{"data":{"id":"us-mt/7-2-4735","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"7-2-4735","heading":"Guidelines for new boundaries of municipality.","body":"In fixing new municipal boundaries, a municipal governing body shall:\n(1) wherever practical, use natural topographic features such as ridgelines, streams, and creeks as boundaries; and\n(2) if a street is used as a boundary, include within the municipality land on both sides of the street, with such outside boundary not extending more than 200 feet beyond the right-of-way of the street.","path":["TITLE 7. LOCAL GOVERNMENT","CHAPTER 2. CREATION, ALTERATION, AND ABANDONMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS","Part 47. Annexation With the Provision of Services"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0070/chapter_0020/part_0470/section_0350/0070-0020-0470-0350.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:44:20Z","sha256":"cffb842dc913d32e4f56df3fc540d33bbba95d985e6ce08f87a57f64cb7b3ea1","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/7-2-4734","next":"us-mt/7-2-4736"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}