10, 20 and 40 Cubic Yard
Dumpster Rental in Sorel-Tracy

Yes, and that is rare. Section 263 of by-law 2222 forbids installing a container on a lot to carry on a use there, then specifies that the prohibition is neither intended nor able to prohibit the use of a container to receive residual materials while work is being carried out. The job-site dumpster is written into the zoning. One reservation travels with the sentence — subject to the provisions applicable to its siting — and it translates simply: the box stays entirely on your land, never in the street right-of-way, strip of lawn included.

The public-safety by-law in force (RM-2017, section 6.1.9 f)) makes it a nuisance to leave construction debris — boards, pipes, bricks, nails, steel, asphalt shingles, vinyl — anywhere other than in a container intended for it. The fine is $125 for an individual and $250 for a legal person, doubled on a repeat offence. The preceding paragraph tolerates materials in the open only while work is under way. One honest limit, written into the last paragraph: the provision does not apply to commercial, industrial, forestry or farming activities that comply with the zoning. It aims at the residential lot, not at an industrial site in good standing.

For a car trunk, largely: entry costs residents of the MRC de Pierre-De Saurel nothing, on proof of residence, and the site sits inside the city. For a job site, four walls go up. It shuts its door on any material coming from a commercial business — the MRC writes it just that way. Sorting is mandatory on site and wheeled carts are not admitted, even to make hauling easier: everything comes off by hand. From December through March it opens only on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, until 4 p.m. And late in the day, once the maximum intake capacity is reached, the gate can close on the last to arrive.

Often, but it gets measured first. The plan of the 1780s left square blocks, narrow lots and driveways shorter than elsewhere in the city. The marker is simple: count about the size of a Dodge Caravan for a 20-yard, and if the minivan fits in the driveway, so does the box. The reflex of dropping to the 10-yard to gain room does not work, since it is a 20-yard filled halfway: the height comes down, the footprint stays put. When the driveway truly falls short, we look at the side yard, and we only talk about the street if work has already been permitted.

A work permit first. Section 52 of construction by-law 2224 allows a public street to be used following the issue of a building permit or a certificate of authorization, and subject to the authorization of the designated officer. Then come eight conditions: no more than one third of the width of the street, at least one sidewalk clear at all times, marking by day and lights by night, a 1.8-metre ceiling on the height of materials, an insurance policy in the name of the person responsible for the work, and a full clean-up at the end. The fee by-law also provides for a temporary public-domain occupancy certificate at $0, but no text says it is the same piece of paper: we call the planning department with you, at 450 780-5600, ext. 5690, before booking. With no permitted work, nothing covers the street, and an object obstructing traffic can be removed at your expense.

Yes, to deliver. By-law 2197 closes the roads listed in its schedule A — grouped into sixteen zones numbered 1 to 16 — to trucks of 4,500 kg gross vehicle weight rating and up, and to tool vehicles. Its section 4 sets aside local delivery, which the by-law defines itself: delivering goods, picking them up, providing a service or performing work in a zone where a sign allows access. The mention of the sign belongs to that definition; it is not invented. Two practical consequences: the truck arrives, drops the box and leaves, it does not idle at the curb. And on rue Augusta, between rue du Roi and rue de la Reine, only the loading or unloading manoeuvre, carried out without interruption, escapes the ban.

The 20-yard handles most of these projects — shingles, drywall, cabinets, old floors — and it is placed at a glance: about the size of a Dodge Caravan. The 40-yard is kept for demolitions and commercial job sites; the 10-yard becomes useful when it is the weight that climbs rather than the volume. Watch out for mixing: a box rented for soil and rocks, for concrete, for bricks and mortar or for asphalt takes that material and nothing else, on pain of sorting fees. Seven days are included for a homeowner, fifteen for a contractor, extendable by agreement. The other way round, a box freed up within 48 hours of delivery opens the Libération Express credit of $50, put back on your credit card. Offer valid during the high season (March to October).