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 including any lands as have heretofore been laid out or […]
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 within or without the county in which said city is located; do all things […]
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. History: [50-322, added 1967, ch. 429, sec. 46, p. 1249.]
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 the inhabitants of the city; and to do all things necessary to protect the […]
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 state, the out of state water distribution system, plant and […]
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 section 50-327, Idaho Code. (2) Any consumer of a municipal electric system […]
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 system, the city council of such city may lease and sell […]
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 charges or rates for the excess power […]
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, upon or over the streets, alleys, public parks and public places of said […]
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 the city; and after such publication, such proposed […]
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 63-3501, Idaho Code, which provide service to customers in Idaho and which […]
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. History: [50-330, added 1967, ch. 429, sec. 26, p. 1249.]
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. History: [50-331, added 1967, ch. 429, sec. 52, p. 1249.]
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 the expense thereof in whole or in part to […]
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 within or without the city limits, when necessary […]
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, Idaho Code, on the land or premises whereon the nuisance is situated […]
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 health or the safety of […]
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 traffic safety education program alternative shall only be issued pursuant to […]
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 purpose of disposing of such power and energy to the […]
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 electric services at stable prices to the consumers and communities they serve and is essential to the […]
