Effect of approval of preliminary plat
(1) Upon approving or conditionally approving a preliminary plat, the governing body shall provide the subdivider with a dated and signed statement of approval. This approval shall be in force for not more than 3 calendar years or less than 1 calendar year. At the end of this period the governing body may, at the request of the subdivider, extend its approval for no more than 1 calendar year, except that the governing body may extend its approval for a period of more than 1 year if that approval period is included as a specific condition of a written agreement between the governing body and the subdivider, according to 76-3-507.
(2) After the preliminary plat is approved, the governing body and its subdivisions may not impose any additional conditions as a prerequisite to final plat approval providing said approval is obtained within the original or extended approval period as provided in subsection (1).
(1) Upon approving or conditionally approving a an application and preliminary plat, the governing body shall provide the subdivider with a dated and signed statement of approval. This approval shall must be in force for not more than 3 calendar years or less than 1 calendar year. At the end of this period the governing body may, at the request of the subdivider, extend its approval for no more than 1 calendar year, except that the governing body may extend its approval for a mutually agreed-upon period of more than 1 year if that approval period is included as a specific condition of time. Any mutually agreed-upon extension must be in writing a written agreement between the and dated governing and signed by body the members of and the governing body and the subdivider, according to 76-3-507. subdivider or subdivider's agent. The governing body may issue more than one extension.
(2) After Except as provided in 76-3-507, after the application preliminary and preliminary plat is are approved, the governing body and its subdivisions may not impose any additional conditions as a prerequisite to final plat approval providing said if approval the is approval is obtained within the original or extended approval period as provided in subsection (1).
Effect of approval of application and preliminary plat
| EnactedEn. SectionSec. 8, ChapterCh. 500, Laws ofL. 1973 |
| AmendedAmd. SectionSec. 6, ChapterCh. 334, Laws ofL. 1974 |
| AmendedAmd. SectionSec. 3, ChapterCh. 498, Laws ofL. 1975 |
| AmendedAmd. SectionSec. 1, ChapterCh. 555, Laws ofL. 1977 |
| Revised Codes of MontanaR.C.M. 1947, 11-3866(part) |
| AmendedAmd. SectionSec. 1, ChapterCh. 223, Laws ofL. 1981 |
| AmendedAmd. SectionSec. 1, ChapterCh. 190, Laws ofL. 1983 |