Industrial noise in unincorporated Kootenai County is controlled mainly through zoning and land-use standards rather than a countywide decibel ordinance. Nuisance and disturbing-the-peace rules also apply. Airport-area industrial uses must respect the county's noise compatibility area.
Kootenai County zones the unincorporated county under the Local Land Use Planning Act, placing industrial and commercial uses in designated zones with development standards; land-use conditions, not a general dBA table, are the primary noise control. Chronic industrial noise that disturbs a neighborhood may also be pursued as a nuisance or under Idaho Code 18-6409. Around the Coeur d'Alene Airport, the county's land-use code (section 8.9.303 definitions) recognizes a Noise Compatibility Area within the 65 DNL contour that shapes compatible uses. Enforcement is through Community Development and code enforcement.
Zoning and land-use violations are abated through county code enforcement (notice, orders, penalties). Nuisance or disturbing-the-peace noise can also be cited under 18-6409.
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