Does a dumpster call for a permit in the borough of Lachine?
On public property, yes, with no ambiguity: the word “conteneurs” appears as such among the installations that the municipal procedure subjects to the temporary occupancy permit, and the official definition files the lane, the sidewalks and the bike paths on the same side as the roadway. On private land, the City has published nothing for this sector — the dedicated page reads “Renseignements à venir” — and Lachine's zoning is being rewritten. A call to 311 or to 514 639-2140 settles your case; call us afterwards at 514 708-2424.
What amounts should you plan for to occupy the roadway in Lachine?
Two fixed fees to begin with: $30 to issue and $55 for the review, taxes on top. Then comes a daily rate figured on the width obstructed, not on the surface: $35 per day when the lane blocked measures 3 m or less on a local street, $90 for the same footprint on an arterial street. A week in front of a house, on a local street, therefore represents $330 going to the municipality, over and above what the rental costs. Parking meters in the zone add fees the City publishes too ambiguously for us to put a number on them here.
Why does the lane come out cheaper than the street in Lachine?
Because the borough's schedule handles them separately: for a lane, a rear-sidewalk strip or unpaved ground, as long as the footprint stays under 99 m², the rate is $25 per day, whereas the roadway starts at $35. That is a real inversion compared with Saint-Laurent or Le Plateau-Mont-Royal, where the lane costs more. Something else worth knowing: Lachine runs no green-alley program at all, the municipal procedure answering that “this service is not offered in this borough”. The lane stays an ordinary public way here — and the permit stays mandatory.
What hours can a dumpster be delivered or picked up in Lachine?
The borough frames construction work and, word for word, “the delivery of materials”: Monday to Friday from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., then Saturday, Sunday and statutory holidays from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. The weekday window is wide, and Lachine is one of the four boroughs that name holidays explicitly among the permitted periods, while six others shut them out. The jackhammer, for its part, answers to tighter hours and stays banned on Sundays and holidays.
With no ecocentre on site, where do Lachine residents take their debris?
The Montreal network picks it up: seven ecocentres, none on the borough's territory. The LaSalle one, at 7272, rue Saint-Patrick, occupies an adjoining borough and belongs to the pair of sites where the ceiling of fifteen annual visits is lifted. Three reservations all the same: closed every Monday and on Sunday under the winter schedule, no mechanical means admitted to empty a vehicle, and worn-out tires turned away there while the other ecocentres take them.
Can the dumpster stay on a Lachine street in the middle of January?
It is doable, but watched closely. As soon as a snow loading nears, yellow or orange signs go up depending on whether the ban covers the night or the day, and the operation follows “within 24 hours”. A dumpster stuck on the roadway then gets in the crews' way, and the permit fees run every day meanwhile. Street parking has no maximum duration in Lachine, where LaSalle and Ville-Marie cap it at 24 h and Anjou or Le Sud-Ouest at 72 h — but between December and March, private land stays by far the quietest choice.
Do concrete and wood have to be kept apart in the same dumpster?
Yes, as soon as you rent a single-material dumpster. Our five families break down like this: mixed dry materials, offered in 10, 20 or 40 yards, then four sizes each reserved for one single material — soil, rock and sod; concrete; brick and mortar; asphalt. A dumpster rented for one of them accepts only that one, and the slightest mixing sets off sorting fees. Unsure what your demolition will produce? Describe the job to us over the phone and we pick the right size with you before delivery.
