Bonneville County, ID Public Health Rules: Rodent Control (2026)

31(D) makes it unlawful to throw, deposit or allow refuse to accumulate on any building, premises, lot or area, public or private, if doing so is likely to afford food or harborage for rodents or other vermin, breed flies or mosquitoes, or create noxious odors or conditions dangerous to health. 30(A), which requires every refuse container in the county to be built of durable, watertight, rust-resistant material with a close-fitting lid, specifically because it must be rodent- and fly-proof. 31(C) bars burying, dumping or otherwise disposing of refuse outside the methods the chapter allows.

30(F), has the right to enter any premises to inspect places and containers where refuse is created or kept; refusing that access is itself a violation. These provisions sit in Chapter 50's Refuse Control subchapter, adopted in 1968, and apply to the unincorporated county; Idaho Falls and the county's other incorporated cities enforce their own municipal codes for the same conduct within city limits.