Kootenai County sets no countywide curb-color parking code — colored-curb systems (red no-parking, yellow loading, etc.) are a city-street feature. On unincorporated roads, curb and pavement markings are controlled by the local highway district or ITD, and no resident may paint or place markings on a public right-of-way without permission.
Painted-curb parking zones (red, yellow, white, green) are managed by cities on their own streets and by the highway districts or ITD on the roads they maintain — not by a single Kootenai County ordinance. In the unincorporated county the practical rule is that the road authority controls all pavement and curb markings, and private residents cannot install or paint their own parking markings, signs or obstructions on a public street or right-of-way without the road agency's consent. Idaho Code 49-1801 and related right-of-way provisions back this up by barring unauthorized use of the highway. To request or interpret curb markings, contact the highway district that maintains your road, or the city if you're inside city limits.
Unauthorized painting, signing or obstruction of a public right-of-way is enforced by the highway district, ITD or Sheriff; city-street markings follow the city code.
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