10, 20 and 40 Cubic Yard
Dumpster Rental in Vaudreuil-sur-le-Lac

Not for the dumpster itself, if it sits entirely on your land. We word it carefully because the conclusion comes from an absence of provision: the word “conteneur” appears neither in permit by-law 301, nor in the subdivision by-law, nor in the urban plan, nor in the regional county's harmonized by-laws, and the closed list of fourteen certificates of authorization covers no such case. Neither does the fee schedule. The definitions point the same way: a “construction” must be “attached to the ground so as to form one body with it”, and the list of “ouvrages” is closed at six items. The job site, however, often does need a permit, and the municipality announces a 30-day issuing delay — a doubt is settled at 450 455-1133 or at urbanisme@vsll.ca.

Yes, and the by-law's word is “must”. Section 400 of construction by-law 302 states that anyone holding a demolition certificate of authorization “must have installed on the lot, throughout the demolition period, a container intended to collect demolition waste”. This is not a convenience: it is what makes the job site compliant. The municipality asks the question upstream too — its application form carries a field titled “Mode de disposition des matériaux de démolition” and requires the contractor's RBQ licence number. Also worth keeping: a demolition certificate is valid for only two months, and “it is prohibited to begin work before the required permits and certificates are issued”.

No. Zoning prohibits any construction or structure within the public road right-of-way (s. 515); the harmonized nuisance by-law makes it an offence to lay a board, gravel, stones or asphalt to get over the curb without authorization (s. 4); and the same by-law prohibits dumping construction, excavation or backfill materials on any property and on public roads, with an obligation to clean up within 24 hours, failing which the municipality cleans up and bills you (s. 7). The only possible occupancy of the street is tied to work covered by a permit, with the building inspector's authorization, signage by day and flashing lights at night. So the spot is in your driveway — that is where we deliver.

Off the territory, and immediately: section 323 of the construction by-law requires that “excavated materials must be hauled outside the territory of the municipality immediately after the excavation work”, except those used strictly to backfill the foundations. And the regional county's drop-off centre network refuses soil — peat included — at all four of its sites. So for that soil there is no municipal or regional outlet at all: our single-material soil-rock-sod dumpster is the compliant way to move it out. Worth remembering: any cut or fill work also requires a certificate of authorization, at a municipal fee of $100.

For a car trunk, yes — and the good news is that concrete, asphalt, brick, stone, cement, sand and gravel are accepted there, the opposite of many neighbouring towns. For a job site, no. The maximum is 5 m³ per visit, a resident gets 12 m³ free per year and pays $25/m³ beyond that; vehicles and trailers with a tipping body are prohibited on site; “staff do not help with unloading”; the vehicle may not exceed 10 m; photo ID and proof of residence are required at every visit; and from December 1 to March 31 the centre opens only three days out of seven. The arithmetic is quick: a 10 yard box holds 7.6 m³, a 20 yard 15.3 m³, a 40 yard 30.6 m³ — the contents of one 20 yard box alone exceed the free annual quota.

Because the zoning by-law requires a minimum tree density of one tree per 100 m² on every lot, in every zone, and because it names our trade explicitly as a cause of damage to prevent. Section 721 requires that trees standing more than four metres from the work but liable to be damaged “by the dumping of debris, construction materials or excavated soil” be protected like the rest, ringed with vertical planks at least 2.44 m long, and “it is prohibited to begin work without first putting in place the required protection measures”. Section 720 c) further prohibits compacting the soil by setting objects around a tree. Our drivers factor that in when choosing the spot: in a village whose urban plan describes forest cover of about 40% of the area, this is not theoretical.

That is the question to settle on the phone, because the zoning figures are clear. A residential curb cut is at most 9 m wide at the street, the regulatory lane is 3 m, and the minimum side yard drops to 2 m in seven of the ten residential zones. A 20 yard box, roughly the size of a Dodge Caravan, fits in a 9 m driveway without trapping the car when the spot is chosen ahead; the same box will not go down a 2 m side clearance. The 10 yard equals a 20 yard filled halfway: same footprint, simply lower. Two more markers: parking may not take up more than 30% of the front yard, and zoning requires two parking spaces per dwelling. Along rue Les Rigolets, the village's only collector street, the access width is the one set by the ministère des Transports — a case to confirm with the planning department.

Yes for the truck: the harmonized parking by-law prohibits leaving a heavy vehicle standing on a public road in a residential zone “except to make a delivery or carry out work”. For the time it takes to set down or pick up the box, our truck is expressly provided for in the text. As for hours, two municipal sources agree exactly: noisy work is allowed from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday to Friday, and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. The weekend window is therefore only eight hours long: on a Saturday, nothing leaves before 9 a.m. And at night, from November 15 to April 1, parking and standing are prohibited on public roads between midnight and 7 a.m., across the whole territory.