Porta Potty Rental in Saginaw, MI 48602

Private ground in Saginaw needs nothing. A unit on a driveway, in a fenced yard, or on a private commercial lot is yours to place.

For a city event, Saginaw does something no other city in this group does: it names restrooms in its own published guidance, and it puts two separate bodies in charge of where they stand.

The city's own words: restroom facilities may be required by the County Health Department depending on the size and type of festival or event, and the location of restroom facilities must be approved by the City and by the County Health Department. The organizer or sponsor is responsible for arranging any additional facilities required. That sits in the city's special events guidance.

Three practical consequences. First, there is no published ratio to quote, because the number is the health department's judgment on your event rather than a table. Second, the placement needs two approvals, not one, so a late change of position is a two-call problem. Third, the duty is on the organizer, so the sponsor carries it even where a vendor is supplying the units.

File 60 days out. The completed special events application goes to the Public Services office no later than 60 days before the event. Parade sponsors also submit a detailed route map, and the cost of street barricading and traffic detouring falls on the sponsor.

Special park facilities need their own permits, including the Ojibway Island complex and the Hoyt Park complex, so an event using the fixed restrooms there is a separate conversation from the portable units you add.

Outside an event, the city right-of-way permit is scoped to work. It is required for any type of work done in the public right-of-way, including work by utilities, general contractors and, notably, citizens, which is broader than most cities allow. Its encroachment limb is written around parking, sprinklers, or another permanent structure, so a temporary restroom set down for a few weeks fits neither limb cleanly and is a question for the Engineering Division rather than an assumption. The city publishes a practical definition of the right-of-way as running from roughly the center of the road to about three feet behind the sidewalk. Engineering is at 1435 South Washington Avenue on 989-759-1410.

Five state trunk lines run through Saginaw, and that catches people out. The city names them: Gratiot Avenue, Williams and Stephens Streets, Rust Street, Sheridan Avenue, Warren, Holland Avenue, Washington Avenue, Veterans Memorial Parkway, Bay Street, State Street and Davenport Avenue all carry state highway designations. A placement on any of those needs the Michigan transportation department as well as the city, and the city publishes its Saginaw number as 989-754-7443.