Porta Potty Rental in Anniston, AL 36207

For the unit on your own land, no. Anniston issues no permit to place a portable restroom on a private lot, a driveway or a fenced work site. Two other things do apply, one statewide and one about the roadway.

The Alabama requirement, wherever the unit stands: state public health rules allow a portable toilet to be used only where a contract with a state-permitted pumper is in place for emptying it, at a frequency that keeps it from becoming a nuisance or hazard, and require the unit itself to meet the recognized portable sanitation industry standards. The rule is on the Alabama Administrative Code. The permit behind that contract comes from the county health department where the pumper's yard sits, and it will not issue unless an approved disposal point and method are already arranged.

Private property and work sites: keep the unit inside your property line and off the public sidewalk. If the project is under a building permit, the restroom is part of your site arrangements.

Streets and alleys, and Anniston does publish a route: the City Code makes it unlawful to obstruct the free passageway of a street, sidewalk or alley with a vehicle, a container, a barrel or any other article, and it bars anything at all on the sidewalk or between the gutter line and the property line. To obstruct a street lawfully you apply in writing to the City Manager, stating the purpose, the manner, the location and how long you need it. Only street improvement work and City repairs are exempt.

The builder's allowance, which is unusually clear: where a building is going up, Anniston allows one-third of the street, avenue or alley immediately in front of the structure beyond the gutter line to be used for materials that cannot conveniently be kept on the lot, for only as long as the work genuinely needs it. When the job finishes, the builder or owner has to clear the roadway and leave it presentable.

One condition to watch after dark: nothing may be left obstructing a street, sidewalk or alley after sunset unless the public is properly protected with lights and other precautions. That is a real cost on an overnight placement, and your account manager will flag it before delivery.

Events: a parade, procession or other public assembly runs on Anniston's public assembly permit, and the application must be in no later than 30 days before the event. It goes to the City Manager, who approves it with remarks from the Police Department, and the approved application itself serves as the permit. There is no separate certificate to chase.