Saint-Constant's permit table says “None” for the container: is it really permit-free?
Not for the dumpster itself, placed on your land — and here it is not a deduction: table 1 of section 39 of by-law 1789-22, the city's own permit table, files “Containers for residual materials and recycling” in the “None” column. Only semi-buried containers require a certificate, and no certificate of authorization on the by-law's list covers a temporary dumpster. We word it carefully, and a doubt gets settled with the planning department (450 638-2010, extension 7410). The job site, though, almost always needs a permit as soon as you go beyond minor maintenance — a full kitchen renovation requires one. Allow 30 days for issuance from the complete file, and starting work before issuance is prohibited.
Can I have the dumpster placed on the street in front of my house?
No. Depositing an object on a sidewalk, a shoulder or a public road is prohibited (by-law 1008-00, s. 49), and depositing “construction or demolition materials” on public property is a nuisance carrying a fine of at least $300 (by-law 1010-01, s. 8.2.1). No procedure was found for temporarily occupying public property with a dumpster — the 2026 fee by-law prices only film shoots. The street allows one thing only: the delivery itself, 30 minutes at most, truck parked parallel to the roadway, without interruption (s. 35). And on streets under 8 metres, the even-address side is banned at all times, with no signs in front of each address. So the spot is in your driveway — that is where we deliver.
Is it true that the building permit requires managing debris with a dumpster?
Yes. In Saint-Constant, a permit holder must “ensure, at their own expense, the management of construction waste on the site using container(s), trailer(s) or any other container(s) designed for the collection or management of residual materials”, the debris being “sorted then sent for recovery or landfill to authorized sites and businesses” (by-law 1789-22, s. 19, para. 7). The former by-law 1531-17 went as far as requiring a dumpster of at least 5.6 cubic metres on any building permit site — the numbered requirement is gone, the management obligation remains. And during the job as after it, piles of construction materials or debris on private property are a nuisance (by-law 1010-01, s. 2.2.3), which the court can have removed at the offender's expense, legal hypothec included (s. 16.4).
Can the Le Partage drop-off centre, 3 m³ a week, replace a dumpster in Saint-Constant?
For a car trunk, it is actually a very good address: free for residents of Saint-Constant, Sainte-Catherine and Saint-Mathieu, at 25 montée Lasaline, and it accepts aggregates — asphalt, concrete, bricks, pavers, stones, sand — and uncontaminated soil. For a job site, no: the quota is 3 m³ per visit, “the size of a small trailer”, at one visit per week — “any excess will be refused and you will have to leave with it”; hydraulic trailers are prohibited; “no employee will come help you unload”; and Friday closes at 11:45 a.m., Sunday all day. Do the math: a 10 yard box holds 7.6 m³ — about three weeks of trips at the quota — a 20 yard 15.3 m³, a 40 yard 30.6 m³.
I am a contractor: can I use Saint-Constant's drop-off centre?
No, and the door is closed twice. The official page says it plainly: “the service is not offered to professionals and contractors”; and the refused materials exclude at the source “commercial and industrial debris” and “residues of commercial and industrial origin”. No commercial rate exists: it is not a matter of price, there is simply no paid entrance. On the other side, by-law 1789-22 makes managing job site waste with a dumpster an obligation of the permit holder (s. 19, para. 7). So the dumpster is no workaround: it is the path the city itself wrote down.
At what time can the dumpster be delivered in Saint-Constant?
Between 7 a.m. and 9 p.m. — and that is not our policy, it is the nuisance by-law: “the delivery of materials” is named among the noises prohibited between 9 p.m. and 7 a.m. (by-law 1010-01, s. 3.2.7), and the by-law separately sets a figure for continuous noise — above 50 decibels at night and 55 by day, measured at the property line (s. 3.3, for the purposes of paragraphs 3.2.2 and 3.2.4). On the street, the manoeuvre itself is framed: 30 minutes at most, truck parallel to the roadway, without interruption (by-law 1008-00, s. 35) — plenty to lower a box. In winter, overnight parking is allowed from November 1 to April 1 except during snow removal operations between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m.: that changes nothing for a daytime delivery, but check between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. on snowy days (Info-déneigement, 450 638-2010, extension 5).
Will the dumpster damage my driveway?
Saint-Constant driveways are narrow — 7 metres at most for a detached single-family home, it is written in the zoning by-law — and the housing stock has age: 67.7% of dwellings date from before 1991 according to the urban plan (2011 data), with asphalt that has lived in the North and East areas, and new surfaces in the West. Every one of our dumpsters is delivered with the PROTEC-O-SOL system, built-in planks that spread the load and protect the surface. Nothing to supply, nothing extra to pay. Our drivers' tip, for full protection: lay four flattened cardboard boxes, or a thin sheet of plywood, on the chosen spot before the truck arrives. And the truck itself never parks in the yard — zoning prohibits it (s. 345): it drops off, it leaves.