Title 24, Highways, Bridges, and Ferries

For the purpose of warning and protecting the traveling public, the minimum requirements to be met by such officers establishing temporary roadblocks are: 1. The temporary roadblock must be established at a point on the highway clearly visible at a distance of not less than three…

Nothing in this chapter may be deemed to limit or encroach upon the existing authority of North Dakota law enforcement officers in the performance of their duties involving traffic control and criminal apprehension.

Any person who proceeds or travels through a roadblock without submitting to the traffic control so established is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.

The legislative assembly declares that the establishment, use, and maintenance of junkyards in areas adjacent to the state highway system should be controlled to protect the public health, welfare, and morals; conserve the public investment in such highways; promote the safety an…

1. "Automobile graveyard" means any establishment or place of business or location that is maintained, used, or operated for storing, keeping, buying, or selling wrecked, scrapped, abandoned, ruined, or dismantled motor vehicles, motor vehicle parts, or machinery of all types. 2.…

No junkyards, automobile graveyards, or scrap metal processing facilities may be established and maintained within one thousand feet [304.8 meters] of the nearest edge of the right of way of a highway on the state highway system unless permission has been granted by the director.…

Junkyards lawfully in existence prior to December 3, 1965, which are or may be screened by natural objects, plantings, fences, or other appropriate means so as not to be visible from the main traveled way of the state highway system must be allowed to remain within one thousand f…

The director may order the removal of any junkyards which cannot be effectively screened within the meaning of this chapter or any junkyard which in the judgment of the director does not subserve the legislative intent as specified in section 24-16-01.

Any junkyard which is within one thousand feet [304.8 meters] of the nearest edge of the right of way and visible from any highway of the state highway system which was lawfully in existence on December 3, 1965, may be maintained in existence until December 3, 1970, unless requir…

Owners of junkyards lawfully in existence on December 3, 1965, which are required to be removed prior to December 3, 1970, by order of the director pursuant to this chapter, must be paid just compensation for the reasonable damages, if any, suffered by reason of such removal betw…

The director may, if the director deems it necessary to carry out the intent of this chapter, acquire lands used as junkyards by gift, purchase, exchange, or condemnation in fee simple, or such lesser interest as the director deems necessary, and in the acquisition of said lands …

The director may adopt and enforce rules for the maintenance of and establishment of junkyards consistent with the national policy set forth in 23 U.S.C. 136 and the national standards promulgated thereunder by the secretary of transportation.

The administrative order promulgated on December 3, 1965, by the director prohibiting the establishment of junkyards within one thousand feet [304.8 meters] from the nearest edge of the right of way along highways on the state highway system unless the director's permission is ob…

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, junkyards, automobile graveyards, and scrap metal processing facilities may be operated within areas adjacent to highways which are within one thousand feet [304.8 meters] of the nearest edge of the right of way and which are z…

Any person who permits a junkyard, as defined in section 24-16-02, to be established on the person's property in violation of this chapter is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.

It is hereby declared to be in the public interest reasonably to regulate advertising devices along the highways hereinafter specified while, at the same time, recognizing that both the convenience of travel and the interests of the economy as a whole require a reasonable freedom…

1. "Commissioner" shall mean the director of the department of transportation of this state or authorized agents as provided in section 24-02-01.3. 2. "Erect" means to construct, build, raise, assemble, place, affix, attach, create, paint, draw, or in any other way bring into bei…

Subject to this chapter, after January 1, 1968, or any later date established by the Congress of the United States in relation to 23 U.S.C. 131, or waiver of that date pursuant to title 23 of the United States Code, no sign may be erected or maintained within six hundred sixty fe…

Subject to the provisions of this chapter, no sign may, after July 1, 1977, be erected or maintained beyond six hundred sixty feet [201.17 meters] from the nearest edge of the right of way, located outside of urban areas, visible from the main traveled way of the highway system, …

The director is directed to acquire by purchase, gift, condemnation, or exchange, signs lawfully erected which do not conform to this chapter or the rules established by the director. Owners of advertising structures, signs, displays, or devices acquired by the director pursuant …

The agreement between the board and the secretary of transportation, dated January 31, 1972, is hereby ratified on behalf of the director who shall succeed to the board's obligations, duties, and authority under said agreement.

1. The director is authorized: a. To designate tracts of land adjacent to the state highway system which are necessary for the restoration, preservation, and enhancement of scenic beauty. b. To regulate the erection, construction, or placing of any sign, display, or device within…

The director may adopt the rules necessary to accomplish the purpose of this chapter and to comply with 23 U.S.C. 131, pursuant to chapter 28-32.

Any advertising sign which violates the provisions of this chapter or the rules adopted by the director is hereby declared to be illegal. The director shall give thirty days' notice, by certified mail, to the owner thereof to remove the same if it is a prohibited sign, or cause i…

The director shall enforce the provisions of this chapter and the rules adopted by the director through the remedy of injunction or other appropriate legal proceedings, and may not act except through such proceedings, except as set forth in section 24-17-11. Neither the director …

Any person or persons, jointly and severally, aggrieved by a decision of the director under this chapter may appeal therefrom to the district court pursuant to chapter 28-32.

The department of transportation shall establish a limited transportation network within this state. The initial network consists of selected highways and the interstate system to serve as the foundation for this system. The department may modify the foundation through a public i…

1. The department of transportation shall establish a process to adjust the network by adding specific segments of the United States or state highway system. The process must include an advisory committee to provide input to the department in actions taken to adjust the system, t…

1. The advisory committee must be chaired by the director of the department of transportation or a designee of the director and must consist of a representative appointed by: a. The greater North Dakota chamber; b. The North Dakota association of counties; c. The agriculture comm…

The department may include the interstate highway system within the state as part of the primary foundation network if approved through passage of legislation by the Congress of the United States.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department of transportation, in consultation with the advisory committee, may adopt rules to establish the required axle configurations and weight limit requirements for trucks weighing more than one hundred five thousand five hund…

This chapter does not modify or authorize any change to the existing weight limitations for trucks with gross vehicle weight up to one hundred five thousand five hundred pounds [47854 kilograms] excluding the interstate system.