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Mont. Code Ann. § 76-2-208 (2026)

Continuation Of Nonconforming Uses

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TITLE 76. LAND RESOURCES AND USE

CHAPTER 2. PLANNING AND ZONING

Part 2. County Zoning

Continuation Of Nonconforming Uses

76-2-208. Continuation of nonconforming uses. (1) The zoning regulations must allow for the nonconforming use of land or buildings legal at the time or prior to the time that a zoning regulation or amendment to the regulation was adopted, but the board of county commissioners may provide grounds for discontinuing nonconforming uses based on changes to or abandonment of the use of the land or buildings after the adoption of a zoning regulation or amendment.

(2) Any ambiguity or uncertainty in the zoning regulations as to whether a nonconforming use is allowed or whether the use was allowed when it was commenced must be interpreted in favor of the nonconforming use.

History: En. Sec. 9, Ch. 246, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4709; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 369, L. 2025.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2003–2003 · leading case: Russell v. Flathead Cnty., 2003 MT 8 (Mont. 2003).
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Russell v. Flathead Cnty., 2003 MT 8 (Mont. 2003). · cites it 9× “¶36 The District Court relied upon § 76-2-208, MCA, which states: Continuation of nonconforming uses.”
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