5-2-4-2: MAINTENANCE OF SANITARY CONDITIONS:

   A.   Deposit Of Waste At Disposal Sites Only: All persons shall maintain their premises in sanitary condition. No person shall throw or deposit or permit to accumulate any waste in or on premises, improved or vacant, either public or private, within unincorporated Ada County, unless said premises is a disposal site, so that it constitutes a public nuisance under Idaho Code title 18, chapter 59, or is likely to:

      1.   Attract flies or fly breeding;

      2.   Afford food or harborage for rodents and pests;

      3.   Be a source of noxious or offensive odors or conditions inimical to public interest or health.

   B.   Deposit Of Waste Or Lighted Material On Public Ways: No person shall wilfully or negligently throw from any vehicle, place, deposit or permit to be deposited upon or alongside of any highway, street, alley or easement used by the public for public travel, any waste or lighted material.

   C.   Other Applicable Regulations: No section or provision of these regulations shall be construed to prohibit anything permitted or authorized under other applicable regulations.

   D.   Vacating Premises: It shall be unlawful for any person upon vacating premises to fail to remove all waste from such premises and appurtenances thereto; or to fail to place the premises in a thoroughly sanitary condition within twenty four (24) hours after said premises is vacated.

   E.   Composting: Composting is permissible. Matter used for composting may be transported, kept, and used, provided the compost or matter used for composting shall not constitute a public nuisance. For the purposes of this chapter, there are three (3) types of composting activities: agricultural service composting, commercial composting facility, and private composting as defined in section 5-2-3 of this chapter. (Ord. 577, 3-22-2005)