Portable Toilet Rental in Melrose Park, IL

What does a procession do to the way a restroom order is planned?

A procession moves. People gather at one point, walk to another and gather again, so the need for toilets is at the start, the finish and wherever the crowd lingers. The research says a procession draws hundreds of families, which means children and older relatives are in the mix as much as young adults.

Tell the call line the route and the points where people will stop. A provider can then suggest where units should stand, usually near the staging area and the end point, and away from the route itself so the procession is not blocked. Whether a road is closed for the day and who has approved that is a matter for the village, and we cannot speak for it.

See parade and crowd restrooms for how placement along a route works, and street festival toilets for a fixed-site festival.

Is a parish feast an event that needs a permit?

We have no sourced Melrose Park permit rule, so we do not state one. For comparison, in the city of Chicago the Park District requires portable toilets for festival, athletic and corporate permit events, and events with 50 or more participants, amplified sound, vending, tents or stages need a permit.

A feast with food booths in Chicago would also involve the Department of Public Health, which reviews special-event food booths and requires a Summer Festival Food Vendor Sanitation Certificate. Those are Chicago's offices and do not govern Melrose Park. Ask the village hall which offices apply to a feast here, and plan the restroom order alongside that.

Food at a festival means handwashing, and the handwashing stations page explains why a handwash unit is separate from a toilet. Our guide to planning restrooms for a street festival describes the sequence.

How many units for a crowd of hundreds of families?

Chicago's temporary-event rule is at least 2 toilets for more than 30 people, and 1 for every additional 300 (or fraction of 300) beyond 600. It is a city rule, so check with Melrose Park for what applies, and use the stricter number where two disagree.

Families put more strain on a toilet row than a count of heads shows, because children go in groups and adults accompany them. Add accessible units for people who use mobility aids and ask the provider how many are available. We have no sourced ratio, so we state none.

The special event portable toilets page and the ADA accessible portable toilets page explain what to ask. The call number is (888) 351-0294.

Does a July feast mean planning for heat?

The first feast fell on July 16, in the middle of summer, and a long outdoor day with a procession in the sun is a heat question as much as a restroom one. Chicago's July 1995 heat wave reached 106 F at Midway on July 13, with a heat index above 115 F, and 750 people died between July 12 and 16. That is an extreme, but it is a reason to ask for shade and water for the crowd.

For the restroom side, ask the provider about servicing during the day, since units in a hot afternoon need more attention, and consider more units rather than fewer. A handwash station near the food area is worth the extra order. Our guide to summer heat and portable toilets lists the questions.

What about a hospital neighbour on North Avenue?

Gottlieb Memorial Hospital at 701 W North Ave opened in 1961 and joined Loyola Medicine in 2008. Any event along North Avenue that draws a crowd should keep clear access for emergency vehicles and for visitors reaching the hospital.

Tell the provider where a unit stands relative to driveways and entrances, and do not place units where they narrow a route that an ambulance might use. That is a plain safety point rather than a rule from any code we hold.