No permit arises for a container set on private ground, whether that is a driveway, a yard or a fenced job site. That is the normal placement in Stokesdale and the one we recommend.
There is a town rule worth knowing about before you choose a spot, and we would rather raise it than let you discover it. Stokesdale's development standards require that all dumpsters and other similarly large trash receptacles, including compactors, be screened from view of public street rights-of-way, from the common elements of private streets and drives, from existing or planned greenways, and from any residential zoning district. Where screening applies, it has to be an opaque wall, fence, berm or evergreen planting at least eight feet high, and chain-link with plastic slats woven through it is specifically ruled out. The only exemption on the face of the text is in the heavy industrial district, and even there it falls away within 100 feet of a residential use.
We will be straight with you about the limits of that. The wording is a site design standard, and nothing in it carves out a container that is on site for two weeks during a build. Nothing in it names temporary or construction containers at all. Whether the town applies it to a short-term construction container is a question for the town, not for us, and your account manager will make that call with you before a street-visible placement on a commercial or multi-family site. On an ordinary residential driveway job it has not been an issue.
The town publishes no waste hauler scheme of any kind.
For the Rockingham County half of town, the county does run an exclusive franchise for solid waste collection, and it is worth explaining why that does not restrict your choice. The county's rules grant exclusive collection rights over residences and what the county calls hand commercial establishments. The county then defines a hand commercial establishment as a commercial entity receiving service under the franchise but not dumpster service, and a multi-unit residential building not receiving dumpster service. The prohibition on unfranchised collection is tied to that same defined class. So dumpster service sits outside the exclusive franchise by the county's own definitions, and there is nothing to apply for.
For the Guilford County half, we found no waste hauler program on any page the county publishes. Its environmental health division lists water quality, wastewater, food and lodging, pools, children's environmental health, health hazards, tattoo studios, risk assessment and restaurant grades, and no hauler item. Its environmental services section lists recycling, household hazardous waste, appliances, tires, illegal dumping and waste planning, and again no hauler item. Guilford County publishes no copy of its ordinances that we were able to open, so we make no claim about what they contain.