No person, firm, or association may construct any electrical supply or communication line, gas, oil, or water, or other pipeline parallel to and within one hundred feet [30.48 meters] of the centerline of any state highway right of way or within seventy-five feet [22.86 meters] of the centerline of any county highway right of way without first obtaining the consent of the director or board of county commissioners except that such prohibition does not apply to highways or streets located within areas platted as townsites or additions and subdivisions thereof.
N.D.C.C. § 24-01-42