Title 50 — MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS

50-309. Fire department — Fire zones. A. Any city, in order to prevent and extinguish fires, shall have the power to erect engine houses, purchase or lease fire engines and all other apparatus to maintain a fire department, to provide water for fire purposes in the city, in such …

50-310. Hazardous materials. Cities are empowered: to regulate or prohibit the loading or storage of any material deemed hazardous, or transporting the same over the streets or waters in the city, or within three (3) miles of the limits thereof; to prevent the discharge of firear…

50-311. Creation — Vacation of streets — Eminent domain — Reversion of vacated streets. Cities are empowered to: create, open, widen or extend any street, avenue, alley or lane, annul, vacate or discontinue the same whenever deemed expedient for the public good; to take private p…

50-312. Improvement of streets — Special levy. Cities may levy and collect a special tax upon all of the taxable property within the city limits to establish, lay out, alter, open any streets or alleys and improve, repair, light, grade, sprinkle, flush, gravel, oil, or drain the …

50-313. Public ways — Supervision. The city councils of cities shall have the care, supervision, and control of all public highways and bridges within the corporate limits, and shall cause them to be kept open and in repair and free from nuisances. Where any highway within the co…

50-314. Streets and public places — Regulations. Cities shall have power to: control and limit the traffic on streets, avenues and public places; regulate and control all encroachments upon and into all sidewalks, streets, avenues, and alleys in said city; remove all obstructions…

50-315. Rehabilitation improvements. Cities may provide for the repairing, rebuilding and relaying of pavement, curb, gutter, sewer or other improvements, the procedure and manner of payment to be the same as provided by law for making such improvements in the first instance.

50-316. Sidewalks — General regulations. Cities may provide by general ordinance for the construction, repair or removal of sidewalks which are deemed by the council to be dangerous and unsafe, and for the replacing thereof, assess the cost as provided in section 50-1008 to the p…

50-317. Removal of snow, ice, rubbish and weeds. Cities are empowered to cause all sidewalks and alleys to be cleared of snow, ice and rubbish, and the cutting and removal of trees, weeds and grass, and the removal of rubbish upon and from all private property within the city and…

50-318. Identification of streets and houses. Cities may provide by ordinance for the naming of streets and avenues and the numbering of houses adjacent thereto.

50-319. Animals at large — Regulation. The mayor and council of each city shall have authority: to regulate the running at large of domesticated animals; to cause such as may be running at large to be impounded and sold to discharge the penalties and costs of impounding, keeping …

50-320. Cemeteries. All cities shall have the following powers in regard to cemeteries: A. Acquisition. — Purchase, hold and pay for, in the manner herein provided, lands not exceeding eighty (80) acres in one (1) body outside of the corporate limits, and all necessary grounds in…

50-321. Aviation facilities — Acquisition, operation and maintenance. Cities are hereby empowered: to acquire by purchase, gift, lease, sublease, or otherwise hold and take over such lands as the city council may deem necessary within or without the corporate limits whether withi…

50-322. Transit systems. Any city may, in the manner provided for acquiring other property, purchase, lease, or otherwise procure transit systems and provide by general ordinance for rules and regulations governing the maintenance and operation of the same.

50-323. Domestic water systems. Cities are hereby empowered to establish, create, develop, maintain and operate domestic water systems; provide for domestic water from wells, streams, water sheds or any other source; provide for storage, treatment and transmission of the same to …

50-324. Cities authorized to jointly purchase or lease, maintain or operate a joint water system. All cities of this state are empowered by ordinance to negotiate for and purchase or lease, and to maintain and operate, in cooperation with adjoining cities of states bordering this…

50-325. Power plants — Power distribution. (1) Cities shall have authority: to acquire, own, maintain and operate electric power plants, purchase electric power, and provide for distribution to the residents of the city, and to sell excess power subject to the provisions of secti…

50-326. Water, light, power and gas plants — Leasing — Selling — Procedure. Whenever any city in this state shall own its own water plant, water system, electric power plant or electric light and power transmission and electric distribution system or natural gas distribution syst…

50-327. Sale of excess power. Any city of the state of Idaho owning or controlling a power plant may sell its excess power to persons and corporations for any lawful purpose. The term "excess power" means all electricity not needed by the city or the inhabitants thereof. All char…

50-328. Utility transmission systems — Regulations. All cities shall have power to permit, authorize, provide for and regulate the erection, maintenance and removal of utility transmission systems, and the laying and use of underground conduits or subways for the same in, under, …

50-329. Franchise ordinances — Regulations. No ordinance granting a franchise in any city shall be passed on the day of its introduction, nor for thirty (30) days thereafter, nor until such ordinance shall have been published in at least one (1) issue of the official newspaper of…

50-329A. Franchise ordinances — Fees. (1) This section applies to franchises granted by cities to electric, natural gas and water public utilities, as defined in chapter 1, title 61, Idaho Code, and to cooperative electrical associations, as defined in subsection (a) of section 6…

50-330. Rates of franchise holders — Regulations. Cities shall have power to regulate the fares, rates, rentals or charges made for the service rendered under any franchise granted in such city, except such as are subject to regulation by the public utilities commission.

50-331. Control of waters. Cities may establish, alter and change the channels of watercourses and wall or cover the same within the boundaries of the city and outside the corporate limits to the extent necessary to preserve the watercourse.

50-332. Control of sewers and drains. Cities are authorized to clear, cleanse, alter, straighten, widen, pipe, wall, fill or close any waterway, drain or sewer or any watercourse in such city when not declared, by law, to be navigable and, as provided in section 50-1008, assess t…

50-333. Flood prevention — Drainage. Cities are authorized to prevent the flooding of the city or to secure its drainage, to assess the cost thereof to the property benefited, and for such purpose may make any improvement or perform any labor on any stream or waterway, either wit…

50-334. Abatement of nuisances. Cities are empowered to declare what shall be deemed nuisances, to prevent, remove and abate nuisances at the expense of the parties creating, causing, committing or maintaining the same, to levy a special assessment as provided in section 50-1008,…

50-335. Destruction of buildings inimical to safety and health. All cities in the state of Idaho shall have power to declare any building or structure to be a nuisance which, in the opinion of the city council, is so dilapidated or is in such condition as to menace the public hea…

50-336. TRAFFIC SAFETY EDUCATION PROGRAM — FEES. (1) Cities may by ordinance elect to offer a traffic safety education program to all drivers issued an infraction citation by a city law enforcement officer for a moving violation not involving a collision. Citations allowing the t…

50-342. Electric power — Purchase or disposal. In addition to the powers otherwise conferred on cities of this state, a city owning and operating an electric distribution system shall have the authority to: (a) Purchase, or generate, or both, electric power and energy for the pur…

50-342A. Participation in generation and transmission projects. (1) It is hereby determined and declared that securing long-term electric generation and transmission resources at cost-based rates is essential to the ability of municipal utilities to provide reliable and economic …

50-344. Solid waste disposal. (1) Cities shall have the power to maintain and operate solid waste collection systems. Such maintenance and operation may, by exclusive or nonexclusive means, be performed by: (a) Employees, facilities, equipment and supplies engaged or acquired by …

50-345. Computerized mapping system fees. (1) As used in this section, "computerized mapping system" or "system" means the digital storage, processing and retrieval of cadastral information derived from local government records and related information such as land use, topography…

50-346. MUNICIPALITY PROHIBITIONS ON UTILITY CONNECTIONS. No municipality, city, incorporated or unincorporated area, special use district, or any other local government entity of any kind may enact or implement any resolution, policy, or ordinance that: (1) Prohibits, or has the…

50-401. Short title. This chapter shall be known and cited as the "Idaho Municipal Election Laws."

50-402. Definitions. The following words and phrases when used in this chapter, have the meanings respectively given herein. (a) General election. "General election" means the election held on the first Tuesday succeeding the first Monday in November in each odd-numbered year at …

50-403. Supervision of administration of election laws by county clerk. (1) For each city, the county clerk of the county is the chief elections officer and shall exercise general supervision of the administration of the election laws in the city for the purpose of achieving and …

50-404. Registration of electors. All electors must register before being able to vote at any municipal election. The county clerk shall be the registrar for all city elections and shall conduct voter registration for each city pursuant to the provisions of chapter 4, title 34, I…

50-405. General and special city elections. (1) A general election shall be held in each city governed by this title, for officials as in this title provided, on the Tuesday following the first Monday of November in each odd-numbered year. All such officials shall be elected and …

50-406. Method of nomination — Clerk to furnish printed forms. Candidates for elective city offices shall be nominated by declaration. The declaration shall contain the name and address of the person and the office and the term for which he is being nominated. There shall be no m…

50-407. Form of declaration of candidacy. Declarations of candidacy and petitions of candidacy shall read substantially as herein set forth. Any number of separate petitions of candidacy may be circulated at the same time for any candidate and all petitions for each candidate sha…

50-410. Time and manner of filing declarations. (1) All declarations of candidacy for elective city offices shall be filed with the clerk of the respective city wherein the elections are to be held during the time period provided in section 34-1404, Idaho Code. Before a candidate…

50-411. Notice of candidate filing deadline. Not more than fourteen (14) nor less than seven (7) days preceding the candidate filing deadline for an election, the city clerk shall cause to be published in the official newspaper a notice of the forthcoming candidate filing deadlin…

50-412. Canvassing votes — Determining results of election. The county commissioners, within ten (10) days following any election, shall meet for the purpose of canvassing the results of the election. Upon receipt of tabulation of votes prepared by the election judges and clerks,…

50-413. Tie votes. In case of a tie vote between candidates, the city clerk shall give notice to the interested candidates to appear before the council at a meeting to be called within six (6) days at which time the city clerk shall determine the tie by a toss of a coin.

50-414. Failure to qualify creates vacancy. If a person elected fails to qualify, a vacancy shall be declared to exist, which vacancy shall be filled by the mayor and the council.

50-415. Certificates of elections. A certificate of election for each elected city official or appointee to fill such position shall be made under the corporate seal by the city clerk, signed by the mayor and clerk, and presented to such officials at the time of subscribing to th…

50-416. Application for recount of ballots. Any candidate desiring a recount of the ballots cast in any general city election may apply to the attorney general therefor, within twenty (20) days of the canvass of such election by the county board of canvassers. The provisions of c…

50-417. Recall elections. Recall elections shall be governed by the provisions of chapter 17, title 34, Idaho Code, except as those provisions may be specifically modified by the provisions of this chapter.

50-418. Initiative and referendum elections. Initiative and referendum elections shall be governed by the provisions of chapter 18, title 34, Idaho Code, except as those provisions are specifically modified by this chapter.