7-15-2106. Criteria for determining if unsafe or unsanitary dwelling accommodations exist, MCA

Montana Code Annotated 2019

TITLE 7. LOCAL GOVERNMENT

CHAPTER 15. HOUSING AND CONSTRUCTION

Part 21. County Housing Authorities

Criteria For Determining If Unsafe Or Unsanitary Dwelling Accommodations Exist

7-15-2106. Criteria for determining if unsafe or unsanitary dwelling accommodations exist. In determining whether dwelling accommodations are unsafe or unsanitary, the board of county commissioners shall take into consideration the following:

(1) the physical condition and age of the buildings;

(2) the degree of overcrowding;

(3) the percentage of land coverage;

(4) the light and air available to the inhabitants of such dwelling accommodations;

(5) the size and arrangement of the rooms;

(6) the sanitary facilities; and

(7) the extent to which conditions exist in such buildings which endanger life or property by fire or other causes.

History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 153, L. 1941; re-en. Sec. 5309.27A, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 281, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 35-128(part).