Dumpster permit in Oshkosh, WI

Direct answer

Placing a container in the public right-of-way in Oshkosh requires a permit from City of Oshkosh Department of Public Works. Your own driveway does not. The city does not publish the fee online, so we are not publishing one either — call the department for the current amount.

Street or right-of-way
Permit required
Private driveway
No permit required
Cost
Not published online
Lead time

What permit you need and who issues it

Right-of-Way License — an Annual Obstruction license covers both long-term and short-term containers placed in the right-of-way

Issuing department: City of Oshkosh Department of Public Works

What it costs

Not published online

Oshkosh does not publish a dumpster permit fee on its site, so we are not publishing one either. Call City of Oshkosh Department of Public Works for the current amount.

Why you may have seen a figure elsewhere: A $75 fee valid for 14 days is widely published for Oshkosh, phrased as though it came from the city. It is on a national dumpster broker’s landing page, not on the city’s permit page, and we could not confirm it at the source. Call Public Works for the current fee.

If you can use your driveway instead

Do that. It removes the permit, the lead time and the expiry date from your project in one move. Ask the hauler to lay boards under the container rails and the truck wheels, because a loaded roll-off concentrates several tons onto a small contact area and driveway damage is normally excluded from their liability.