Fort Lauderdale and Broward Dumpster Permits, City by City

Fort Lauderdale: private property versus the right-of-way

If the container sits entirely on your own driveway, yard or private lot, we found no City of Fort Lauderdale rule requiring a permit. That covers most residential jobs.

If it has to sit in a street, swale, sidewalk or any public right-of-way, City Code Sec. 25-7 and 25-9 make it unlawful to place an obstruction there without a permit from the City Engineer. Permits come through the Development Services Department's Engineering Permitting Division, 700 NW 19th Avenue — 954-828-6520 (press 1) — with applications through the City's LauderBuild portal. Where the right-of-way will be occupied for more than 72 consecutive hours, the City requires a Revocable License Agreement, and a traffic control plan may be needed. Fees are set by City Commission resolution. Sec. 24-28(d) separately bars containers that serve private property from sitting in the street except for collection.

Apply a few business days before delivery, not the day before. We line the drop-off up with the approval so the container is not sitting there unpermitted.

How to get a Fort Lauderdale right-of-way permit, step by step

1. Confirm the container cannot fit on your property. If it fits on the driveway, stop here.
2. Apply through LauderBuild or call Engineering Permitting (954-828-6520). Have the address, the exact placement spot, the dates and the container size ready.
3. Allow a few business days and pay the permit fee. If the placement runs past 72 hours, expect the Revocable License Agreement.
4. Set up cones or markers if the permit requires them — we can supply these.
5. Book delivery for the day the permit starts and tell us it is a street placement.

Every Broward city we serve: what its own code says

Each entry below summarizes the city's published code or web page as we read it in October 2026, with the department to confirm. Codes change; call before you rely on it.

Two things stand out. Lauderhill is the only city we serve that requires a permit for a dumpster on a private driveway — $150 for seven days, filed with the Building Division before the container arrives. And a handful of cities (Coconut Creek, Wilton Manors, Deerfield Beach, and for larger jobs Pompano Beach) regulate who may supply a construction container at all, which we explain plainly on each city page.

County roads and the HOA

City permits do not cover county-maintained roads. Anything placed in the right-of-way of a Broward County road needs a permit from the County's Highway Construction & Engineering Division (954-577-4555). State roads — US-1, State Road 7, Sunrise and Oakland Park Boulevards, Sample Road, A1A — are FDOT's. In practice, almost nobody puts a container on those; the driveway is where it goes.

If you live in an HOA community — common in Plantation, Coral Springs, Coconut Creek, Davie and Sunrise — the association usually has its own placement rules on top of the city's. Coconut Creek even requires an HOA letter with a City engineering permit. Check before delivery day.

Materials have their own rules

Permits are about placement; what goes in the container is a separate question. Concrete, asphalt and dense demolition debris have weight limits; hazardous materials — paint, chemicals, propane, batteries — cannot go in a roll-off at all; and in Broward County any demolition, and any renovation that disturbs suspect material, needs an asbestos survey by a Florida-licensed consultant and a notice to the County at least ten working days ahead (Broward County Code Sec. 27-180). The what-goes-in guide covers it.

Bottom line

Most residential rentals on private property need no permit — except in Lauderhill. If yours has to go on a public street, budget a few extra days for city approval and tell us when you book. Call (954) 287-2445 and describe where the container is going; we will tell you exactly what your city asks for.