{"data":{"id":"us-mt/76-25-307","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"76-25-307","heading":"Interim zoning ordinances.","body":"(1) A local government, to protect the public safety, health, and welfare and without following the procedures otherwise required prior to adopting a zoning regulation, may adopt an interim zoning ordinance as an urgency measure to regulate or prohibit uses that may conflict with a zoning proposal that the governing body is considering or studying or intends to study within a reasonable time.\n(2) Before adopting an interim zoning ordinance, the governing body shall first hold a public hearing upon notice reasonably designed to inform all affected parties. A notice must be published as provided in 7-1-4127.\n(3) An interim zoning ordinance takes effect immediately on passage and approval after first reading and may be in effect no longer than 1 year from the date of its adoption.\n(4) A local government may not act under the authority provided for in this section until the local government has adopted a land use plan and zoning regulations pursuant to this chapter.","path":["TITLE 76. LAND RESOURCES AND USE","CHAPTER 25. MONTANA LAND USE PLANNING ACT","Part 3. Zoning"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0760/chapter_0250/part_0030/section_0070/0760-0250-0030-0070.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:00:16Z","sha256":"5fc1f0bb5ef9df7f776224e49f925a7f958c91fd42cb0b25eb352618b22aaed4","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/76-25-306","next":"us-mt/76-25-401"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}