North Dakota § 40-48-02 Official master plan may be established - Filing - Effect - Purpose

North Dakota Statutes

§ 40-48-02 — Official master plan may be established - Filing - Effect - Purpose

North Dakota § 40-48-02

Title 40Municipal Government

Ch. 40-48Municipal Master Plans and Planning Commissions

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N.D. Cent. Code § 40-48-02 (2026).

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Any municipality, by an ordinance of its governing body, may establish an official master
plan of the municipality. Such ordinance shall make it the duty of some appropriate official or
employee of the municipality to file for record immediately, with the recorder of the county in
which the area covered by the plan is situated, a certificate showing that the municipality has
established an official master plan. Such plan shall be final and conclusive with respect to the
location and width of streets, ways, plazas, open spaces, and public easements, and the
location of parks and playgrounds, and the establishment of public rights in lands shown
thereon. The official master plan is declared to be established to conserve and promote the
public health, safety, and general welfare of the munici

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Any municipality, by an ordinance of its governing body, may establish an official master
plan of the municipality. Such ordinance shall make it the duty of some appropriate official or
employee of the municipality to file for record immediately, with the recorder of the county in
which the area covered by the plan is situated, a certificate showing that the municipality has
established an official master plan. Such plan shall be final and conclusive with respect to the
location and width of streets, ways, plazas, open spaces, and public easements, and the
location of parks and playgrounds, and the establishment of public rights in lands shown
thereon. The official master plan is declared to be established to conserve and promote the
public health, safety, and general welfare of the municipality.