Kootenai County requires all solid waste to be disposed of only through the approved county disposal system. Rural residents use 12 residential collection sites or two transfer stations; the property owner pays the county solid waste fee on their tax bill.
Under section 4-3-8 of the Solid Waste Ordinance, no person may discard solid waste except by approved use of the county disposal system, which includes county rural collection sites, the Ramsey and Prairie transfer stations, city collection systems, and permitted private haulers. Much of the unincorporated county has no municipal curbside route, so residents self-haul to a rural residential collection site (household refuse only) or to a transfer station. Transfer station entry gates open at 8 a.m. and close at 4:55 p.m., seven days a week. Residential service through a private hauler is regular weekly removal of up to three 32-gallon cans (96 gallons).
Disposing of solid waste outside the approved county system violates the ordinance (4-3-8) and is subject to the penalties in 4-3-16, including misdemeanor liability of up to a $1,000 fine and up to six months imprisonment.
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