N.D. Cent. Code § 24-16-11: Certain junkyards allowed

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 zoned under the authority of state law or which are not zoned under the authority of state law, but are used for industrial activities as determined by the director.