Can a dumpster be placed on a street in Sainte-Julie?
Only with the city's agreement, and the by-law says so word for word: section 44 of traffic by-law 1167 lists the dumpster among the things that cannot be set down on a sidewalk, a street, a public passage or a public square without prior authorization. You apply to the urban planning department, 450 922-7142, and the city posts an estimated turnaround of ten business days. Without it, the fine runs to $150 on top of the fees (s. 76). The street, here, gets planned; the driveway simply gets a delivery.
What if the dumpster stays in my Sainte-Julie driveway?
No permit is required: zoning by-law 1101, construction by-law 1102 and by-law 1104 on permits and certificates say nothing about the temporary placement of a rental dumpster on private property. Only one check matters, the edge of your lot: the municipal right-of-way, between the curb or the sidewalk and your property line, belongs to the city, has to stay clear, and is drawn on your certificate of location. In doubt? Urban planning answers at 450 922-7142.
Does a Sainte-Julie job site have to have its own dumpster?
Yes, and that is rare enough to point out. Construction by-law 1102 sets it out at section 2.3.1.4: any construction or demolition project requires the owner or the person carrying out the work to have a dumpster large enough to collect the debris. The same article wants site machinery and equipment gone within 10 days of the end of the work, and section 2.3.1.3 calls for a clean, well-kept site at all times. So the real question in Sainte-Julie is not whether you need one, but which size of bin rental it takes.
Is there an ecocentre in Sainte-Julie?
No. Residual materials management belongs to the MRC de Marguerite-D'Youville, and the Écocentre Marguerite-D'Youville - Secteur Sud sits next door, at 1975, chemin de l'Énergie in Varennes: Tri-Facile lists it 6.8 km from city hall as the crow flies, which means more by road. Budget $5 for a trip of at most 25 cu ft, then $15, $45 and $110 by volume, up to the 300 cu ft cap, with a surcharge for asphalt shingles and uncontaminated soil. From January to the end of March, it opens only on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Can a dumpster spend the winter outside in Sainte-Julie?
In your driveway, yes, as long as it does not bite into the municipal right-of-way: the city first pushes the snow to the curb inside that right-of-way, then blows it onto private property, in the same place. Operations start at 5 cm, and the winter of 2025-2026 counted 21 overnight parking ban notices, from November 15 to March 22. On the roadway, municipal authorization stays required in every season. And from mid-October to mid-April, the temporary car shelter is already holding the driveway in many cases.
How much space does a dumpster take in a Sainte-Julie driveway?
A strip eight feet wide: fourteen feet long for a 10 as much as for a 20-yard dumpster, twenty feet for a 40-yard, plus the room the truck needs to manoeuvre behind it. A 20-yard? About the size of a Dodge Caravan. And the 10-yard is nothing but a 20-yard filled to the halfway mark, whose footprint on the ground does not budge; only the height drops, so a shallow driveway gains nothing from it.
Can the concrete dumpster take anything else?
No, and the rule holds for all four single-material sizes: concrete, bricks and mortar, asphalt, soil-rocks-sod. Each one takes its own material and no other, and slipping in a sheet of drywall or an old armchair triggers sorting fees. The mixed dry materials size swallows wood, metal, shingles and furniture alike. A tire never rides in the dumpster, and neither does a chemical product: paint, solvent, oil, propane, aerosol, acid.