Address:
City of Ashley
P.O. Box 97
Ashley, ND 58413
Contact Us:
701-288-3096
cityauditor@ashley-nd.com
Address:
City of Ashley
P.O. Box 97
Ashley, ND 58413
Contact Us:
701-288-3096
cityauditor@ashley-nd.com
Our City
Economic Development & JDA
Ashley continually strives to become a leader in promoting economic development and has been recognized for its’ achievements both locally and nationwide. The Ashley Jobs Development Authority is prepared to help businesses and entrepreneurs with ideas for business ventures in Ashley. A number of incentive programs are available, including the Renaissance Zone that provides tax incentives for qualified projects, the Ashley Endowment Fund that can provide other assistance, a revolving loan fund to help with financing packages, and staff assistance with any questions you might have.
For more information on Economic Developing questions please contact City Hall at 701-288-3096.
“This institution is an equal opportunity provider.”
(TTY) 1-800-366-6888
The community currently has very reasonable lease options available and the local community and financial organizations are willing to provide additional incentives if Ashley is chosen as a potential site, such as low interest loans additional grants from community organizations and technical assistance for development of business, and more.
City Services:
| Water – $16.50 base rate/ $3.90 per 1000 gallons (no free water) | |
| Sewer – $10.00 | |
| Garbage – $18.50 | |
| Utilities – $30.00 | |
*Residential prices listed
For more information on any of these services contact the City Auditor at (701)288-3096.
Electricity:
| City Power Supplier: Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. | 1-800-638-3278 |
| Rural Power Supplier: KEM Electric Cooperative, Inc | 1-800-472-2673 |
| Incentive Rates Available: Yes, based upon quantity | |
| Fuel Oil/Propane Gas Distributor | Northern Plains Coop |
| or Westside Heating |
Water:
| Supplier: | City of Ashley |
| Source: | Ground Water and Two Wells |
| Maximum Daily Capacity: | 250.000 GPD |
| Storage Capacity: | Overhead: 65.000 Gallons |
| Ground: 300.000 Gallons |
Sewers/Waste:
| Storm Sewer: | No |
| Sanitary Sewer: | Yes |
| Treatment Plant (type): | Three Cell Lagoon |
| Capacity: 120.000 GPD | |
| Present Load: 80% | |
| Solid Waste Disposal: | City Garbage Truck |
Licenses and Permits
Building Permits
Business Permits
Raffle Permits
Dog & Cat License
Site Permits/Gaming
Liquor/Beer Licenses
Liquor License Transfers
City Government
The city, active in statewide economic development, keeps moving forward in this time of economic and technological change. The city is active in the South Central Dakota Regional Council, the Dakota Heartland Champion Community, and many other economic development initiatives.
The city also relies on assistance from several local development organizations such as the Job Development Authority and Opportunities, Inc., which oversees the Ashley Endowment Fund.
Located on the south shore of Lake Hoskins about 4 miles west of present day Ashley, the settlement of Hoskins was the original McIntosh County seat. Hoskins was established in 1884 and later abandoned in 1888 when Ashley was established. Today, Ashley continues to be the county seat for McIntosh County including the county courthouse built in 1920 which houses county offices as well as the county court of law. The county has several agencies including Health, Social Services, Sheriff Department, Ag Extension Service, District Attorney, as well as proper area for deeds and registry.
Larry Meidinger
Council President
Term: 2020 to 2024
Erich Schock
Water/Sewer
Term: 2022 to 2024
Travis Geiszler
Streets/Garbage
Term: 2020 to 2024
Randy Woehl
Streets/Garbage
Term: 2022 to 2026
Jeremy Arlien
Police
Term: 2022 to 2026
Maggie Newhouse
Police
Term: 2022 to 2026
Council Member
Other City Board Contacts
Park Board: Gina Ketterling (701) 288-5141
Chamber of Commerce Board: Maggie Newhouse (208) 440-2186
Arts Council: Marvel Gross (701) 288-3504
The City Auditor, appointed by the mayor with council approval, seeks to make Ashley’s City government better and more accountable, by helping to ensure that our local government is efficient, effective, and ethical.
Jason oversees the Municipal Code as well as the financial records of the City. He has computerized all utilities, along with every account the City has. This year’s tasks include updating the Municipal Code and computerizing all fixed assets to be GASB 34 compliant.
Jason provides monthly reports and briefings to the City Council, who along with the public, needs timely, objective, accurate information about what departments and programs are doing and how they could do it better. By providing this information, we help to hold the government accountable in its stewardship of the public trust, and assist the City Council and city staff in using resources to maximize effectiveness and productivity.
Other city positions include the Cemetery Sexton, Krystina Schnabel. She can be reached at (701) 731-0219.
ASHLEY MUNICIPAL CODE TABLE OF CONTENTS
CITY OF ASHLEY, NORTH DAKOTA
ORDINANCES ADOPTED NOVEMBER 1, 2004
REVISED APRIL 1, 2015.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TITLE ONE-THE ENACTING ORDINANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
CHAPTER 1 – Ashley Municipal Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
TITLE TWO-CONSTRUCTION OF ORDINANCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
CHAPTER1 – Construction of Ordinances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
TITLE THREE-GOVERNING BODY AND RULES OF PROCEDURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
CHAPTER 1 – Meetings . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
CHAPTER 2 – Committees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
CHAPTER 3 – Rules of Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
CHAPTER 4 – Salaries of Governing Body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
TITLE FOUR-FINANCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
CHAPTER 1 – Purchasing Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
CHAPTER 2 – Bills or Claims Against the City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
CHAPTER 3 – Penalty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
CHAPTER 4 – Sale of Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
TITLE FIVE-OFFICERS AND DUTIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
CHAPTER 1 – Bonds of Municipal Officers and Employees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
CHAPTER 2 – Delivery of Cash and Checks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
CHAPTER 3 – Municipal Judge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
CHAPTER 4 – City Treasurer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
CHAPTER 5 – Appointive Officers-General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
CHAPTER 6 – City Auditor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
CHAPTER 7 – City Attorney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
CHAPTER 8 – City Assessor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
CHAPTER 9 – Water and Sewer Commissioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
CHAPTER 10 – Street Commissioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
CHAPTER 11 – Fire Chief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
CHAPTER 12 – Police Department and Officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
CHAPTER 13 – Building Inspector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
CHAPTER 14 – Health Officer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
TITLE SIX-TRAFFIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
CHAPTER 1 – Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
CHAPTER 2 – Traffic Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
CHAPTER 3 – Enforcement and Obedience to Traffic Regulations . . . . . . . . . 58
CHAPTER 4 – Traffic Control Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
CHAPTER 5 – Speed Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
CHAPTER 6 – Turning Movements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
CHAPTER 7 – One-Way Streets and Alleys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
CHAPTER 8 – Stop and Yield Intersections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
CHAPTER 9 – Miscellaneous Driving Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
CHAPTER 10 – Pedestrians Rights and Duties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
CHAPTER 11 – Regulations for Motorcycles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
CHAPTER 12 – Regulations for Bicycles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
CHAPTER 13 – Angle Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
CHAPTER 14 – Stopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
CHAPTER 15 – Reserved Parking Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
CHAPTER 16 – Time Limit Parking Zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
CHAPTER 17 – Parking Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
CHAPTER 18 – Regulating the Kinds and Classes of Traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
CHAPTER 19 – Criminal Traffic Violations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
CHAPTER 20 – Disposition of Traffic Violations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
TITLE SEVEN-OFFENSES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
CHAPTER 1 – Offenses Against Public Peace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
CHAPTER 2 – Offenses Against Public Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
CHAPTER 3 – Offenses Against Public Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
CHAPTER 4 – Offenses Against Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
CHAPTER 5 – Offenses Against Morals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
CHAPTER 6 – Offenses Involving Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
CHAPTER 7 – Miscellaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
TITLE EIGHT-LICENSES AND PERMITS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
CHAPTER 1 – General Rules Governing Licenses and Permits . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
CHAPTER 2 – Beer and Liquor Licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
CHAPTER 3 – Solicitors and Canvassers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
CHAPTER 4 – Transient Merchants, Itinerant Merchants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
CHAPTER 5 – Peddlers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
CHAPTER 6 – Miscellaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
TITLE NINE-FIRE PROTECTION AND PREVENTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
CHAPTER 1 – Organization and Regulations of the Fire Department . . . . . . . 134
CHAPTER 2 – Fire Prevention Restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
CHAPTER 3 – Fires in Public Places . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
TITLE TEN-COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF REFUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
CHAPTER 1 – Utility Established . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
CHAPTER 1.1 – Collection and Disposal of Refuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
CHAPTER 2 – Refuse Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
CHAPTER 3 – Billing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
CHAPTER 4 – Refuse Pick-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
CHAPTER 5 – Refuse Containers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
CHAPTER 6 – Storage of Refuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
TITLE ELEVEN-ANIMALS AND FOWL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
CHAPTER 1 – Dogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
CHAPTER 2 – Fowl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
CHAPTER 3 – Other Animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
TITLE TWELVE-WATER AND SEWER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
CHAPTER 1 – Water and Sewer Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
CHAPTER 2 – Water Utility Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
CHAPTER 3 – Sewer Utility Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
CHAPTER 4 – Main Connections to Non-Assessed Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
TITLE THIRTEEN-PUBLIC NUISANCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
CHAPTER 1 – General Provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
CHAPTER 2 – Sub-Standard Structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
CHAPTER 3 – Weeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
CHAPTER 4 – Prohibiting Abandonment of Ice Boxes and Refrigerators . . . . 182
CHAPTER 5 – Prohibiting Unnecessary Noises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
CHAPTER 6 – Radio and Television Interference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
CHAPTER 7 – Abandoned Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
CHAPTER 8 – Automobiles and Personal Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
CHAPTER 9 – Junk and Miscellaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
CHAPTER 10 – Abatement of Nuisances and Assessment of Costs . . . . . . . . . . 190
TITLE FOURTEEN-STREETS AND SIDEWALKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
CHAPTER 1 – Curb Cuts and Alterations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
CHAPTER 2 – Sidewalk Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
CHAPTER 3 – Use and Care of Streets and Sidewalks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
CHAPTER 4 – Naming and Numbering of Streets and Avenues . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
CHAPTER 5 – Street Grades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
TITLE FIFTEEN-PARKS AND BOULEVARDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
CHAPTER 1 – Public Parks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
CHAPTER 2 – Planting and Preservation of Trees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
CHAPTER 3 – Prohibition of Fireworks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
TITLE SIXTEEN-FRANCHISES AND CONTRACTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
CHAPTER 1 – Northwestern Bell Telephone Company Franchise . . . . . . . . . . 215
CHAPTER 2 – Montana-Dakota Utilities Company Franchise . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
CHAPTER 3 – Ashley Cable TV, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
TITLE SEVENTEEN-PLANNING AND ZONING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
CHAPTER 1 – Zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
CHAPTER 2 – Planning Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
TITLE EIGHTEEN-AVIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
CHAPTER 1 – Regulating Aircraft Over City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
CHAPTER 2 – Municipal Airport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
TITLE NINETEEN-CORPORATE LIMITS AND WARDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
CHAPTER 1 – Corporate Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
CHAPTER 2 – Wards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
TITLE TWENTY-MISCELLANEOUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
CHAPTER 1 – City Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
CHAPTER 2 – Coin Operated Mechanical Amusement Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
CHAPTER 3 – Enactment of City Sales and Use Tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
CHAPTER 4 – Tree Ordinance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
TITLE TWENTYONE-PENALTIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
CHAPTER 1 – Penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
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