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Le Mars council issues reminders on electric‑bike rules, yard‑sign placement and local roofing noise
Summary
Council members reminded residents that motorized bikes must obey stop signs, yard signs belong on the backside of sidewalks, and several members complained about frequent early‑morning and nighttime roofing activity.
Council members and staff in Le Mars used part of a meeting to remind residents about traffic rules, campaign and yard‑sign placement, and to raise concerns about excessive noise from roofing contractors.
“Just to remind people with electric bikes and people with motorized vehicles that are running around town, you have to follow the guidelines. You have to stop at stop sign,” Speaker 3 said, adding that staff had received comments that riders “are flying everywhere and they're not stopping.”
Speaker 2 offered guidance on signs during campaign season, saying yard signs should be placed “on [the] backside of the sidewalk between your house and the sidewalk, generally, not on the sidewalk to the street.” Speaker 2 noted that the same placement guidance would apply to seasonal decorations.
Speaker 4 said residents were reporting widespread roofing activity early in the morning and at night. “Wake up at 05:30 or 06:30 every morning, Le Mars, and you hear all these guns going off. All it is is roofers. And night, too,” Speaker 4 said. The speaker urged awareness of an industrial plan that had been approved and observed “we've got some good prospects” for work around town.
At the close of the discussion the council recorded a procedural motion; the transcript records the outcome as “motion carried” with three affirmative responses but gives no further detail on the motion text, mover or second.
