76-1-103. Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following definitions apply:
     (1) "City" includes incorporated cities and towns.
     (2) "City council" means the chief legislative body of a city or incorporated town.
     (3) "Governing body" or "governing bodies" means the governing body of any governmental unit represented on a planning board.
     (4) "Master plan" means a comprehensive development plan or any of its parts such as a plan of land use and zoning, of thoroughfares, of sanitation, of recreation, and of other related matters.
     (5) "Mayor" means mayor of a city.
     (6) "Person" means any individual, firm, or corporation.
     (7) "Planning board" means a city planning board, a county planning board or a joint city-county planning board.
     (8) "Plat" means a subdivision of land into lots, streets, and areas, marked upon the earth and represented on paper, and includes replats or amended plats.
     (9) "Public place" means any tract owned by the state or its subdivisions.
     (10) "Streets" includes streets, avenues, boulevards, roads, lanes, alleys, and all public ways.
     (11) "Units of government" means any federal, state, or regional unit of government or any county, city, or town.
     (12) "Utility" means any facility used in rendering service which the public has a right to demand.

     History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 246, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 247, L. 1963; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 349, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3803(part); amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 266, L. 1979.