2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 7. Local Government › Chapter 12. Improvement Districts › Part 41. Special Improvement Districts › 7-12-4101. Definitions

7-12-4101. Definitions.
Unless the context indicates otherwise, as used in part 42 and this part, the following definitions apply:
(1) "Blocks" means blocks, whether regular or irregular, that are bounded by main streets or by main streets and a boundary line of the city.
(2) "City" or "municipality" means all corporations organized for municipal purposes.
(3) "City clerk" or "clerk" means a person or officer who is clerk of the council.
(4) "City council" means a body or board that is the legislative department of the government of the city.
(5) "City engineer" means a person or officer who is responsible for the maintenance and improvement of the streets in a city.
(6) "City treasurer" means a person who, under whatever name or title, is the custodian of the funds of the municipality.
(7) "Incidental expenses" means:
(a) the compensation of the city engineer for work done;
(b) the cost of printing and advertising as provided in part 42 and this part;
(c) the compensation of persons appointed by the city engineer to take charge of and superintend any of the work mentioned in this part;
(d) the expenses of making the assessment for any work authorized by this part;
(e) interest on warrants of the city issued to pay costs of improvements;
(f) costs of issuance of bonds or warrants of the special improvement district, including costs of printing the bonds, bond registration fees, attorney fees and financial consultants' fees, a premium for bond insurance, and the price paid by the original purchaser of the bonds that is less than the face amount of the bonds;
(g) interest to accrue on bonds or warrants of the special improvement district before assessments levied in the district are collected in amounts and at times sufficient to pay the interest; and
(h) a reasonable administrative fee payable to the city for the creation and administration of the district by the city, its officers, and its employees.
(8) "Main street" means the actually opened street that bounds a block.
(9) "Paved" or "repaved" means pavement of stone (whether paving blocks or macadam), of bituminous rock or asphalt, or of wood, brick, or other material (whether patented or not) that the city council adopts by ordinance or resolution.
(10) "Quarter-block", when used in reference to irregular blocks, means all lots or portions of lots having frontage on either of two intersecting streets halfway from the intersection to the next main street or, when a main street does not intervene, all the way to a boundary line of the city.
(11) "Street" means avenues, highways, lanes, alleys, crossings or intersections, courts, and places that have been dedicated and accepted according to the law or in common and undisputed use by the public for a period of not less than 5 years.
(12) "Street intersection" means that parcel of land at the point of juncture or crossing of intersecting streets that lies between lines drawn from corner to corner of all lot lines immediately cornering at the juncture.
(13) "Work", "improved", or "improvement" means all work or the securing of property mentioned in part 42 and this part and also the construction, reconstruction, and repair of any portion of the work.
History: En. Sec. 31, Ch. 89, L. 1913; re-en. Sec. 5255, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 5255, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-2241(part); amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 251, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 26, Ch. 665, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 541, Ch. 61, L. 2007.