10, 20 and 40 Cubic Yard
Dumpster Rental in Sainte-Anne-de-Sabrevois

Not for the dumpster itself, if it sits entirely on your land for the duration of a job. We word it carefully because the conclusion comes from an absence of provision: the list of certificates of authorization in by-law 403 is closed — twenty-two entries — and none covers a temporary dumpster; in the by-laws published by the municipality, the word “conteneur” appears only in section 3.10 of the construction by-law, and it is there to require one. The job site, however, often does need a certificate: from $500 of repair or renovation work, and regardless of cost for exterior cladding, an opening, a backfill, a tree cutting or a culvert. In doubt about your case? The planning inspector answers at 450 347-0066, extension 23, Tuesday and Thursday by appointment.

No, and in Sabrevois it is not even a parking question. Construction by-law 404 states in section 3.7 that “using the public road to deposit materials is not authorized”, and nuisance by-law 500 prohibits depositing refuse, soil, sand, rock or gravel “in the streets, lanes, watercourses, parks, squares or public ditches” of the municipality. The only certificate by-law 403 provides for the public road covers occupancy “on a permanent basis”: no temporary public-domain occupancy procedure exists here, so there is nothing to apply for. The spot is in your driveway or on your lot — that is where we deliver.

Yes, and it is written in plain terms in section 3.10 of construction by-law 404: “Demolition materials and debris must be placed in a container and hauled to an authorized landfill site.” The same section forbids burning them on site and, “in no case”, burying them there; section 3.9 adds that the lot must be cleared, levelled and restored to a clean state within fifteen days of the end of the work. Nuisance by-law 500 further makes demolition materials left on a lot a prohibited nuisance, naming “all pieces of wood other than firewood”. In Sainte-Anne-de-Sabrevois the dumpster is not a convenience: it is what makes a demolition compliant.

Three weeks, and the municipality says so itself: its fact sheet asks that the application be made to the inspector “at least 3 weeks before” work begins. By-law 403 gives the inspector thirty days to issue a permit, a period that starts only once every document has been supplied, and the municipal guide aims for “less than two weeks” where possible. The real bottleneck is elsewhere: the municipal inspection office is open only Tuesday and Thursday, by appointment, from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. The dumpster books far faster than that — but it is better to set the delivery by the permit date than the other way round.

You would need one first: there is no drop-off centre in Sainte-Anne-de-Sabrevois. The three open to you are in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu — 825 rue Lucien-Beaudin in Iberville, and 950 rue Gaudette in Saint-Luc — and in Lacolle, 8 rue du Parc-Industriel, which opens only Friday and Saturday. Then the quota: three free visits per calendar year per address, of 0 to 75 cu. ft. each, so 225 cu. ft. — about 8.3 cubic yards, less than a single 10 yard dumpster (270 cu. ft.). Past those three visits, construction materials cost $50 per 75 cu. ft. to the end of the year. Concrete, asphalt, brick and stone are capped at 75 cu. ft. a visit with no tier above, and soil, peat and sand are refused from everyone. For a car trunk the drop-off centre is the right address; for a job site, no.

Not for the dumpster, but a great deal for the job — and close to half the houses are concerned: the urban plan counts 357 principal residential buildings in the Richelieu floodplain, 45.8% of all dwellings in the municipality, spread over twelve sectors along the river, where more than 750 people live, on the urban plan's 2005 figures. In the high-velocity zone, zoning prohibits “all constructions, all works and undertakings” except a closed list — which includes precisely keeping the land in good order and repairing, modernizing or demolishing existing constructions, provided the area exposed to flooding is not increased. Refurbishment is therefore what is allowed; enlargement is not. Note as well: throughout the floodplain “building a cellar or a basement is prohibited”, and a house with no basement produces fewer scraps — the 10 yard is often the right size.

That is the number one ground question here, and we never settle it in one word. The territory is flat — the urban plan says “with no change in elevation whatsoever” — so slope is not the problem; the ditch is. Many Sabrevois driveways cross a ditch on a culvert, and no municipal document publishes the allowable load of a private driveway culvert. So we never promise that a loaded truck will cross yours: we look at the structure together when you book, and there is almost always a safer position, even if it means setting the box at the edge of the driveway rather than at the far end. If real doubt remains, the public works officer can be reached at 450 347-0066.

Set back from the street line, and decided when you book. Snow by-law 183-1 says it in section 5: the Municipality, its employees and the firms it retains “may throw, blow or deposit snow covering a public road or sidewalk onto adjoining private land”, and it is up to the owner to protect what stands there with snow fencing or geotextiles. Add to that the ban on parking on the public road from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. between November 15 and April 1, the temporary car shelter — one per lot, October 15 to April 15, two metres from the front setback — which takes exactly the spot in question, and the ban on pushing snow toward the street: “under no consideration”. Damage caused by municipal operations is claimed at the town hall until May 15.