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NDCC Ch. 40-05.1 — City Home Rule Charter Authority Expansion (ND)

Tracked preemption from the North Dakota overlay bundle.

Overview

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Effective
1969-07-01
Sunset
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Authority
state
Scope
state:ND
Other North Dakota preemptions
Short-Term Rentals — No Statewide Preemption (Local Authority Preserved)NDCC §40-47-16 — Manufactured & Modular Housing Parity in Residential DistrictsNDCC Ch. 11-09.1 — County Home Rule Charter Authority ExpansionNDCC §40-47-01.1 — Extraterritorial Zoning Jurisdiction (Population-Tiered)NDCC §11-33-02 — Agricultural Land & Existing Farm Structures County Zoning Carve-OutNDCC Ch. 38-08 — Oil & Gas Downhole / Spacing / Flaring State OccupationNDCC §40-47-07 / §11-33-08 — 20% Protest Petition Two-Thirds Vote TriggerFederal & Tribal Jurisdictional Carve-Outs (MHA Nation, USACE, Theodore Roosevelt NP, AFB AICUZ)

Trigger predicate

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

city.is_home_rule_charter == True

Preempted fields

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

FieldOpValueNote
city.zoning_authority_scopeexpand_per_charter—Charter supersedes conflicting state statutes within scope of enumerated charter powers (§40-05.1-06). Cities may exceed Ch. 40-47 baseline on amortization of nonconforming uses, inclusionary provisions, impact fees, form-based codes.

Citation

Authority source
ND Const. art. VII §2; NDCC §40-05.1-01 et seq.
§ Ch. 40-05.1
https://www.ndlegis.gov/cencode/t40c05-1.pdf

Research notes

Confirmed home-rule charter cities (2026, verify per city via ndcities.com): Bismarck, Fargo, Grand Forks, Minot, West Fargo, Williston, Dickinson, Mandan, Jamestown, Valley City, Wahpeton, Devils Lake, Grafton. Home-rule authority CANNOT override state criminal law, school finance, or matters declared of statewide concern (oil & gas under §38-08, workers' comp, elections). For any ND city in the DB, flag charter status — its zoning code may contain provisions invalid under Ch. 40-47 baseline.