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1. Is any further publication required after a zoning change is approved?

Upon the establishment of any zoning regulation, restriction, or boundary or of any changes or amendments to zoning regulations, restrictions, or boundaries, the city governing body shall file a certified copy with the city auditor and shall cause notice to be published in the official newspaper. The notice must describe the nature, scope, and purpose of the regulation, restriction, or boundary, and must state the times at which it will be available to the public for inspection and copying at the office of the city auditor. (NDCC 40-47-04, 40-47,05)

2. What authority does a city have to extend the application of the city’s zoning regulations beyond the corporate limits of the city?

State law provides that a city may, by ordinance, extend the application of the city’s zoning regulations to any quarter quarter section of unincorporated territory if a majority of the quarter quarter section is located within the following distance of the corporate limits of the city:

a. One mile if the city has a population of less than five thousand. A city that has exercised its authority under this subdivision has joint zoning and subdivision regulation jurisdiction from one-half mile to one mile with the other political subdivision.

b. Two miles if the city has a population of five thousand or more, but less than twenty-five thousand. A city that has exercised its authority under this subdivision has joint zoning and subdivision regulation jurisdiction from one mile to two miles with the other political subdivision.

c. Four miles if the city has a population of twenty-five thousand or more. A city that has exercised its authority under this subdivision has joint zoning and subdivision regulation jurisdiction from two miles to four miles with the other political subdivision. (NDCC 40-47-01.1)