N.D. Cent. Code § 40-54-03
Upon petition of the owners of not less than fifty percent of the property, measured by front feet, on both sides of any street or portion thereof, not less than one block in length, for gravel surfacing of such street or portion thereof, the governing board may give notice of such petition and of a time and place for hearing thereon, by publication once in each week for two successive weeks prior to such hearing, the first publication to be not less than ten days before such hearing. At the time and place of such hearing, the governing board shall consider and determine the desirability and necessity of the graveling of such street or portion thereof, the ownership and use of the property adjoining said street, the probability or lack of probability of special assessments for such graveling being paid, and the necessity, from the standpoint of the municipality, of such graveling being undertaken, and shall thereupon determine whether or not such project shall be undertaken, and its decision thereon shall be final.
N.D.C.C. § 40-54-03