City of Kimberly 132 North Main St. P.O. Box Z Kimberly,ID 83341

Apr.9, 2008   Webmaster   

  Pat Bermingham

Code Enforcement

Kevan Hafer

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The Kimberly Code Enforcement person is given the task of working with the community to enforce the ordinances of Kimberly.   From parking violations, junk removal, dog licensing, watering violations and weed  control to name a few. This is an important job that comes with little appreciation.  We will try and keep this page filled with important and timely information. Please check back often! If you have any questions please call City Hall 423-4151.

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The City of Kimberly has three existing parks: City Park, Centennial Park, and South Meadows Park. City Park has picnic tables, tennis courts, a basketball facility, two baseball diamonds, children's outdoor gyms, horseshoe pits and a covered patio, public restrooms. The other two city parks have no facilities.

The following information is to hopefully help you stay in accordance with the City Ordinances. If there are some unanswered questions or you have concerns, please contact our City Hall at 423-4151, Monday through Friday, 8:00a.m. to 5:00p.m., except holiday's.

For Medical, Fire or Police emergencies, dial 911. For Police non-emergencies 308-4153, you can reach our  non-emergencies, fire, dial 423-4336. After hours water emergencies contact the "On-Call" City Maintenance personnel at 731-4153.

WATERING RESTRICTIONS JUNE 1 - SEPT. 1st

North of Center =Odd Days

South of Center =Even Days

DOG LICENSE & ANIMAL PERMITS DUE FEBRUARY 1st

Like most cities, we have a City Management Team which consists of four Council members, the Mayor, five Zoning Commissioners and two Impact-Area Zoning Commissioners. The City Council meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of the month, and the Zoning Commission meets on the first Tuesday of the month.

The following City Ordinances may help you with some of your questions.

As per ORD# 248: (8.08.020) All garbage shall be placed in a leak-proof and watertight containers with tight-fitting covers to be kept securely in place at all times. Each owner shall provide an adequate number of containers to store all garbage and rubbish accumulated upon the premises.

As per ORD#273: (12.04.030/050) It is the owner, tenant and/or occupant of private property within the city abutting or adjoining any sidewalk or alley shall be required to remove all rubbish, weeds, snow or ice, and maintain such sidewalks.

As per ORD#363:: No person shall park a motor truck of more than one-half ton capacity or automobile with trailer attached except with the right-hand side parallel with the curb.  No person shall park a motor vehicle of one and one-half ton capacity or more, nor shall any person park a motor vehicle which has an overall length of more than twenty-two feet nor shall any person park a trailer of more than one-half ton capacity upon any street or alley located within a residential district within the city except while engaged in the actual loading or unloading of passengers or property, No unused, inoperative or abandoned vehicle shall be parked for a longer period than twenty-four hours on any street.

As per ORD # 406: (12.08.010-040) Every owner of a lot upon which a building or structure is located shall display on the premises the number assigned by the city clerk. The number shall be located so as to be clearly visible from the street and displayed in numerals or letters at least four inches high. (This can greatly assist FIRE, EMS, and POLICE to locate and help you.)

As per ORD # 415: (8.02.010) Every owner, tenant or occupant of private property within the City shall cut and remove the weeds, grass and rubbish upon and from such private property to center of any street or alley along or in front of such property including the parking within and the curbing abutting such property by and no later than June 5^th each year, and to maintain as often as needed thereafter until October 1^st.

As per ORD # 438: (6.04.010) It is unlawful for any person to keep or maintain any pigs, hogs, mules, donkeys or birds of prey within the City. (6.04.020) No person shall keep or maintain any cattle, horses, sheep, goats or fowl without first obtaining a animal permit from the city subject to the following requirements:

(A) Any such animal be fenced upon the property of the owner or keeper so that the same cannot come within twenty-five feet of any building used for residential purposes by anyone  other than the one keeping or maintaining the same, or of any public right-of-way, public place, church, or school building. Additionally, property where such animals are maintained must contain at least one-half acre per animal. (21,780 SQ. FEET)

(B) All locations, housing, pens, corrals or structures used to keep or maintain any of the animals must be kept in a clean or sanitary condition, free from obnoxious odors or  substances, and it is unlawful to permit any decaying food, refuse or any other substance or matter to remain therein.

As per ORD # 444: (8.16.020-A) No person shall place, allow, discard, maintain, park, store or permit to be placed, any dismantled, abandoned, non-operating, junked, damaged or destroyed household goods or equipment, motor vehicles, machinery or miscellaneous property as herein defined upon any public street, alley, sidewalk or other public property within the City. (B) No person, whether he be owner, tenant, occupant, lessee or otherwise of any private property or premises shall place, allow, discard, maintain, park, store or permit to be placed, allowed, discarded, maintained, parked or stored upon said property or premises for a period of time exceeding forty-eight hour; however, the property is housed within an enclosed building thereon or to any property or premises lawfully operated as a business where the same is a part of said business on said property or premises.

As per ORD # 473: (10.12.060) Main Street from Center Street to the Union Pacific Railroad tracks. It is unlawful for a vehicle proceeding on Main Street to cross the centerline of the street for the purpose of parking on the street on the opposite side (against traffic) of the roadway from the original lane of traffic. It is unlawful for a vehicle parked on Main Street to back across the centerline of the street when leaving the parking space to back across the centerline of the street when leaving the parking space so as to commence traveling in the lane on the opposite side of the roadway from the parking space

As per ORD #480: (6.08.020) All dogs over the age of six months kept, harbored or maintained by any person in the city must be licensed, registered and vaccinated yearly or so required. (6.08.020/030) Dog licenses can be obtained by the city clerk or humane officer at City Hall for a some of $5.00. (6.08.070) It is unlawful for any person to harbor or keep within the city more than three dogs without first obtaining a special permit allowed pursuant to Title 17, City of Kimberly Zoning code. Every person needs to notify the City of Kimberly of any lost or found dogs. (6.08.140) It is unlawful for any person who keeps any dog to permit it to run at large upon the private premises of others or any public property. The dog must be kept under immediate control by the owner, possessor or keeper either by leash, cord, chain, or otherwise.

Hopefully this may have answered some of your questions.

AGAIN, WE WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME YOU TO OUR

GOOD NEIGHBOR COMMUNITY the CITY of KIMBERLY

KIMBERLY NOXIOUS WEED CONTROL

Each year the City of Kimberly struggles with increased calls regarding weed issues in developing subdivisions. I would like to bring this topic to your attention in an effort to establish a cooperative  arrangement with Planning and Zoning as it relates to future development proposals. Every owner, tenant or occupant of private property within the City must be in compliance with ORD. # 415.

Subdivision developments have the ability to promote not only noxious weeds, but other non-noxious weeds as well. Concerns range from, increased insect populations to fire hazards, site obstructions, and movement onto adjacent property. I believe that awareness, planning, and cooperation among neighbors would improve or even prevent weeds from becoming an issue.

Hopefully the City can incorporate weed awareness and management among our residents, and decrease our problems of NOXIOUS weeds in our community.

We are very interested in your views or suggestions regarding this matter of weed control. We would be very happy to meet with you to hear your ideas, on how we can make Kimberly a weed  free community.