F.A.Q.

Yes.  Frenchtown has both a fire department and ambulance services available to the King Ranch community less than 1 mile away.

No. The King Ranch community waters are owned, operated, and maintained by volunteers from the King Ranch communities.

Water is tested at the beginning of each month for Phases II and III.  Phase I is on a separate pump house and is tested twice a year.  Once in the spring around May and in the fall at the end of October. The latest water test results can be found on Service 2 section on this page of the website as a PDF download.

No. Each of the 36 homeowner lots have individual, privately owned and owner maintained  septic systems approved by Missoula County.

Each King Ranch community has a mail cluster box.  Cluster boxes are located at the entrance area of each community located on Mullan Road, Saint Andrews Place and Wild Goose Lane.

Frenchtown has an outstanding school district composed of an elementary, middle school, and high school. The King Ranch community is only 45 minutes from the University of Montana in Missoula.

Republic Services provides trash and garbage removal every Thursday morning with approved blue trash receptacles obtained from Republic Services of Missoula, Montana.

In addition Grizzly Disposal and Recycling provides trash and garbage removal every Friday morning.

Cottonwood trees on HOA Common Area property which pose a risk of damage to a homeowners property should be reported immediately to the HOA for removal before any damage to property occurs. Cottonwood trees on a homeowner’s property are the responsibility of the homeowner for any damage and/or removal!

Yes it is. 18 Holes with a panoramic view of the Rocky Mountains on all sides of you while you enjoy your favorite pastime.

Placing snow markers to identify areas not to be plowed  protect homeowner lawns during the winter plowing season is important. Snow hides lawns and other things… even though it is not in the HOA Covenants please put out your snow markers each fall and remove them in the spring when the threat of snow has passed.

“THE WATERMAN” LLC – Private Utility Locating Services

Tim Schwenk at (406) 531-1443

You may be able to find the property markers (aluminum capped pins) yourself. They will be located at the corners of your property. These are metal caps on iron stakes. They may be buried 6″-10″ below the surface at each corner of the property. The markers are shown on the land survey Plat Map for King Ranch Phases II & III March 28, 1996. You can use a shovel and a metal detector to find your property pins. The King Ranch Plat  can be found on this website on the Service 2 page or at the Missoula County Records. If you can not find your property pins do not guess where your pins may be located. You must have your land surveyed by professional surveyor. The King Ranch Homeowners Association is not responsible in any way in locating a property owners property boundaries and property pins.

Each household curb stop is the responsibility of the homeowner for location, repair
and repair costs.  The HOA will not pay for any curb stop repair in
homeowner driveways or yards no matter which side the break is on. If a curb stop is
in need of repair the homeowner is required to call the King Ranch Homeowner’s
Association to notify the water managers of the break so the HOA can set up the
repair of the curb stop with a company the HOA has done successful work with in the
past. All cost associated with the repair are the responsibility of individual homeowner and not the King Ranch Homeowner Association.

The King Ranch Homeowners Board has done everything in its power to ensure the safety of our drinking water supply system. Each homeowner has to take personal responsibility
to ensure a safe drinking water supply for all three communities by making absolutely sure their home is equipped with a working irrigation back flow preventer. Montana Law 17.38.305 Sections 602.2 and 602.3 CROSS-CONNECTIONS state no person shall make a connection or allow one to exist between pipes or conduits carrying domestic water supplied by a public or private building water supply system, and pipes, conduits or fixtures containing or carrying water that has been used for any purpose whatsoever, or piping carrying chemicals, liquids, gases or substances whatsoever, unless there is a provided back flow prevention device approved for the potential hazard and maintained in accordance with this code. Each point of use shall be separately protected where potential cross-contamination of individual units exists. No plumbing fixture, device, or construction shall be installed or maintained, or shall be connected to a domestic water supply, where such installation or connection provides a possibility of polluting such water supply or cross-connection between a distributing system of water for drinking and domestic purposes and water that becomes contaminated by such plumbing fixture, device, or construction unless there is a provided backflow prevention device approved for the potential hazard.

Booster pumps used  for pressurizing only the household water system are allowed. Booster pumps used to pressurize outside irrigation systems are strictly prohibited. Homeowners are asked to immediately remove any booster pump from a home irrigation system that reduces the pressure on our water distribution system and causing undo stress on our pump system.

We would recommend ADVANCED PAINTING. Advanced painting does interior and exterior repaints. FREE ESTIMATES. $2.00 a square foot. Call 808-451-8487 or email at [email protected] or [email protected].  20 years experience.  USMC & USCG  Combat Veteran – James “Woody” Smallwood.

We recommend Kodiak Lawn Care. Owned by Paul Frank. Lawn care, irrigation, debris removal, stump grinding and other yard services are his specialty. Call (406) 552-8409 or email at [email protected].