Dumpster rental
in Mount Vernon.

Mount Vernon driveways and VDOT streets: who has a say

No Fairfax County permit written specifically for a dumpster on a public street was found, and Mount Vernon has no town office that issues one. An Alexandria mailing address does not bring a home under the City of Alexandria's street-dumpster permit; that applies only inside the City. Public subdivision streets in the CDP are generally state roads, and VDOT's land use permit regulation lets trash receptacles stand in the right-of-way of a non-limited-access road under a single use permit (24VAC30-151-640), as close to the right-of-way line as practical and with written permission from the adjoining owners; the application fee is $100 (24VAC30-151-710). The regulation does not name temporary roll-offs, so ask VDOT's Fairfax/Arlington land use permit office (NOVAFairfaxPermits@VDOT.Virginia.gov, 4975 Alliance Drive, Fairfax) before setting a bin on the street. On the lot itself, the nearest County rule is the portable storage container section of the Zoning Ordinance (§ 4102.8.H): 30 consecutive days in six months on detached-home lots of 36,000 sq ft or less, 60 days on larger lots, 7 days on townhouse lots, and never on a street, sidewalk or trail. That section describes enclosed storage boxes, and the County text does not say whether an open-top debris roll-off counts, so treat it as a guide, not a dumpster rule. A homeowners' association, where one exists, may have its own rules on temporary items; check before delivery.

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