Landscaping Rules in Idaho (2026)

Boise requires property owners to prune tree branches overhanging streets and sidewalks for sufficient vertical…

Caldwell requires overhanging tree branches to be pruned to ten feet of vertical clearance over sidewalks and…

Unincorporated Canyon County treats untrimmed trees, shrubs and weeds as a public nuisance when they create a fire…

Idaho Falls requires property owners to trim trees and shrubs along the right-of-way to keep at least 8 feet of…

In unincorporated Kootenai County there is no general tree-trimming permit, but within the 25-foot Shoreline Management…

Meridian's nuisance ordinance requires trees to keep 8 feet of vertical clearance over sidewalks and 14 feet over…

Nampa requires trees in vision-clearance areas trimmed to at least 9 feet above curbs and sidewalks and 14 feet above…

On a corner lot in Bonneville County, trees inside the sight-triangle at a street intersection must be pruned to keep…

Caldwell requires a City Forester permit before removing, replacing, trimming, cutting or pruning any tree or shrub in…

Ada County has no private-tree-removal permit, but Idaho law requires every landowner to control designated noxious…

Boise requires a free permit from the City Forester before anyone plants, prunes, removes, or otherwise disturbs a…

Removing a tree in a Bonneville County road right-of-way requires a right-of-way permit. Code § 153.04(B)(3) lists…

Cutting, pruning, or removing any Public Tree in Idaho Falls requires written permission from the Parks Director or…

Kootenai County has no general tree-removal permit, but the distinctive Shoreline Management Area rule (County Code…

Meridian requires site and landscape plans to protect existing trees of four-inch caliper or larger during development…

Nampa requires a forester-issued permit before removing any tree from the public right-of-way; trees on private…

Idaho Code § 22-2407 makes it the duty of every landowner to control noxious weeds on their land, at their own expense…

Idaho Code 22-2407 makes it every landowner's duty to control noxious weeds, enforced in unincorporated Ada County by…

Boise requires owners to cut weeds, grass, and vines that pose a fire hazard, with a 12-inch height trigger, or the…

Bonneville County Code § 91.01 caps ordinary weeds and offensive plants at ten inches in height on any land in the…

Caldwell caps unmanaged weeds at eight inches: Caldwell City Code section 07-11-01 declares weed growth over eight…

Idaho Falls makes it a public nuisance to let weeds or noxious weeds grow, exist, or accumulate on any property in the…

Idaho law makes weed control mandatory: every landowner must control noxious weeds on their property at their own cost…

Meridian classifies weeds and other undesirable plant growth over eight inches tall as a nuisance, triggering a code…

Nampa caps weeds and grass at 8 inches on any property in the city, with the city empowered to abate and bill the owner…

Under Boise City Code Title 1, Chapter 17, the Mayor can declare a drought emergency and issue a mandatory reduction…

Kootenai County itself sets no countywide lawn-watering schedule. Outdoor watering limits, if any, come from your city…

Ada County Code 8-3-5(E)(4)(a) requires rainwater harvesting on any commercial or industrial building over 10,000…

Ada County's zoning code caps traditional bluegrass lawn at 50% of any landscape area and directs developers toward…

Boise's development landscaping code lets a site's undisturbed natural areas count toward landscaping and requires new…

Street and land-use buffer landscaping in Caldwell must use native plant groundcovers under the city's Waterwise…

Idaho Falls exempts intentional xeriscape and native-plant landscaping from its ten-inch weed limit, so long as the…

Nampa permits artificial turf only in limited settings on multi-family, commercial, industrial, and subdivision sites…

Ada County Code 5-2-4-2(E) allows composting on any parcel as long as it never becomes a public nuisance by attracting…

Boise's curbside compost program is optional: sign up for a gray cart with a green lid. Meat, dairy, oils and even bags…

Unincorporated Canyon County, Idaho exempts compost piles from its solid waste accumulation ban. Canyon County Code…

Idaho Falls allows compost piles anywhere on private property under City Code § 8-6-13, with no size or bin standard…