1916 Kalispell Ordinance: Watch Your Feet
By Kat Palmiotti, Helping your Montana dreams take root
(eXp Commercial, Referral Divison)
I recently found an online directory of Kalispell City ordinances and thought it’d be intriguing to see what some of the ordinances of the past were. If I can find enough interesting material, I hope to share at least one ordinance from each year. This series has reached 1916, and this ordinance is about your feet. Well, not yours exactly. Read on.Ordinance #334 was approved on August 7, 1916. This ordinance was put in place to tell people where they can stand and/or walk.Specifically, this ordinance stated that: "No person on foot shall pass over, or stand on, that portion of the intersection of any street or avenue with any other street or avenue lying within the square formed by an extention (sic) of the curb lines."So what does that mean? The way I read this is that no person could ...
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