Idaho Code
Idaho Code § 50-314 (2026)
Streets and public places — Regulations.
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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 from the sidewalks, curbs, gutters and crosswalks at the expense of the person placing them there.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases, 1976–2005 · leading case: Christensen v. City of Pocatello, 124 P.3d 1008 (Idaho 2005).
Christensen v. City of Pocatello, 124 P.3d 1008 (Idaho 2005). “The district court ruled that Idaho Code § 50-314 authorizes cities to “control and limit the traffic on streets,” and that bicycles and pedestrians are types of traffic that are allowed on public streets.”
State v. Barsness, 628 P.2d 1044 (Idaho 1981). “" I.C. § 50-314 provides in part: "Cities shall have power to: control and limit the traffic on streets, avenues and public places.”
City of Nampa v. Swayne, 547 P.2d 1135 (Idaho 1976). “” The Court was careful to point out, however, that the result may well have *533 been different had a municipality been involved in the action since: “[A]ny municipality of this state may prevent or remove anything which it believes to be an unreasonable encroachment upon or…”
Lisher v. City &/or Vill. of Potlatch, 612 P.2d 1190 (Idaho 1980). “Our review of the relevant statutes and case law reveals the following: I.C. § 50-314 specifically grants cities the power to control and limit traffic on their streets.”
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