Does my dumpster in Saint-Léonard need a permit?
On your own land, no. The moment any part of the dumpster rests on the public way — street, alley, sidewalk, bike path or park — yes: the word “conteneurs” is written as such in the municipal procedure and in section 16 of the borough's by-law 2144. Leave yourself room, because the application has to go in 10 business days before the work starts. Call us first at 514 708-2424: plenty of situations get sorted out without any file ever being opened at the city.
What do five days of dumpster in a Saint-Léonard street cost?
Around $650 in municipal fees on a local street, taxes included: $36 to issue, $44 to review, then 5 × ($67 of surface + $47 of width). On an arterial street the width jumps to $92 and the total to $875. Those are calculations drawn from the 2026 schedule, not amounts the borough displays — and they come on top of the rental price. If your own land can take the dumpster, it spares you that whole addition.
How do I find out whether my street is arterial, and therefore at the higher rate?
The main axes are: Lacordaire, Langelier, Viau, Pie-IX, des Grandes-Prairies, Couture, Robert, Lavoisier, Provencher, Jean-Talon Est, Jarry Est, Bélanger, Saint-Zotique Est, Lionel-Groulx, du Champ-d'Eau, Pascal-Gagnon, Bombardier, and the Métropolitain Est as well. But the list does not stop there, and what governs is a plan appended to by-law 02-003, not a roll of street names. For any other street, have 311 confirm it before you budget: the gap runs to $45 a day.
Can the dumpster go in my driveway, in front of the house?
That is the question to put to the permit counter before delivery. For Saint-Léonard the city publishes a rule with a number in it: a waste dumpster goes in the side or rear yards, hidden behind an opaque screen at least 1.8 m high — and zoning by-law 1886 marks “no” for the front yard. Those texts target the collection bin and do not settle the case of a temporary construction dumpster. One call to 311, or to the counter at 8400 Boulevard Lacordaire, settles your case; our drivers then set it down where the borough allows.
Can the truck come early in the morning or in the evening?
Between 7 a.m. and 9 p.m., and never on a statutory holiday. This is not a house policy: the borough's ordinance 2268, O-1 prohibits, between 9 p.m. and 7 a.m., any construction or demolition noise, any delivery of materials and any emptying of a waste container within 50 metres of an inhabited place. Fines run from $100 to $1,000 for an individual and from $300 to $2,000 for a business, with each day counted separately. Our trips stay inside the permitted window.
With no ecocentre in the borough, where does the rest go?
To the Montreal network, open to every resident of the agglomeration. The nearest site is Saint-Michel, 2475 rue des Regrattiers, roughly 3.3 km from the borough hall; Rivière-des-Prairies follows, at 6.7 km. Three catches: the gate is shut every Monday, and Sundays too on the winter schedule; visits are capped at 15 a year, since this ecocentre is not one of the network's two exceptions; and the free allowance stops at 12 m³, less than a single 20-yard.
Which size suits a Saint-Léonard duplex, and how does the $50 credit work?
The 10-yard is a 20-yard filled halfway — same ground taken, lower sides: easier to load over the rim, but it frees up not an inch in a short driveway. The 20-yard, about the size of a Dodge Caravan, swallows the full redo of one dwelling, and the 40-yard stays a job-site matter. Seven days of rental come with every size; fifteen for a contractor. As for the Libération Express credit, its $50 comes back to you if the dumpster leaves within the 48 hours following its delivery; past that, your week simply carries on unchanged. Offer valid during the high season (March to October).