What are Montana Land Use Statutes?
Statutory Frameworks for Land Use Planning: Municipal Authority Under Montana Law
Montana law specifically provides municipalities with the authority to adopt a specific statutory framework for a variety of land use and planning regulations:
• Growth policies 76-1‐601, et seq., MCA,
• Zoning ordinances for municipal zoning Title 76-2-Part 3
• Subdivision regulations Title 76, chapter 3 “The concept of the public welfare is broad and inclusive… the values it represents are spiritual as well as physical, aesthetic as well as monetary. It is within the power of the legislature to determine that the community should be beautiful as well as healthy, spacious as well as clean, well balanced as well as carefully patrolled” (Berman v. Parker, 348 U.S. 26, 32-33 (1954)). Montana Municipal Officials Handbook
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• Floodplain regulations 76-5-301, MCA
• Buildings for lease or rent regulations 76-8-101, etseq., MCA
• Impact fees 7‐6-1601, et seq., MCA
• Annexation policies and plans 7-2 Parts 42-48,MCA
• Urban renewal plans 7-15 Part 42, MCA