Public Notices

PUBLIC NOTICE – Approved Zoning Ordinance Amendment

Notice is hereby given that the Board of Burleigh County Commissioners at their May 5, 2025 meeting approved an ordinance amending the 1972 Amended Zoning Ordinance of Burleigh County:

Article 8 of the Zoning Ordinance is hereby amended and re-enacted to include: Section 30 – Data Centers/AI Conversion Facilities

This ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty (30) days after first publication of this notice unless a petition for a separate hearing is filed pursuant to NDCC Section 11-33-10.

This ordinance is available for review during normal office hours in the Burleigh County Building, Planning and Zoning Department, 221 N. 5th Street, Bismarck, ND

By Mark Splonskowski, Burleigh County Auditor
For Board of Burleigh County Commissioners

Dated this 7th day of May 2025

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE – Special Use Permit

Notice is hereby given that the Burleigh County Planning and Zoning Commission will conduct a public hearing during their scheduled meeting on Wednesday, June 11, 2025 at 5:15pm local time in the Tom Baker Meeting Room, City/County Building, 221 North 5th Street, Bismarck, ND. The Burleigh County Planning and Zoning Commissioners will at this time hear all interested persons regarding a special use permit.

Petitioner is seeking approval of a special use to move a building to their property located at:

9951 Highway 10, Burleigh County, ND

If you are not able to attend this public hearing, you may submit your comments in writing to Burleigh County Building, Planning, Zoning, PO Box 5518, Bismarck, ND 58506-5518, or email at burleighcobuilding@nd.gov. Letters and comments must be received by 8:00 am on June 11th so they may be distributed to the Commissioners before the meeting.

If you would like to review this request, please contact the Burleigh County Planning Department at 701-221-3727.

By Mitch Flanagan, Building Official/Planning Director
For Burleigh County Planning and Zoning Commission

PUBLIC HEARING – Ordinance Amendment

Notice is hereby given that the Burleigh County Planning and Zoning Commission will conduct a public hearing during their scheduled meeting on Wednesday, June 11, 2025 at 5:15pm local time in the Tom Baker Meeting Room, City/County Building, 221 North 5th Street, Bismarck, ND. The Burleigh County Planning and Zoning Commissioners will at this time hear all interested persons regarding an amendment to the Burleigh County Zoning Ordinance:

Article 8 – Special Use – Section 31 - Agricultural Recreation

If you are not able to attend the public hearing, you may submit your comments in writing to Burleigh County Building, Planning, Zoning, PO Box 5518, Bismarck, ND 58506-5518, or email at burleighcobuilding@nd.gov. Letters and comments must be received by 8:00 am on June 11, 2025 so they may be distributed to the Commissioners before the meeting.

Copies of the amendment are available at the Burleigh County Planning and Zoning Department, 221 N. 5th Street, Bismarck, ND.

By Mitch Flanagan, Building Official/Planning Director
For Burleigh County Planning and Zoning Commission

Noxious Weeds & Hay Cutting in Ditches

Official Notice 2025

In accordance with NDCC 4.1-47-02, it shall be the duty of every person (individual, partnership, firm, corporation, company, society, association, the state or any department, agency or subdivision thereof, or any other entity) to eradicate or control the spread of noxious weeds on lands owned or controlled by him/her in the state of North Dakota. Control means to prevent the spread of any noxious weed by seed or any other propagating part. Such parts must not be transported in any manner. Penalties are provided for in NDCC 4.1-47-31.

The Burleigh County Noxious Weed Control Board will spray portions of the road ditches with herbicides for noxious weed control. Some of the herbicides used may have a haying or grazing restriction, meaning a certain amount of time must pass after herbicide application and before haying or grazing operations may begin. These restrictions are determined by the herbicide label.

Operators who wish to cut and make ditch hay, should contact the Weed Control Officer to determine if and when a specific area has been treated and what the restriction timeline is. Operators wishing to not have their ditches sprayed prior to haying should also contact the Weed Control Office at 8100 43rd Avenue NE, Bismarck, ND 58503, phone 701-934-0088 or 701-204-7748.

NOTICE: Cost share monies are available. Contact the Burleigh County Weed Officer to sign up.

The following weeds have been declared noxious for the purpose of NDCC 4.1-47:

Absinth wormwood	(Artemisia absinthum)	August
Canada Thistle	(Cirsium arvense)	July
Dalmatian Toadflax	(Linaria Vulgaris)	July
Diffuse Knapweed	(Centaurea diffusa)	July
Hounds Tongue (County list only)	(Cynoglossum officinate I.)	Mid-June
Leafy Spurge	(Euphorbia esula)	May/June
Musk Thistle	(Carduus nutans)	July
Palmer amaranth	(Amaranthus palmeri)	Late spring/Fall
Purple Loose Strife	(Lythrum species)	July
Russian Knapweed	(Centaurea repens)	July
Salt Cedar	(Taxarix ramosissima)	Mid-summer/Fall
Spotted Knapweed	(Centaurea maculosa)	July
Yellow Toad Flax	(Linaria vulgaris)	July/September