{"data":{"id":"us-mt/76-3-102","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"76-3-102","heading":"Statement of purpose.","body":"It is the purpose of this chapter to:\n(1) promote the public health, safety, and general welfare by regulating the subdivision of land;\n(2) prevent overcrowding of land;\n(3) lessen congestion in the streets and highways;\n(4) provide for adequate light, air, water supply, sewage disposal, parks and recreation areas, ingress and egress, and other public requirements;\n(5) require development in harmony with the natural environment;\n(6) promote preservation of open space;\n(7) promote cluster development approaches that minimize costs to local citizens and that promote effective and efficient provision of public services;\n(8) protect the rights of property owners;\n(9) require uniform monumentation of land subdivisions and transferring interests in real property by reference to a plat or certificate of survey; and\n(10) provide for phased developments.","path":["TITLE 76. LAND RESOURCES AND USE","CHAPTER 3. LOCAL REGULATION OF SUBDIVISIONS","Part 1. General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0760/chapter_0030/part_0010/section_0020/0760-0030-0010-0020.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:00:00Z","sha256":"ee5beeade917fd8409f93340827386ef54da750f623cb2b9c10cefd839ee48d9","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/76-3-101","next":"us-mt/76-3-103"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}