Power of board of county commissioners to issue permits - Notification of director of the department of transportation - Power of board to appropriate money
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-33-18
in effect11-33-18. Power of board of county commissioners to issue permits - Notification of
director of the department of transportation - Power of board to appropriate money.
1. The board of county commissioners may authorize and provide for the issuance of
permits as a prerequisite to construction, erection, reconstruction, alteration, repair, or
enlargement of any building or structure otherwise subject to this chapter.
2. If a board of county commissioners provides for the issuance of permits, the board
shall require the applicant to state whether the structure is reasonably anticipated to
have a significant impact on the transportation system. A structure is deemed to have
significant impact on the transportation system if, over a period of one year, it will have
an average daily usage of at least twenty-five motor vehicles whose gross weight
exceeds sixty thousand pounds [27215.54 kilograms]. The board shall require that, if
the structure will have a significant impact on the transportation system, the director of
the department of transportation be notified and be given an opportunity to comment
on the application. However, approval of the director of the department of
transportation of the proposed structure is not required.
3. The board may establish and collect reasonable fees for permits issued under this
section. The fees so collected must be credited to the general fund of the county.
4. The board of county commissioners may appropriate, out of the general funds of the
county, such moneys as may be necessary for the purposes of this chapter.
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