North Dakota Century Code Title 40. Municipal Government § 40-01.1-01. Advisory study of local governance options

1. The need for maintaining citizen access to, control of, and participation in local government;

2. The existing land use within the area, including the location of highways and natural geographic barriers to, and routes for, transportation;

3. The need for organized local government functions, services, and controls; the present cost and adequacy of local government functions, services, and controls; probable future needs for those functions, services, and controls; and the probable effect of alternative courses of action on the cost and adequacy of local government functions, services, and controls;

4. The trends in population density and distribution, and the potential or likelihood for significant growth or decline;

5. The tax base and other factors bearing on the capacity for local government to provide essential functions and services necessary to the general welfare of local citizens;

6. The boundaries of existing units of local government;

7. Data necessary for analyzing the strengths, weaknesses, challenges, and opportunities that are unique to the community; and

8. Other factors that may affect the provision of local government functions, services, and controls.