Idaho Administrative Code
Title IDAPA 39 - Transportation, Department of
Rule 39.03.40 - RULES GOVERNING JUNKYARDS AND DUMPS
Section 39.03.40.100 - APPLICATIONS, LICENSES, AND PERMITS

a. A license or permit shall be issued to any person for the operation of a junkyard or dump when such person has made application for and obtained approval for such license or permit on the form provided for that purpose by the Department. (3-31-22)

b. Any person operating a junkyard or dump shall submit a basic plan for screening the same, together with his application, which shall first be approved by the Department, before the installation of such screening and before a license or permit for the operation of such junkyard or dump shall be issued. (3-31-22)

c. All junkyards and dumps requiring screening by the owner so as not to be visible from the roadway by motorists using the roadway shall provide such screening, which may include shrubs, trees, flowering plants, foliage, fencing, buildings, or some other type of screening as shall first have been approved by the Department. (3-31-22)

d. Every junkyard or dump shall be operated and maintained in accordance with the plan for screening which has been approved by the Department for the issuance of the license or permit. Failure of any person to so operate or maintain said junkyard or dump shall result in the revocation of the license or permit issued. (3-31-22)

e. Applications for junkyard licenses or dump permits may be secured at the Idaho Transportation Department, 3311 West State Street, Boise, Idaho 83707, or at the following District offices: District One, 605 Prairie, Coeur d'Alene, Mailing address -- P.O. Box D, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho 83814; District Two, 26th and North and South Highway, Lewiston, Mailing address -- P.O. Box 837, Lewiston, Idaho 83501; District Three, 8150 Chinden Blvd., Boise, Mailing address -- P.O. Box 8028, Boise, Idaho 83707; District Four, 216 Date Street, Shoshone, Mailing address -- P.O. Box 2-A, Shoshone, Idaho 83352; District Five, 5151 South 5th, Pocatello, Mailing address -- P.O. Box 4700, Pocatello, Idaho 83201; District Six, 206 North Yellowstone, Rigby, Mailing address -- P.O. Box 97, Rigby, Idaho 83442. (3-31-22)

a. A non-conforming junkyard may continue as long as it is not abandoned, destroyed or voluntarily discontinued. Once a junkyard is abandoned, destroyed or voluntarily discontinued for a period of six (6) months or more, it becomes subject to laws and rules of a new junkyard. (3-31-22)

b. Junkyards shall be allowed in areas zoned industrial by local zoning ordinances, except that where such ordinances create several classes or zones of industrial use and one (1) or more classes or zones do not permit junkyards, local zoning shall control. (3-31-22)