In unincorporated Kootenai County, the Land Use and Development Code bars outdoor storage of items not customarily used outdoors. Materials, equipment and personal property must sit inside a building or be fully screened from neighbors and roads.
Kootenai County has no standalone 'blight' code; blight-type junk is regulated as outdoor storage under LUDC 8.4.1402. Section 8.4.1402(A) prohibits using property for outdoor storage of items not customarily used or stored outdoors for a permitted use. Firewood, agricultural equipment, clotheslines, licensed operable vehicles on a driveway, and up to two unlicensed/inoperable vehicles are allowed. Everything else must be stored within a building or fully screened. Inside the cities of Coeur d'Alene, Post Falls, Hayden and Rathdrum, the city's own code applies. Enforcement is complaint-driven through county Code Compliance.
Land Use and Development Code violations are enforced by county Code Compliance, which may issue notices requiring abatement; unresolved violations can lead to civil penalties and enforcement action.
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Kootenai County, ID
Kootenai County has no ordinance banning backyard composting; home composting of yard and food scraps is allowed. Compost must not become a nuisance (odor, v...
Kootenai County, ID
Kootenai County has no ordinance banning or specifically regulating artificial turf on residential lots. Standard site rules still apply near water: replacin...
Kootenai County, ID
Kootenai County does not require or prohibit native-plant landscaping generally, but along the shoreline it actively encourages native vegetation: the county...
Kootenai County, ID
Kootenai County has no ordinance banning rain barrels. Rainwater collection in Idaho is governed by state water law: Idaho allows collecting rainwater and di...
Kootenai County, ID
Kootenai County itself sets no countywide lawn-watering schedule. Outdoor watering limits, if any, come from your city or your water/irrigation provider. Und...
Kootenai County, ID
Idaho law makes weed control mandatory: every landowner must control noxious weeds on their property at their own cost (Idaho Code 22-2407). Kootenai County'...
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