As used in this chapter, unless specified otherwise herein:
COMMISSIONERS: The Board of County Commissioners.
COUNTY: Shoshone County, State of Idaho.
COUNTY NOXIOUS WEED: Any non-native kind or species of plant or propagule thereof having the potential to cause injury to public welfare, including, but not limited to: health, crops, livestock, land or other property; and for which it is feasible to devote County resources for purposes of eradication, prevention or otherwise protecting the County or part thereof from infestation by such weed, and which is designated as noxious by the Board of County Commissioners, but does not refer to weeds declared noxious by rules and regulations promulgated under the authority of Idaho Code title 22, chapter 24.
EARLY DETECTION, RAPID RESPONSE (EDRR): Plants in this category must be reported to the Idaho State Department of Agriculture (ISDA) within ten (10) days after being identified at the University of Idaho or by another qualified authority approved by the ISDA Director. Eradication of these weeds must begin in the same season they are found.
LAND: All soil or water or other growing media.
NON-NATIVE: Any plant species determined by reference as non-native to standard, recognized scientific documents such as "Flora of the Pacific Northwest".
SPECIAL MANAGEMENT ZONE: An area wherein the requirements of this chapter to control certain named County noxious weeds may be suspended or modified in any other way.
STATE NOXIOUS WEED: Non-native plant or propagule appearing on the Idaho Noxious Weed List. Idaho's noxious weeds are plant species that have been designated "noxious" by law in the Idaho Code title 22, chapter 24.
WEED CONTROL: Any and all of the following: prevention, eradication or containment. (Ord. 154, 10-4-2016)