ATTENTION IRRIGATORS
Ordinance No. 91-4
An Ordinance prohibiting water from any irrigation ditch or sprinkler system to flood or
spray upon county road, or to thereby obstruct or prevent vehicular traffic, or render the
ROAD UNSAFE FOR VEHICULAR PASSAGE.
WHEREAS, Sections 7-14-2101 and 7-14-2102, Montana Code Annotated gives and
grants the Board of County Commissioners authority to layout, maintain, control and
manage county roads and bridges and the Board of County Commissioners may, in its
discretion, do whatever is necessary for the best interests of the county roads; and
WHEREAS, the sprinkling, flooding or flowing of irrigation waters upon or across the
county roads cause deterioration of such roads resulting in increased costs to the public
and possible obstruction of said county roads.
SECTION 1: The Beaverhead County Commission hereby decrees it to be unlawful to
purposely or knowingly permit or allow water from any irrigation ditch to flow over, or
for any irrigation sprinkler system to spray on any county road, or to thereby obstruct or
prevent vehicular traffic, or render the county road unsafe for vehicular traffic.
SECTION 2: Any person found guilty of a violation under Section 1 shall be fined in
the sum not to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) and/or be imprisoned in the county
jail for a term not to exceed thirty (30) days or both.
Dated this 1st day of October 1991, passed and approved by the Beaverhead County
Commissioners.
Board of County Commissioners:
David I. Moss, Chairman
Randall A. Tommerup
Robert Pederson