§ 49-15. Accumulations of soil or foreign material on roads.

(a) A person must not, personally or by an agent or employee:

(1) cause or permit earth, soil, mud, or other foreign material to be deposited on any public right-of-way, including any public road, street, alley, sidewalk, bikeway, or parking area, or in any drain or ditch designed to carry surface water from any public right-of-way, whether the material is spilled, dropped, placed, washed, or tracked from a vehicle; and

(2) fail to remove immediately from the right-of-way or drain or ditch the material deposited.

(b) A person who owns or occupies land contiguous to any public right-of-way, including any public road, street, alley, sidewalk, bikeway, or parking area, or contiguous to any drain or ditch designed to carry surface water from a public right-of-way, knowing that earth, soil, mud, or any other foreign material has been spilled, dropped, washed, or tracked from that land onto a right-of-way or into a drain or ditch, must remove immediately from the right-of-way or drain or ditch the material so deposited.

(c) Any violation of this Section is a Class C violation. (Mont. Co. Code 1965, § 103-1; 1983 L.M.C., ch. 22, § 54; , § 1.)

Editor’s note—Section 49-15, formerly Section 49-24, was renumbered, amended, and retitled pursuant to 2007, ch. 8, § 1. Former Section 49-15 was renumbered Section 49-24 pursuant to 2007, ch. 8, § 1.