seven (7) business days. Permit holders appeal a revocation to the Board of County Commissioners under section 12-261 of Title 12.