Kootenai County sets container rules through its collection system rather than a curbside setout ordinance. Residential service is defined as up to three 32-gallon cans weekly, and rural sites and transfer stations require residents to obey all posted regulations.
The Solid Waste Ordinance defines residential service as regular weekly removal of not more than three approved 32-gallon containers (or the 96-gallon equivalent); larger volumes convert the account to commercial billing. Because much of the unincorporated county is self-haul, there is no county-wide curbside bin-placement or setback-from-curb rule; those apply only where a private hauler or a city provides curbside service. At the rural residential collection sites and transfer stations, section 4-3-10 requires that no person act in violation of the posted regulations, and 4-3-15 requires compliance with all posted signs. Container and setout specifics for city routes are set by the city or the contracted hauler.
Violating posted regulations at a collection site, or exceeding residential service limits, is enforced under the Solid Waste Ordinance and can trigger conversion to commercial billing or the penalties in section 4-3-16.
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