Idaho § 50-309 - Fire department - Fire zones
Full text of Idaho Idaho Statutes § 50-309 — Fire department - Fire zones, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 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 manner as the council may by ordinance prescribe.
B. Cities may prescribe and alter the limits within which no building shall be constructed except of brick, stone or other incombustible material and fire retardant roof and after such limits are established, no special permits shall be given for the erection of buildings of combustible material within said limits, except as provided in sections 50-1201 through 50-1210 , Idaho Code.
[50-309, added 1967, ch. 429, sec. 41, p. 1249; am. 1974, ch. 186, sec. 1, p. 1491.]
Source: official Idaho text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 50-309 ("Fire department - Fire zones") is part of the Idaho Statutes, the codified statutory law of Idaho. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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