Keep the container on private property, such as your own driveway, and the City's street permit does not come into it. That is where the large majority of Eden Prairie containers sit.
If the container has to go in a street or public right of way, the City code requires a right of way permit, and it bars placement on other public property altogether. Public Works runs the Engineering division that issues right of way permits and inspects the work.
There is a second, bigger question in Eden Prairie, and it is worth understanding before you book. The City licenses waste collection, and its code names roll-off containers as a license category in their own right. It also sets a hard limit: no more than five licenses at any one time for collection from residential customers, with no limit at all on licenses for collection from businesses. In plain terms, a container at a house and a container at a commercial site are not governed the same way here.
Licensed collectors also work under specific conditions. They may not operate in a residential district before 7:00 a.m., after 8:30 p.m., or at all on Sunday, and no truck may exceed eight tons per axle on a City street. Roll-offs are exempt from the day-of-week collection districts that apply to regular routes, which is a genuine scheduling advantage.
Call Eden Prairie City Center at 952-949-8300, Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., or let your account manager confirm the licensing position and the permit question for your address before anything is scheduled.