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Bonner County, ID Code of Ordinances
COUNTY CODE of BONNER COUNTY, IDAHO
ORDINANCES PENDING REVIEW FOR CODIFICATION
TITLE 1 COUNTY OPERATIONS
TITLE 2 COUNTY ROADS AND RIGHTS OF WAY
TITLE 3 PUBLIC WATERS
TITLE 4 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
TITLE 5 USES OF COUNTY PROPERTY
TITLE 6 INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM
TITLE 7 SOLID WASTE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL
TITLE 8 SPECIAL LICENSES
TITLE 9 SPECIAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH
TITLE 10 ANIMAL CONTROL
TITLE 11 BUILDING REGULATIONS
TITLE 12 LAND USE REGULATIONS
TITLE 13 PRIVATE ROAD STANDARDS MANUAL
TITLE 14 FLOOD DAMAGE PREVENTION
TITLE 15 DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES
CHAPTER 8
DEFINITIONS
SECTION:
12-800: General Rules For Use Of Language
12-801: Definitions - A
12-802: Definitions - B
12-803: Definitions - C
12-804: Definitions - D
12-805: Definitions - E
12-806: Definitions - F
12-807: Definitions - G
12-808: Definitions - H
12-809: Definitions - I
12-810: Definitions - J
12-811: Definitions - K
12-812: Definitions - L
12-813: Definitions - M
12-814: Definitions - N
12-815: Definitions - O
12-816: Definitions - P
12-817: Definitions - Q
12-818: Definitions - R
12-819: Definitions - S
12-820: Definitions - T
12-821: Definitions - U
12-822: Definitions - V
12-823: Definitions - W
12-824: Definitions - X
12-825: Definitions - Y
12-826: Definitions - Z
12-800: GENERAL RULES FOR USE OF LANGUAGE:
General rules for use of language:
   A.   All provisions, terms, phrases and expressions contained in this title shall be constructed in accordance with the following general rules:
      1.   In any case of any difference of meaning or implication between the text of this chapter and any heading, drawing, table, figure or illustration, the more restrictive text shall control.
      2.   Unless otherwise specifically indicated, lists of items or examples that use terms such as "including", "such as", or similar language are intended to provide examples and not to be exhaustive lists of all possibilities.
      3.   References to days are calendar days unless otherwise stated. Excluding the first day and including the last day shall determine the time in which an act is to be done. If the last day is a Saturday, Sunday or holiday observed by Bonner County, that day shall be excluded.
      4.   Whenever reference is made to a resolution, ordinance, statute, regulation or document, it shall be construed as a reference to the most recent edition or amendment of such resolution, ordinance, statute, regulation or document, unless otherwise specifically stated.
      5.   Words in the masculine gender include the feminine.
      6.   Terms not defined within title 11 of this code or this title shall have the meaning customarily assigned to them as defined in Webster's dictionary ("The Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary", eleventh edition).
      7.   All public officials, bodies, and agencies to which references are made are those of Bonner County, unless otherwise indicated.
      8.   The words "shall", "will", and "must" are always mandatory. The words "may" and "should" are advisory and discretionary terms.
      9.   The words used in one tense (past, present, or future) include all other tenses, unless the context clearly indicates the contrary.
      10.   The singular includes the plural and the plural includes the singular (including numeric values), i.e., truck vs. trucks.
      11.   Unless the context clearly suggests the contrary, conjunctions shall be interpreted as follows:
         a.   "And" indicates that all connected items, conditions, provisions or events apply.
         b.   "Or" indicates that one or more of the connected items, conditions, provisions or events may apply or be optional.
      12.   The word "building" includes the word "structure".
      13.   The word "lot" includes the words "plot", "parcel", or "tract".
      14.   The word "person" includes a firm, association, organization, partnership, trust, company or corporation as well as an individual.
      15.   All aviation terms, definitions, and references to airports are as defined in federal aviation regulations part 77. (Ord. 558, 12-14-2016)
 
12-801: DEFINITIONS - A:
 
ACCESS:
See subsection A, “Legal Access”, of the definition of Street.
ACCESSORY BUILDING OR USE:
A use or structure on the same lot and of a nature that is incidental and subordinate to the principal use or structure.
ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT:
See definition DWELLING UNIT, ACCESSORY.
ADMINISTRATOR:
An official having knowledge in the principles and practices of planning and zoning, who is appointed by the board to administer this title. Also, the planning director.
ADULT ENTERTAINMENT:
Any adult bookstore, adult hotel or motel, adult motion picture arcade, adult motion picture theater, cabaret, sexual encounter center, or any other business or establishment that offers its patrons services or entertainment characterized by an emphasis on matter depicting, describing or relating to specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas, but not including those uses or activities, the regulation of which is preempted by state law.
AGRI-EDUCATION:
The teaching of agriculture, harvesting, culinary skills, dairy product production, farm animal slaughter and other skills and processes in a farm or ranch setting.
AGRICULTURAL BUILDING:
A structure that is designed and constructed for one or more of the following purposes, including but not limited to: livestock shelters or buildings, including shade structures and milking barns; poultry buildings or shelter; horticultural structures, including detached greenhouses and crop protection shelters; grain storage; or stables.
AGRICULTURAL DIRECT MARKETING ACTIVITIES:
Those accessory activities associated with the retail sale of agricultural products produced on and off the premises. This includes the sale of nonagricultural products (e.g., crafts, antiques, kitchen goods, etc.), educational classes and tours, commercial farm rides on premises, and temporary food services.
AGRICULTURE OR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES:
Agricultural uses include forestry, cultivation of the land, storage of related agricultural products and equipment, floriculture, horticulture, nurseries with wholesale and/or retail sales of agricultural products and incidental sales of related products, greenhouses with wholesale and/or retail sales of agricultural products and incidental sales of related products, vineyards, truck gardening, beekeeping, animal and poultry husbandry, grazing or pasturing of livestock, general farming and agribusiness activities.
ALIQUOT PART:
A precise description of a tract or other parcel of land definitely located by reference to the division of a United States government survey township into exact portions of the section (640 acres), half sections (320 acres), quarter sections (160 acres), half quarter sections (80 acres), quarter quarter or 1/16 sections (40 acres), 1/32 sections (20 acres), 1/64 sections (10 acres), 1/128 sections (5 acres) or 1/256 sections (2.5 acres).
ALL WEATHER SURFACE:
A hard, dust free surface capable, during ordinary use, of withstanding without substantial deterioration, normal weather conditions. Gravel, rock or screenings alone, without the use of petroleum or cement binder, does not meet this definition of an all weather, dust free surface.
AMENDMENT:
A change in the wording, context or substance of this title, or change of the zone boundaries upon the zoning map, which is part of this title when adopted by resolution passed by the board in the manner prescribed by Idaho Code.
ANIMAL ESTABLISHMENT:
Any structure, land or combination thereof used, designed or arranged for the boarding, breeding, grooming, selling, showing, training, care or treatment of domestic animals, except when accessory to an agricultural use.
ANIMAL HUSBANDRY:
The raising of domesticated farm animals.
ANIMAL SHELTER:
A facility which is used to house or contain stray, homeless, abandoned or unwanted animals and which is owned, operated or maintained by a public body, an established humane society, animal welfare society, society for the prevention of cruelty to animals or other nonprofit organization or person devoted to the welfare, protection and treatment of animals.
ANIMAL UNIT:
A unit of measurement calculated by adding the number of each type of animal multiplied by the multiplier specified in the table below:
Type Of Animal
Multiplier
Type Of Animal
Multiplier
Cattle
1.50
Chickens
0.01
Domestic fowl (turkeys, ducks and geese)
0.20
Goat
0.15
Horses, mules
2.00
Llama, alpaca, burro, donkey, miniature horses (less than 4 feet in height measured at withers)
0.23
Sheep
0.17
Swine, weaned, weighing under 55 pounds
0.10
Swine, weighing over 55 pounds
0.40
 
 
Note: Adult and juvenile animals are considered equally for the purpose of calculating animal units.
APARTMENT:
A single living unit or suite in a multi-family structure, occupied on a permanent basis as distinguished from a transient occupancy basis.
APPLICANT:
Any person who files an application for land use who is either the person(s) identified in the assessor’s records as the owner of property on which that proposed activity would be located; or the authorized agent of such a person.
APPOINTIVE MEMBERS:
All members of the Planning or Zoning Commission.
ARTIFICIAL HIGH WATER MARK:
The high water elevation above the natural or ordinary water mark resulting from construction of manmade dams or control works and impressing a new and higher vegetation line.
ARTIFICIAL WATERCOURSE:
A channel created by human activity for the purposes of conveyance of waters. The term shall include conveyance channels, grassed swales, roadside ditches or gutters, but shall not include agricultural irrigation ditches.
ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY:
An establishment which provides living quarters and a variety of limited personal care and supportive healthcare to individuals who are unable to live independently due to infirmity of age, physical or mental handicap, but who do not need the skilled nursing care of a nursing home. Such a facility includes individual dwelling units with private bathroom facilities. Such a facility must be licensed by the state of Idaho. (Ord. 558, 12-14-2016; amd. Ord. 606, 7-14-2020; Ord. 661, 3-18-2022; Ord. 714, 7-24-2024)
 
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