On private property, including your own driveway or a fenced job site, Gladstone does not require a permit for a temporary container. The City's screening rules for permanent commercial dumpsters, which call for a four-sided enclosure matched to the main building, specifically do not apply to temporary ones.
Public property is a different answer, and it is a clear one. Gladstone's code says the use of temporary dumpsters is prohibited on public property unless the building official approves it. So a container in a street, an alley, or a public lot needs that approval first, and the City does not publish a fee or a time limit for it. Permit questions go to Gladstone Community Development on 816-423-4111.
There is one more placement rule to know. Refuse and containers generally have to sit no closer to the street than the front building line of the main building, apart from a short window around a scheduled pickup. On a shallow lot that can decide where the truck sets the container down, so mention your frontage when you book.
Hauling is licensed rather than franchised in Gladstone, which is good news. Anyone in the business of collecting or transporting waste in the city holds an annual license, the City's director has to issue it when the application is in order, and residents arrange their own service and price directly with a private contractor. Our account team handles that side.
For questions about an address, Gladstone Public Works takes calls on 816-436-5442. Your account manager will help you work out whether your drop spot counts as public property and will tell you what the City says.
Before you book, confirm with the city that a container can be placed for your job at your address. Rules differ from city to city and they change. Your Prime Dumpster account manager will help you check, and will tell you plainly what your options are here.