Montana Code Annotated 2019

TITLE 7. LOCAL GOVERNMENT

CHAPTER 5. GENERAL OPERATION AND CONDUCT OF BUSINESS

Part 41. Conduct of Municipal Government

Control Of Nuisances -- Exception

7-5-4104. Control of nuisances -- exception. (1) The city or town council has power to:

(a) define and abate nuisances and impose fines upon persons guilty of creating, continuing, or suffering a nuisance to exist on the premises that they occupy or control;

(b) regulate and prohibit the wearing of hats or bonnets at theaters or public places of amusement; and

(c) enforce the penalty for violations of 7-5-4113 and post copies of 7-5-4113 in conspicuous locations in the municipality.

(2) The city or town council may not prohibit the placing of a "notice of violation" card on a motor vehicle illegally parked in a disability parking space.

History: En. Subds. 33, 81, Sec. 5039, R.C.M. 1921; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 115, L. 1925; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 20, L. 1927; re-en. Secs. 5039.32, 5039.80, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-935, 11-983; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 406, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 67, L. 1997.