Spring Clean-Up Weekend & Seasonal Reminders

🗓️✨Spring Clean-up Weekend: May 16 & 17

• The landfill will be open all weekend, tentatively 8am-8pm (hours subject to change).

• We will not be collecting items from the curb. If you need assistance with loading, carrying, or hauling items, please contact City Hall in advance and we’ll arrange a time to help.

• Only items normally accepted at the landfill will be accepted during spring clean-up weekend.

  
  

🚛 Landfill Access & Roll-Off Availability

• The roll-off has been delivered to the landfill and is available for all residents.

• Regular landfill hours are Wednesdays from 5:00–7:00 PM and Saturdays from 10:00 AM–1:00 PM. Additional access may be available by appointment—please contact City Hall to schedule.

• Scrap metal will no longer be accepted.

  
  

🧹 Spring Cleaning Reminders

Now that spring is finally settling in, it’s time to start thinking about community-wide spring cleaning. We’d like to help everyone do their part to keep Gladstone looking good, staying safe, and remaining a place we’re proud to call home, so as you get started on yard work and outdoor projects, here are a few things to keep in mind:

🌿Yard & Property Care

• Keep grass clippings out of the street — they lead to clogged storm drains and fuel algae growth when washed into the lagoon system.

• Trim trees and shrubs that hang over streets, alleys, or sidewalks.

• Keep ditches and culverts clear for proper drainage.

• Control noxious weeds and maintain lawns.

• Store unused items neatly to reduce clutter and discourage rodents.

• Keep pets contained and clean up after them.

🚮Garbage Containers & Litter

• Secure garbage containers so they don’t tip, blow away, or scatter debris.

• Do not place containers on the street, the truck can reach them on the boulevard.

• Retrieve containers promptly after trash collection.

• Do not place yard waste in alleys or streets.

🚸Safety & Courtesy

• Drive slowly—kids are out biking, walking, and playing.

• Watch for pedestrians near parks, mailboxes, and walking along the street.

• Be mindful of noise early in the morning and late in the evening.

  
  

📒 Seasonal Ordinance Reminders

Please take a moment to review the ordinances below. They are essential for maintaining a clean, safe, and attractive community, and they play an important role in protecting both property and public safety. When everyone does their part, we keep Gladstone the safe and welcoming place we are all proud to call home.

CHAPTER EIGHT: HEALTH

8.0102 Accumulation of Refuse Prohibited

No person shall permit or allow to accumulate in or about any yard, lot, place, or premises; or upon any street or sidewalk, adjacent to or abutting upon any lot, block or place, or premises owned and occupied by that person, any and all refuse, nor allow such yard, lot, place, or premises to be or remain in such condition.

CHAPTER NINE: ANIMALS AND FOWL

9.0201 License Required

No dog or cat shall be permitted to be or remain in the City without being licensed as herein after provided if over six months of age. It shall be the duty of the owner to keeper of any dog or cat kept within the City to have the dog or cat inoculated against rabies and proof thereof is shown to the person issuing the license.

9.0207 Nuisance - When

Any dog or cat within the city limits is a public nuisance when (not an all-inclusive list):

a. It frequently frightens, annoys, barks at or chases any person or vehicle.

b. Is more than six months old and does not have current vaccinations.

c. An unattended animal that exhibits loud and frequent yelping, barking, crying or howling.

d. It damages any property not the property of the owner.

e. It runs at large upon any right of way, public property or the private premises of another citizen.

f. It is determined to be a dangerous or vicious dog or cat.

CHAPTER TEN: PUBLIC NUISANCES

10.0302 Loud, Disturbing, Unnecessary Noises – Prohibited

The making, creating or maintenance of loud, unnatural or unusual and disturbing noises are a detriment to public health, comfort, convenience, safety and welfare, and are hereby declared to be unlawful and a public nuisance. Yelling, shouting, hooting, whistling or singing on the public streets, particularly between the hours of 11:00 PM and 7:00 AM, or at any time or place so as to annoy or disturb the quiet, comfort or repose of persons in any dwelling or of any persons in the vicinity. More examples are provided in the Ordinance Book.

10.0402-404 Storage/Accumulation of Items Contrary to Public Health & Safety

The storage or accumulation of trash, rubbish, junk, junk automobiles, abandoned motor vehicles, building materials, and the maintenance of blighted structures upon private property within the city tends to result in blighted and deteriorated neighborhoods, the increase in criminal activity, the spread of vermin and disease, and is contrary to the public peace, health, safety, and general welfare of the community (North Dakota Century Code 39-26-01); therefore, it shall be unlawful for any person to store, or permit the storage or accumulation of, trash, rubbish, junk, junk automobiles, or abandoned motor vehicles on any private property in the city except within a completely enclosed building. Such storage or accumulation on any private property in the city is hereby declared to be a nuisance and shall be abated. Exceptions apply to any business premises of a duly licensed junk dealer, junk buyer, dealer in used auto parts, dealer in second-hand goods or junk gatherer, or where building materials are part of the stock in trade of a business located in said property, or except when such materials are being used in the construction of a structure on the property in accordance with a valid building permit issued by the city and such construction is completed within a reasonable time.

10.0502 Weeds and Tall Grasses Prohibited

No owner of any lot, place or area within the City or the agent of such owner, shall permit on such lot, place, or area and the one-half of any road or street lying next to the lands or boulevards abutting thereon, noxious weeds, other deleterious, unhealthful growths, or tall grasses. Whenever used in this ordinance, the term “tall grasses” shall mean all grass in excess of eight inches in height.