Board Members

Kristine Brodehl, Administrator
Darlene Carpenter, Secretary
Lance Johnson
Roger Myers
Tom Krumwiede
Matthew Zelinski
Pat Schaff
Shawn Anderson

Mike Morey

Joe Weninger

Corey Long

IF YOUR CONSTRUCTION LIES WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE FOLLOWING TOWNSHIPS, YOU WILL NEED TO CONTACT THAT TOWNSHIP FOR ZONING INFORMATION:

Norwich, North Prairie, Gilmore, Pratt, Riga and Pratt

ZONING GUIDELINES

See Zoning Ordinance for further guidance, this can be found to the right of your screen and by clicking on Zoning Ordinance.

PURPOSE: These regulations have been made in accordance with a comprehensive plan prepared for McHenry County and are designed to promote the health, safety, morals, public convenience, general prosperity, and public welfare of McHenry County.

JURISDICTION: These zoning regulations shall apply to all areas within the civil boundaries of McHenry County North Dakota; with the following exceptions:

1. Those areas within the civil boundaries of organized cities and those areas where cities have applied some measure of their extraterritorial zoning authority (but not including the cities of Upham, Balfour, Voltaire which have indicated a desire for the County Zoning Commission to apply zoning regulations within their civil boundaries.)

2. Those areas within the civil boundaries of an organized township that has exercised their zoning authority, including Norwich, North Prairie, Gilmore, Riga and Pratt Townships.

COMPLIANCE: Except hereinafter provided, no building structure or land shall be used, occupied, erected, constructed, moved, reconstructed or structurally altered except in conformity with all of the regulations for the district in which it is located.

See Zoning Ordinance for further guidance, this can be found to the right of your screen and by clicking on Zoning Ordinance.

1. applying for a variance or conditional use permit a Zoning Application must be submitted by the first Friday of the month for which you are applying. This gives the board an appropriate amount of time to notify local residents of your request. Then a public hearing will happen the fourth Thursday of each month (unless a holiday falls on this date it will be moved up to the third Thursday of each month).