Title 12 – Streets, Sidewalks, and Public Places
Chapters:
12.04 Street Designations
12.08 Numbering and Naming of Streets and Alleys
12.16 Street Sweeping Districts
12.20 Street Improvements
12.24 Street Obstructions and Excavations
12.36 Sidewalks
12.40 Snow and Ice Removal from Sidewalks
12.46 Violations—Penalty
Chapter 12.04 Street Designations
Sections:
12.04.010 Reference to official plat.
12.04.010 Reference to
official plat The streets and
alleys of the City of Dillon are declared to be and are designated as those laid
out or established by the official plat of the City of Dillon, as amended,
which plat is on file in the office of the County Clerk of Beaverhead County,
Montana.
Chapter 12.08 Numbering and Naming of Streets and Alleys
Sections:
12.08.010 Assigning and displaying address
numbers.
12.08.020 Method of numbering.
12.08.030 Method of naming alleys.
12.08.040 Block numbers.
12.08.050 Method of assigning house numbers.
12.08.060 Size of numbers.
12.08.070 Time allowed for numbering after notice.
12.08.080 Violation—Penalty.
12.08.010 Numbering of houses All buildings, residential and commercial,
having an entrance from any street or alley of this city shall be assigned a
number by the Director of Operations or other officer authorized by the city
council. All owners or agents of commercial buildings that have been assigned a
number shall display said number within ten days after notice to do so by the
Director of Operations, or other officer authorized by the city council.
12.08.020 Method of
numbering The initial point for
numbering shall be Montana and Bannack Streets, and all even numbers shall be
on the south side of the streets running easterly and westerly, and upon the
east side of streets running northerly and southerly, and odd numbers shall be
upon opposite sides of such streets.
All streets and alleys south of Bannack Street that run north and south
shall be known by their names with the prefix “South,” and all streets and
alleys north of Bannack Street that run north and south, by their names with
the prefix “North;” all streets and alleys east of Montana Street that run east
and west, by their names with the prefix “East,” and all streets and alleys
west of Montana Street that run west, by their names with the prefix “West.” (Prior code §242)
12.08.030 Method of
naming alleys Every alley running
east and west shall take the name of the street south of it; and every alley
running north and south shall take the name of the street west of it. (Prior code §243)
12.08.040 Block
numbers To each block shall
be assigned the numbers marked on the same, on the map of the city, now on file
in the office of the director of operations, entitled “Map Showing Official
House Numbers of the City of
12.08.050 Method of
assigning house numbers To
each space of twelve and one-half linear feet of any street or alley shall be
assigned one house number, the same to have the prefix of the hundred assigned
according to the block according to the official map referred to in Section
12.08.040. Each entrance for a residence
or place of business shall have a separate number, and each staircase from a
street shall have a number. Where
necessary, one-half or one-quarter number, such as “108½,” may be used.
All alleys shall take the same numbers as the streets from which they are
named, being numbered by the same method as streets. (Prior code §245)
12.08.060 Size of
numbers All numbers shall be
not less than three inches long, and shall be placed in a conspicuous place
where the same can be easily seen from the middle of the street or alley upon
which the building fronts. The numbers
shall be of metal or painted, or worked into stained glass, or otherwise placed
upon a building so as to be durable and conspicuous. (Prior code §246)
12.08.070 Time allowed
for numbering after notice All
owners or agents of commercial buildings having an entrance from any street or
alley of this city shall display the assigned number for the building within
ten days after notice to do so by the Director of Operations or other officer
authorized by the city council.
Chapter 12.16 Street Sweeping
Districts
Sections:
12.16.010 Boundaries—Designated.
12.16.020 Boundaries—Authority to change.
12.16.030 Manner of sweeping streets.
12.16.040 Work done by contract—Method.
12.16.050 Levying assessments.
12.16.060 Manner of assessing costs.
12.16.070 Assessment resolution—Contents—Notice.
12.16.010
Boundaries—Designated The following streets and portions of streets
within the City of
A. All
of
B. All
of Center, Bannack, Glendale and Sebree Streets between Washington and Montana Streets
with the exception of the north side of Sebree Street between Idaho and
Washington Streets.
12.16.020
Boundaries—Authority to change The city council of the city may at any time
by resolution make other and additional districts and may change the boundaries
and extent of the districts laid out and provided for in this chapter. (Prior code §275)
12.16.030 Manner of
sweeping streets The city council of
the city may, at any time by resolution, provide for the sweeping of the
streets included in districts as not laid out, other or additional districts,
or districts as may be changed as to boundaries and extent or any, or all of
them, by contract, or the city may sweep the same and may employ men necessary
and terms necessary and may purchase or rent the apparatus necessary to do
so. (Prior code §276)
12.16.040 Work done by
contract—Method Whenever the council
deems it necessary to sweep the district as now laid out, or as the same may be
changed or any additional district or districts, and if the sweeping is to be
done by contract, the city shall advertise for bids and shall let the contract
to the lowest and most responsible bidder, and shall require the contractor or
contractors to whom the contract is awarded to furnish to the city satisfactory
bond or bonds, to be approved by the city council, conditioned that such
contractor or contractors will carry out and execute the terms of the contract
in an acceptable manner. (Prior code
§277)
12.16.050 Levying
assessments For the purpose of
paying the expenses of sweeping the streets in the districts, and for the
purpose of paying the costs and expenses of making the assessment, the city
council shall make an estimate of the cost of sweeping the districts and the
cost of making the assessment for expenses and before the first Monday of
October of each year, they shall adopt, and finally pass a resolution levying
and assessing all the property within the several sweeping districts with an
amount equal to not less than seventy-five percent of the entire cost of the
work, exclusive of the cost of sweeping any park or other public place or
places. (Prior code §278)
12.16.060 Manner of
assessing costs The total cost of
sweeping the streets in any or all of the districts shall be divided by the
total number of linear feet in front of or bordering on those streets on which
sweeping has been done and the rate of taxation of each lot or parcel of
land arrived at and each lot or parcel
of land in the district or districts shall be assessed with its proration of
the costs of sweeping such street in front or bordering on the lot. (Prior code §279)
12.16.070 Assessment
resolution—Contents—Notice The
resolution levying the assessment to defray the cost of sweeping shall contain
a list in which shall be described the lot or parcel of land assessed, with the
name of the owner thereof, if known, and the amount levied thereon, set
opposite. Such resolution shall be kept
on file in the office of the city clerk, and the city clerk shall give notice
that the resolution levying special assessment to defray the costs of sweeping
the several districts is on file, and subject to inspection for a period of
five days. The notice shall state the time and place at which objections to the
final adoption of the resolution shall be made and will be heard by the
council. The notice shall be published
once in a weekly newspaper and the date of publication shall be five full days
before such hearing. At the time and
place given in the notice, the council shall meet at the council chamber and
hear objections to the adoption of the resolution which might be made to the
assessment, and may adjourn from time to time, and may also by resolution
modify or change the assessment. A copy
of the resolution, when finally passed and adopted, shall be certified by the
city clerk and delivered to the county clerk and recorder of
Chapter 12.20 Street Improvements
Sections:
12.20.010 General procedure.
12.20.010 General
procedure The city council may
cause any street to be graded, paved, guttered or otherwise improved upon,
according to the laws of the state of
Chapter 12.24 Street Obstructions And Excavations
Sections:
12.24.010 Prohibited generally.
12.24.015 Sidewalk board signs allowed.
12.24.020 Temporary obstructions—Permit required.
12.24.030 Excavations—Permit required.
12.24.040 Excavations paved streets - repairs.
12.24.050 Excavations unpaid streets - repairs.
12.24.055 Excavations - payment responsibility.
12.24.060 Warning lights for excavations required.
12.24.110 Sidewalks—Coal
holes—Unsafe condition—Breaking or injuring.
12.24.130 Obstruction of streets by railroad
trains restricted.
12.24.010 Prohibited
generally All streets, alleys,
sidewalks, crossings and public places within the limits of the City of
12.24.015 Sidewalk board signs allowed Sidewalk (sandwich) board signs shall be
allowed on the sidewalks in the Central Business District; Highway Business
District; and the Industrial District of the city. The following requirements must be met before
a sidewalk sign can be positioned on a sidewalk: (a) signs cannot extend any further than two
(2) feet from the building wall; (b) signs must be placed so as to allow no
less than four (4) feet of unencumbered walking space from the edge of the sign
to the edge of the sidewalk; (c) signs cannot be placed within ten (10) feet of
any corner; and (d) a sign permit must be applied for and issued by the city as
required in Chapter 17.24 of the city ordinances.
12.24.020 Temporary
obstructions—Permit required Any person or association of persons desiring
to encumber or obstruct any street, alley, sidewalk, or public place for a
temporary length of time shall first obtain the written permission of the
Director of Operations.
12.24.030
Excavations—Permit required No person or association of persons shall
tear up, injure or destroy any street, alley, sidewalk, crossing or public
place; or dig any hole, excavation or haul rocks, dirt, earth or other material
into any street, alley or public place without the written consent of the
director of operations first obtained; or hinder, delay, interfere with or
impede any improvement of any street, alley or public place, or in any manner
interfere with the conditions on the street, alley or public place, except on
the orders or under the direction of the director of operations. (Prior code
§284)
12.24.040 Excavations
paved streets – repairs All
trench excavations on paved streets and alleys must be back filled with a
cement slurry mix consisting of one half bag of cement for each cubic yard of
sand and gravel mix. All trench
excavations must be back filled with this mix to within four inches of the
roadway surface and to a minimum depth of four feet.
12.24.050 Excavations
unpaved streets - repairs All
trench excavations on unpaved streets and alleys must be backfilled with pit
run gravel to within four inches of the roadway surface and to a minimum depth
of four feet.
12.24.055 Excavations
- payment responsibility At
any time that a street or alley needs to be excavated, it will be the
responsibility of the person responsible for the excavation to pay to the city
the actual cost for the replacement of the road surface as determined by the
Director of Operations according to a formula approved by the city council.
12.24.060 Warning
lights for excavations required Every person or persons or association of
person who creates any excavation or opening in a street, alley, public place
or within twenty feet thereof, shall place a temporary fence or railing around
the same at night, and in addition thereto, shall place warning lights
sufficient to warn persons of such pit, cellar, excavation or other
opening. (Prior code §287)
12.24.110
Sidewalks—Coal holes—Unsafe condition—Breaking or injuring No person shall leave any cellar door open on
any street, sidewalk or alley. No person
shall permit any sidewalk on the premises owned or controlled by him to become
unsafe. No person, while receiving goods
or merchandise, shall permit the same to remain on any sidewalk longer than
four hours. No person shall ride or
drive any horse, other animal or vehicle on any sidewalk in the city. Any person who breaks or injures any sidewalk
shall repair the same within twenty-four hours.
(Prior code §292)
12.24.130 Obstruction
of streets by railroad trains prohibited It is unlawful to obstruct any street or
streets of the City of Dillon at the railway crossings by the standing of any car
or any locomotive or engine on any street crossing for a longer period than
fifteen minutes, and any agent, conductor, engineer, fireman, brakeman,
trainman or switchman or other person or persons who cause any street of the
city to be obstructed, shall be deemed guilty of a violation of this
section. (Prior code §300)
Chapter 12.36 Sidewalks
Sections:
12.36.010 Construction—Supervisory
authority.
12.36.050 Construction—Authority
of city council to order.
12.36.060 Construction—Notice
to land owners.
12.36.070 Construction—Time
limits—Waivers.
12.36.080 Construction—Costs
to become lien.
12.36.090 Construction—Waiver.
12.36.100 Repair—Notice—Costs.
12.36.010
Construction—Supervisory authority All sidewalks shall be constructed under the
direction of the Director of Operations.
12.36.050
Construction—Authority of city council to order Whenever there is any place in the city where
a sidewalk is needed, and where no good and sufficient sidewalk has already
been constructed, the city council, by a majority vote, may order, and on
petition of two-thirds of the abutting property affected the city council shall
order a sidewalk to be built in any such place needed. All orders for sidewalks wherever constructed
shall be passed by a majority vote of all members of the council. All orders of the council requiring a
sidewalk to be constructed shall specifically set forth the street or streets
on which a sidewalk is to be laid, and between what points of any street or
streets.
12.36.060 Construction—Notice
to land owners After the passage of
an order to construct a sidewalk, passed in the manner set forth in the
preceding sections, the City Clerk shall notify the property owner by written
notice the action of the city council.
This notice shall be served by mail on the property owner.
12.36.070
Construction—Time limits—Waivers Every person, firm or corporation required to
lay a sidewalk shall have thirty days after service of notice to lay or
construct such sidewalk. At the
expiration of thirty days after service of notice, the director of operations
shall make a report to the city council, showing whether or not such sidewalks
ordered to be constructed have been laid.
After the receipt of such report by the city council, and if it is determined
that any sidewalk ordered has not been laid, within thirty days after service
of notice, then the city council shall order the same to be laid at the expense
of the city.
All cement sidewalks laid at the expense of the city shall be laid in the
following manner. The city council shall
advertise for bids for the sidewalk to be rebuilt. Each bid must be sealed an
must specify the price for which cement sidewalks, curbs, crosswalks and
gutters will be laid along or in front of each lot in accordance with the plans
and specifications on file in the Director of Operations’ office for the
construction of sidewalks. The contract
for the construction of such walks as may be ordered by the city council during
such period, shall be let to the lowest possible bidder, who shall give a good
and sufficient bond in an amount to be fixed by the city council. The city council, however, shall have a right
to reject any and all bids received under such advertisement. After the cost price has been paid for
constructing a sidewalk in front of each lot, the director of operations shall
certify to the city clerk the amount of such walk constructed, and the amount
paid therefore, whereupon the city clerk shall notify the owner of any lot or
lots to the effect that the city has caused a sidewalk to be constructed in
front of his premises: and that the cost thereof amounted to so much, and that
unless the same is paid within five days, the city clerk will cause such sum to
be levied and assessed against his property; provided, that where one person
owns more than one lot affected by a sidewalk, all such lots may be treated as
one lot. (Prior code §255)
12.36.080
Construction—Costs to become lien If any person fails to pay the city treasurer
the cost of any sidewalk within the time specified in Section 12.36.070, such
failure shall be reported to the city council by the city treasurer. The council shall, at any regular meeting,
and must, on or before the first Monday in October of each year, levy and
assess against any delinquent property, the cost of construction of a sidewalk
along or in front of the same, describing each lot and stating the amount
assessed against the same. Immediately
thereafter, the city clerk shall file with the county clerk and recorder a
certified copy of such order of the council.
The county clerk and recorder shall enter such cost as taxes against
each lot affected, and shall certify the same to the county treasurer, the same
as other taxes are certified, and any and all sums due the city for the
construction of any sidewalk, against any property shall be levied and assessed
and collected substantially as other taxes, and such sums so due shall be a
lien, as other taxes against such property affected. (Prior code §256)
12.36.090 Construction
- Waiver When a sidewalk has
been ordered constructed by the city council, and notices served as provided in
this chapter, and the owner or owners of the property affected by the
construction of such walk have signed a waiver of the right to construct such
walk, or have failed to commence such construction of such walk within the
thirty days specified, such failure to so construct shall be considered as a
waiver of the right of the party or parties affected to construct such walk,
and they shall not have the right after the expiration of such time to
construct such walk. (Prior code §257)
12.36.100
Repair—Notice - Costs When any sidewalk becomes broken or otherwise
out of repair or required to be completely re-laid may require such repairs to
be made after written notice thereof to the owner or occupant, and such notice
shall be served as required for original construction, and such notice shall
state what repairs shall be made. In all
cases where it is necessary to completely rebuild any sidewalk, notice shall be
served in the manner provided in Section 12.36.060, and if any person fails or
neglects to repair such sidewalk after notice as aforesaid, the city shall make
such repairs at its own expense and the cost thereof shall be certified to and
collected in the same manner as expenses for construction of sidewalks. (Prior code §258)
Chapter 12.40 Snow and Ice Removal from Sidewalks
Sections:
12.40.010 Snow
and ice removal - Generally.
12.40.030 Snow
and ice removal - Depositing on streets prohibited - exception.
12.40.040 Snow
and ice removal - Time allowed - Sprinkling of sand or de-icing agents.
12.40.050 Absence of notice not a defense against
fines.
12.40.010 Snow
and ice removal – Generally It is
the duty of the owner of any premises within the City of Dillon to keep the
sidewalks in front of and adjoining his premises clean and safe for
pedestrians, and with all possible dispatch to remove snow, ice, slush and
other impediments to safe convenient foot travel, and to prevent continuous
accumulation of the same upon such sidewalks.
12.40.030 Snow and ice
removal - Depositing on streets prohibited – exception No snow, ice, slush or other impediments
removed in the City of
a. sidewalks
b. private
driveways not exceeding 200 square feet in area. Provided, however, that in no case may
materials be dumped, placed or deposited in such manner so as to create a
hazard to vehicles or pedestrian traffic.
12.40.040 Snow and ice
removal - Time allowed - Sprinkling of sand or de-icing agents Sidewalks located in the Central Business
District must in all cases be freed from the night’s accumulation of snow, ice,
slush, mud or other like impediment before 10:00 a.m. of the same day. When from freezing of water, snow, or slush
thereon, or by reason of such compaction resulting from the wear of foot travel
or from any cause whatever, sidewalks are rendered dangerous, unsafe, or
difficult to the free passage of pedestrians, it shall be the duty of the
owners of premises in front of or adjoining such sidewalks to remedy such
conditions by sprinkling sand or de-icing agents on the sidewalks, or chipping
or by other safe and efficient means. Sidewalks, other than those located in
the Central Business District, must in all cases be kept clean of snow and not
to be allowed to remain thereon any snow for a longer period than twelve hours.
12.40.050 Absence of
notice not a defense against fines Absence of notice to owners to remove snow,
ice, slush, or other obstructions from these shall not constitute a valid
excuse against the payment of any fine.
Chapter 12.46 Violations – Penalty
12.46.010 Violation -
Penalty Any person convicted
of violating the provisions of this title shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and
shall pay a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred
dollars.