5 rules for unincorporated Yellowstone County, Montana.
Verified from official government sources
Yellowstone County has no countywide rule forcing trash carts to be screened from view year-round; unincorporated storage is largely unregulated. In Billings, carts may not be stored on the street and should be kept off the public right-of-way except on collection day.
Yellowstone County enforces a Community Decay Ordinance covering nuisance conditions visible from a public right-of-way, including inoperable/junk vehicles, vacant or abandoned buildings, and accumulated salvaged materials and debris. Enforcement is complaint-based; owners typically get at least 30 days to comply.
Yellowstone County Community Decay Ordinance
The Yellowstone County Community Decay Ordinance... applies to the maintenance of nuisance conditions on any part of a property that can be seen from a public right of way, including the long term storage of inoperable or junk vehicles, vacant or abandoned buildings or the accumulation of salvaged materials and debris.
Vacant or abandoned buildings and accumulated debris on lots visible from a public right-of-way fall under Yellowstone County's Community Decay Ordinance. Owners of any land, occupied or not, also carry a mandatory duty to control noxious weeds under Montana law.
Yellowstone County sets no permit or frequency limit on residential garage sales in the unincorporated county. In Billings, the sale itself needs no permit, but garage-sale signs may not be placed on poles or the right-of-way and a temporary sign permit applies to longer-standing signs.
Montana law makes noxious-weed control mandatory: it is unlawful to let noxious weeds propagate or go to seed on your land. Yellowstone County's Weed District enforces this. There is no countywide turf-grass height limit; tall grass is a city matter in Billings.
MCA 7-22-2116(1)
It is unlawful for any person to permit any noxious weed to propagate or go to seed on the person's land, except as specified in this section.
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