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Prime Dumpster supplies porta potties across Ypsilanti, Michigan, for construction crews working Depot Town and the Eastern Michigan University campus edge, for contractors on the Huron River corridor and the Washtenaw Avenue commercial strip, and for the event calendar that fills Riverside Park and Frog Island with festivals, car shows and summer concerts. Ypsilanti is a compact city with a student population and a heavy event season, so demand swings hard between semesters and summer weekends.
Your price depends on how long you keep the units, how many stalls the headcount needs, how often we return to service them, the travel distance, and which model you choose. Below you will find Ypsilanti pricing, the crew count that beats the federal table here, the city's street rules with their day limits, placement and service guidance, and delivery timing you can rely on.
Michigan's crew count is one worker tighter than the federal one, and that single step changes small-job pricing in Ypsilanti. The state rule gives one toilet for 1 to 20 workers, two for 21 to 40, and one more for every further 40. The federal table would still allow one facility at 21 workers. Michigan does not. So the second unit lands at 21 rather than later, and a 25-person crew in Ypsilanti is a two-unit job from day one.
Rental length is the next lever on an Ypsilanti quote. A single festival day pays a short rate. A student housing build off Hamilton Street can hold units for a year and earns a much better monthly figure. Service frequency comes third, and Ypsilanti events push it hard: a vendor row at Frog Island is daily work, while a small trades crew often runs a week between visits.
Travel is short here, since the city is small and the metro is close. Unit type carries the rest of the cost. Standard stalls serve the trades, flushing and sink units suit a guest-facing date, and a restroom trailer with running water and climate control is the right call for a wedding or a long campus project. Michigan winters make a trailer worth a second look on any multi-month job.
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Scheduling your porta potty delivery is a breeze. Just tell us when and where you need it, and we’ll handle the rest. Prime Porta Potty is all about quick and reliable service, getting the right unit to your site when you need it.
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The prices below reflect average ranges for a standard five-day rental period. Your account manager will confirm tonnage, overage rates, and other project specifics during your free, custom quote.
| Unit Type | Average Price Range | Best For |
|---|---|---|
| Standard Porta Potty | $199–$349 | Construction sites, small events, backyard projects |
| ADA-Compliant Porta Potty | $200–$300 | Public events and job sites that need an accessible unit |
| Deluxe Flushing Porta Potty | $300–$400 | Weddings, parties, and guest-facing events |
| Deluxe Porta Potty with Sink | $300–$400 | Events where guests need a sink inside the unit |
| Solar Porta Potty | $500–$600 | Remote sites and off-grid events |
| Handwashing Station | $150–$250 | Food areas, job sites, and events |
| Restroom Trailer | From $1,500 | Weddings, corporate events, and long-term sites |
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*Specifications and exact dimensions may vary slightly based on model and location
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Perfect For:
Starting At: Contact Us For Best Price
*Specifications and exact dimensions may vary slightly based on model and location
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Perfect For:
Starting At: Contact Us For Best Price
*Specifications and exact dimensions may vary slightly based on model and location
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Perfect For:
Starting At: Contact Us For Best Price
*Specifications and exact dimensions may vary slightly based on model and location
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Perfect For:
Starting At: Contact Us For Best Price
*Specifications and exact dimensions may vary slightly based on model and location
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Perfect For:
Starting At: Contact Us For Best Price
*Specifications and exact dimensions may vary slightly based on model and location
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*Specifications and exact dimensions may vary slightly based on model and location
Request a Quote NowMichigan answers the crew question with its own table. The crowd question has no published answer.
Construction crews in Ypsilanti fall under Michigan's own job-safety agency rather than the federal count. The state table reads one toilet for 1 to 20 workers, two for 21 to 40, and one additional toilet for every further 40 workers. That is better than the federal table on the count alone, and the count is the only place Michigan improves on the national rule. Handwashing is not a Michigan bonus. It is required on every job site in the country, and so is the hot and cold or tepid running water at the washbasin, which the federal rule already sets nationwide. Michigan simply repeats it.
Events in Ypsilanti have no published attendance ratio from the state, the county or the city. There is nothing to cite, so we plan instead: about one unit per 50 guests across four hours, 15 to 20 percent more where alcohol is served, and at least one accessible unit anywhere the public is invited. Check it in Prime Dumpster's porta potty calculator and your account manager will confirm the order and support the figure if a city reviewer wants one on the application.
The Standard Porta Potty is the everyday unit for framing, utility and renovation work. The ADA-Compliant Porta Potty has a level entry and interior grab bars, and it belongs at every public Ypsilanti event. The Deluxe Flushing Porta Potty gives guests a foot flush and a clean, fresh bowl. The Deluxe Porta Potty with Sink keeps handwashing inside the stall, useful on a tight Depot Town footprint.
The Solar Porta Potty lights itself, which matters on a Michigan winter afternoon and at any evening event with no power drop. A Handwashing Station goes beside every food vendor and on dusty renovation jobs. The Restroom Trailer has climate control, separate stalls and real sinks, and in a Michigan shoulder season guests notice it more than any other upgrade. The lineup is on our porta potty options page, and your account manager will pick the Washtenaw County mix.
A unit on private Ypsilanti property with the owner's consent generally needs no permit. Public ground brings in two separate articles of the city's street chapter, and they do different things.
The one that reaches us is the obstructions article. Except for the purpose of building, and with permission from the superintendent of public works, nobody may place stone, lumber, planks, boards, bricks, cut wood or other materials in or upon any street, alley, sidewalk or other public space. The catch-all noun covers a restroom unit. Note the scope: the exception is written around building work, so a crew restroom fits the route and an event restroom sits outside it and needs a different conversation.
That article also sets the conditions, and they are specific. Material may not stay after the building is finished, and in no case longer than three months. It may not occupy or obstruct more than one half of any street, alley or sidewalk, other than the part in front of the lot where the material will be used. Where the sidewalk is removed or obstructed, you must provide and maintain a temporary walkway at least three feet wide. Nothing may block the flow of surface water through the gutter. And colored lights bright enough to warn drivers and pedestrians must be maintained on any material placed in a street or sidewalk. Night lighting is a real line item on an Ypsilanti street placement, so plan for it.
The encroachments article is the one that does not reach us. It defines an encroachment as a fixture, such as a wall, fence, post, or other structure or object which intrudes into a public way, and the rest of the article is a closed list of building projections: decorative screening, footings, cornices, eaves and marquees. A movable unit that leaves when the job ends is not that kind of fixture. So the obstructions route is the live one, and your account manager will raise it with the superintendent's office in writing.
Place units on level, firm Ypsilanti ground with a straight truck approach. City lots and paved staging work well. The Huron River floodplain softens quickly, and a unit on a slope is a spill risk, so level it or move it. Give us a gate code when a yard locks.
Keep stalls away from food vendors, drinking water and the river itself, and leave a usable walkway on any sidewalk closure. On a crew site, close to the work keeps people productive, and the drivers will tell you when a position blocks their reach.
Weekly service is the Ypsilanti baseline. Each visit means pumping the tank, sanitizing all interior surfaces, restocking paper and refilling the sanitizer. Festival weekends and large crews move that to twice weekly or daily. Michigan winter deserves its own plan, because an unplowed approach is the usual cause of a missed visit, and a heated unit or a trailer is worth pricing on any job running through January. Waste from Ypsilanti units travels by licensed vehicle to a permitted treatment works. Washtenaw County's own environmental health pages did not open for us, so your account manager will confirm any county-level question in writing rather than assume an answer.
To learn more about the benefits of portable toilets, check out our blog post “Benefits of Porta Potty Rentals.“
Routine construction deliveries in Ypsilanti usually arrive within one to two business days. The pinch points are the summer festival run at Riverside Park and Frog Island, the Orphan Car Show, and university move-in and graduation weekends, when Detroit-area stock is committed early.
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Our Ypsilanti routes run west to Ann Arbor, northeast through Garden City and Livonia, east to Lincoln Park and Dearborn, and south to Dundee. Washtenaw and Wayne County communities including Saline, Chelsea, Milan, Canton, Belleville, Ypsilanti Township and Superior Township sit inside the same delivery pattern.
Ypsilanti standard stalls run $199 to $349 and accessible stalls $200 to $300. Flushing and sink models sit at $300 to $400. Solar stalls cost $500 to $600, handwashing stations $150 to $250, and a Washtenaw County trailer order opens at $1,500. Your account manager confirms the total before delivery.
Michigan publishes no attendance ratio, so this is a planning figure. Allow one unit per 50 guests across four hours, add 15 to 20 percent where alcohol is served, and include at least one accessible unit whenever the public is invited to the event.
Michigan beats the federal table on the count. One toilet covers 1 to 20 workers, two cover 21 to 40, and one more is added for every further 40. The second unit lands at 21 workers. Handwashing is required separately on every job site.
Weekly is standard in Ypsilanti, and it means pumping the tank, sanitizing every interior surface, restocking paper and recharging the sanitizer. Festival weekends and big crews often justify twice weekly or daily. In Michigan winters, a plowed approach is what keeps the schedule intact. Your account manager adjusts frequency.
Usually not. A unit on private Ypsilanti property with the owner's consent needs no city permit on its own. Public ground is different: the city asks for permission from the superintendent of public works for materials placed in a street or sidewalk.
An accessible unit is wider, with a level entry and no step, and it carries interior grab bars so a wheelchair user can turn and transfer. A standard Ypsilanti stall is narrower, with a step at the threshold. Public Ypsilanti events should always include at least one accessible unit.
A plain Ypsilanti weekend sits in the $199 to $349 standard range with one visit. For guests a flushing stall at $300 to $400 suits better, and a wedding usually wants a trailer from $1,500. Your account manager prices the weekend in one line.
Tell us about your event or project and your zip code. Give us the crew size or the guest count, the ground conditions and the season, and we will size the order and send a firm figure.
Your Prime Dumpster account manager handles the details, from unit count and service schedule to permit contacts and delivery timing, so you can focus on your event or project.
| Business Name: | Prime Dumpster |
| Address: | Ypsilanti, Michigan 48197 |
| Phone: | 586-340-0104 |
| Website: | https://primedumpster.com/ |
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