Caldwell City Code 08-17-01 prohibits throwing, discarding, or depositing rubbish, garbage, or refuse on any street, alley, sidewalk, or vacant ground, or in any canal, irrigation ditch, drainage ditch, or watercourse. Violations are an infraction punishable by a civil penalty of up to $100, plus possible injunction.
Illegal dumping in Caldwell is directly prohibited by city code. Section 08-17-01(1)(C) (Chapter 8, Article 17, Burning, Dumping Regulated) states: "No person shall throw, discard or deposit any rubbish, garbage or refuse in or upon any street, alley, sidewalk or vacant ground or in or upon any canal, irrigation ditch, drainage ditch or other watercourse." The opening of section 08-17-01 broadly bars burning, burying, dumping, or otherwise disposing of rubbish or garbage except as the code permits. This watercourse-and-public-ground prohibition reflects local concern for Caldwell's canals and irrigation ditches. Penalties are set in section 08-17-11: any person violating the article "shall be guilty of an infraction" punishable by "a civil penalty of not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00)," and the city may also pursue legal proceedings to obtain an injunction. Separately, dumping that creates accumulated refuse on private property is enforceable as a nuisance under Chapter 7, Article 11 (with the 10-day voluntary-compliance process), and the vacant-lot maintenance duty requires owners to keep lots free of garbage, litter, and debris. Caldwell's broader authority to abate dumped-waste nuisances and recover costs comes from Idaho Code 50-334. Illegal dumping can be reported to the Caldwell Code Compliance Division through the city's online complaint form.
Throwing, discarding, or depositing rubbish, garbage, or refuse on public ground, vacant ground, or in any canal/ditch/watercourse is an infraction under 08-17-01, punishable by a civil penalty of up to $100 (per 08-17-11), with possible injunctive relief; dumping on private property can also trigger nuisance abatement.
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