NDCC Ch. 11-09.1 — County Home Rule Charter Authority Expansion (ND)

Tracked preemption from the North Dakota overlay bundle.

Overview

Effective
1985-07-01
Sunset
Authority
state
Scope
state:ND

Trigger predicate

When this evaluates true for a parcel, the law's preempted fields take precedence over base zoning.

county.is_home_rule_charter == True

Preempted fields

1 field on the base district schema is rewritten when the trigger fires.

FieldOpValueNote
county.zoning_authority_scopeexpand_per_charterCounty charter supersedes conflicting general law within enumerated scope (§11-09.1-05)

Citation

Authority source
ND Const. art. VII §1; NDCC §11-09.1-01 et seq.
§ Ch. 11-09.1
https://www.ndlegis.gov/cencode/t11c09-1.pdf

Research notes

Cass County is the principal home-rule county; most ND counties operate under standard Ch. 11-33 framework. Same statewide-concern limits as city home rule (no override of §38-08 oil & gas, criminal law, school finance, elections).