[Adopted 12-26-1911 as Article III, Sec. 8, of Code of 1911]
No person shall move or cause or permit to be moved any building
across or along any public street or place without a permit therefor
from the Commissioner of Public Works.
The Commissioner of Public Works shall have the power to grant
the issuance of permits for the moving of a building across or along
any public street or place in the City.
Before any such permit is issued, the applicant therefor shall
pay to the Comptroller, for the use of the City streets, a fee of
$25.
No person having a permit to move a building along or upon any
public street or place shall permit the building to remain therein
for a period longer than eight hours.
The applicant shall file with the Commissioner of Public Works
a bond in such penal sum not exceeding $5,000, with surety satisfactory
to the Commissioner of Public Works, or a cash deposit not exceeding
the same amount, or both, as the Commissioner of Public Works may
require, conditioned to hold the City harmless from all claims or
liability by or because of the issuance of such permit and for the
reimbursement and payment to the City of the value of any trees, hydrants
or other public property that may be destroyed or injured by the moving
of any such building and for the payment of any penalties which may
accrue under this article.
