Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 7. LOCAL GOVERNMENT

CHAPTER 12. IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS

Part 44. Special Provisions for Street Maintenance Districts

Street Maintenance District Authorized -- Definition

7-12-4401. Street maintenance district authorized -- definition. (1) Whenever the council of a city or town desires to create a district for the maintenance of all or part of the streets or avenues of its city or town as provided in this part, it shall provide by ordinance a method of doing the maintenance and of paying for the maintenance under the restrictions and regulations provided in this part.

(2) "Maintenance" as used in this part includes but is not limited to sprinkling, graveling, oiling, chip sealing, seal coating, overlaying, treating, general cleaning, sweeping, flushing, snow removal, leaf and debris removal, the operation, maintenance, and repair of traffic signal systems, the repair of traffic signs, the placement and maintenance of pavement markings, curb and gutter repair, and minor sidewalk repair that includes cracking, chipping, sinking, and replacement of not more than 6 feet of sidewalk in any 100-foot portion of sidewalk.

History: En. Sec. 24, p. 218, L. 1897; re-en. Sec. 3390, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 5272, R.C.M. 1921; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 97, L. 1927; re-en. Sec. 5272, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-2263; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 212, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 188, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 231, L. 2005.