Mont. Code Ann. § 76-3-102

(1997)

Statement of purpose

It is the purpose of this chapter to:

(1) promote the public health, safety, and general welfare by regulating the subdivision of land;

(2) prevent overcrowding of land;

(3) lessen congestion in the streets and highways;

(4) provide for adequate light, air, water supply, sewage disposal, parks and recreation areas, ingress and egress, and other public requirements;

(5) require development in harmony with the natural environment;

(6) protect the rights of property owners; and

(7) require uniform monumentation of land subdivisions and transferring interests in real property by reference to a plat or certificate of survey.

Official Annotations archive.org, 1997 edition
History:
En. Sec. 2, Ch. 500, L. 1973
Amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 498, L. 1975
Amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 552, L. 1977
R.C.M. 1947, 11-3860
Amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 272, L. 1993
Amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 468, L. 1995