NDCC §40-47-07 / §11-33-08 — 20% Protest Petition Two-Thirds Vote Trigger (ND)
Tracked preemption from the North Dakota overlay bundle.
Overview
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Effective
1925-07-01
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. 40-05.1 — City Home Rule Charter Authority ExpansionNDCC Ch. 38-08 — Oil & Gas Downhole / Spacing / Flaring State OccupationFederal & 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.
always true
Preempted fields
3 fields on the base district schema are rewritten when the trigger fires.
| Field | Op | Value | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
procedure.zoning_amendment_protest_threshold_pct | ceiling_at | 20 | Statutory floor — local code cannot RAISE the threshold to make protest harder to invoke; can be made lower locally |
procedure.zoning_amendment_supermajority_required | floor_at_two_thirds | — | If 20% adjacent-owner threshold met, governing body must approve amendment by two-thirds vote |
procedure.public_hearing_notice_days | floor_at | 15 |
Citation
Authority source
NDCC §40-47-07 (cities); NDCC §11-33-08 (counties)
§ §40-47-07; §11-33-08
Research notes
Procedural preemption — guarantees a baseline citizen veto mechanism for zoning amendments. 20% of owners of lots adjacent to or directly opposite the rezone property can trigger two-thirds supermajority requirement on the governing body. 15-day published-notice minimum on public hearing. Applies to all ND cities and counties regardless of home-rule status (procedural due-process floor).