Dumpster rental in Abington, PA

Abington Township adopted its dumpster and portable storage ordinance in 2012. The part that affects a homeowner is straightforward: placing a unit in the public right-of-way or in the front yard requires approval from the Abington Township Code Enforcement Department, and units in those positions are expected to carry hazard warning placards as directed by the Traffic Safety Officer of the Abington Township Police Department.

In practice, a container on your own driveway behind the front building line is routine. A container at the curb or sitting out in the front yard is the situation the ordinance is written for. If that is where yours has to go, start the conversation with Code Enforcement before the delivery date, and tell dispatch so we can mark the container appropriately.

The township takes in Ardsley, Crestmont, Glenside, Roslyn, McKinley, North Hills and Fitzwatertown, and borders Willow Grove and Elkins Park. Route 611, Route 63 and Route 73 run through it, and Abington Hospital sits in the middle of it. A lot of addresses that people describe by neighborhood name are Abington Township for permit purposes, which is the thing to check before assuming you are dealing with a different municipality.

Much of Abington's housing stock predates the postwar boom, and the streets came with trees that are now eighty or a hundred years old. The recurring access issue here is not driveway width, it is what is hanging over the driveway. A roll-off truck has to tilt and raise the container to set it down and to pick it up, and that needs height, not just length.

If there are limbs, wires or a carport roof over the spot you have in mind, tell us when you book. We would rather reposition on the phone than have a driver arrive and discover the drop cannot be made.

The housing itself runs to twins, stone singles and older colonials, which means renovation debris skews toward plaster, lath, cast iron and dimensional lumber. All of it heavier per cubic yard than modern construction waste, so size for weight.