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May 19, 2022 <br />5 <br /> <br />Article II. Administration and Enforcement <br />Section 2.01 Board of County Commissioners <br />(a) Powers and Authority <br />In addition to all powers and authority granted to the Board of County Commissioners by <br />general or specific law, the Board of County Commissioners shall have the following powers and <br />authority under the provisions of this Ordinance. <br />(b) Appoint County Planner <br />The Board of County Commissioners may appoint a County Planner. The County Planner may be <br />an employee of Cass County or a contract consultant. <br />(c) Appoint Planning Commission <br />The Board of County Commissioners shall appoint members of the Planning Commission. <br />(d) Comprehensive Plan <br />The Board of County Commissioners shall have the authority to adopt the Cass County <br />Comprehensive Plan and, from time to time, approve or disapprove amendments to the <br />Comprehensive Plan. <br />(e) Subdivision Ordinance <br />The Board of County Commissioners shall have the authority to adopt the Cass County <br />Subdivision Ordinance, and from time to time, approve or disapprove amendments to the <br />Ordinance. <br />(f) Plat Approval <br />The Board of County Commissioners shall have the authority to consider applications for plat <br />approval, and to deny, amend, or approve such applications. <br />(g) Appeals <br />The Board of County Commissioners shall hear and decide any appeals of a decision made by <br />the County Planner regarding the administration, interpretation, and enforcement of this <br />Ordinance. <br />(h) Variance <br />The Board of County Commissioners shall have the authority to adjust the application or <br />enforcement of any provision of this Ordinance in any specific case when a literal enforcement <br />of such provision would result in great practical difficulties, unnecessary hardship, or injustice, <br />so as to avoid such consequences, provided such action shall not be contrary to the public <br />interest or the purposes of this Ordinance or the general purposes of NDCC §11-33.2. <br />(i) Other Actions <br />The Board of County Commissioners shall have the authority to take other actions not delegated <br />to another decision-making or administrative body that the Board of County Commissioners <br />deem necessary and desirable to implement provisions of the Comprehensive Plan or this <br />Ordinance.