Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 7. LOCAL GOVERNMENT

CHAPTER 14. TRANSPORTATION

Part 46. Parking Commissions

Powers Of Parking Commission Related To Provision Of Parking Services

7-14-4622. Powers of parking commission related to provision of parking services. For the purpose of offstreet parking, each parking commission, subject to the limitations imposed by this part, may:

(1) purchase, lease, obtain option upon, or acquire by gift, grant, bequest, devise, or otherwise any real or personal property or any interest in real or personal property, together with any improvements on real property;

(2) subject to 7-14-4626, acquire by the exercise of the power of eminent domain, as provided in Title 70, chapter 30, any property upon approval of the city council;

(3) sell, lease, exchange, transfer, assign, or otherwise dispose of any real or personal property or any interest in real or personal property;

(4) lay out, open, extend, widen, straighten, establish, or change the grade, in whole or in part, of public parking facilities and public rights-of-way necessary or convenient for offstreet parking;

(5) insure or provide for the insurance of any real or personal property or operation of the parking commission against risks or hazards;

(6) acquire, construct, rent, lease, maintain, and repair real and personal property used for parking services, either on behalf of the parking commission or as an agent of the city, including the leasing of the operation of the offstreet parking;

(7) regulate onstreet parking when it remains in use, in coordination with offstreet parking, subject to traffic regulations imposed by the state.

History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 223, L. 1951; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 77, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3707(part); amd. Sec. 17, Ch. 125, L. 2001.