[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of the Village of Rothschild 9-26-1994 (Sec. 9.08 of the 1967 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Building construction — See Ch. 234.
Streets and sidewalks — See Ch. 470.
A. 
No person shall move any building or structure upon any of the public ways of the Village of Rothschild without first obtaining approval from the Building Inspector and obtaining a moving permit from the Village and upon the payment of the required fee.
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(1) 
The fee for the moving permit shall be set by the Village Board.
(2) 
Every such permit for the moving of a building shall designate the route to be taken and the conditions to be complied with and shall limit the time during which said moving operations shall be continued.
B. 
A report shall be made by the Administrator of Public Works with regard to possible damage to trees. The estimated cost of trimming, removal and replacement of public trees, as determined by the Administrator of Public Works, shall be paid to the Village prior to issuance of the moving permit.
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C. 
Issuance of a moving permit shall further be conditioned on approval of the moving route and time.
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D. 
Any person moving a building within or into the Village, as provided herein, shall obtain a building permit only after the moving permit has been approved.
The movement of buildings shall be a continuous operation during all hours of the day and night until such movement is fully completed. All such operations shall be performed with the least possible obstruction to thoroughfares. No building shall be allowed to remain overnight upon any street crossing or intersection or so near thereto as to prevent easy access to any fire hydrant or any other public facility. Lighted warning flashers shall be kept in conspicuous places at each end of the building during the night.
Every person receiving a moving permit shall, within one day after said building reaches its destination, report that fact to the Building Inspector, who shall thereupon inspect the streets, highways and curbs and gutters over which said building has been moved and ascertain their condition. If the moving of said building has caused any damage to any street, highway and/or curb and gutters, the person to whom the permit was issued shall forthwith place them in as good repair as they were before the permit was granted. On the failure of said permittee to do so within 10 days thereafter to the satisfaction of the Administrator of Public Works, the Village shall repair the damage done to such streets, highways, curb and gutter and hold the person obtaining such permit and the sureties on his bond responsible for the payment of the same.
No permit shall be issued to move a building within or into the Village and to establish it upon a location within said Village until the Building Inspector has made an investigation of such building at the location from which it is to be moved and is satisfied from such investigation that said building is in a sound and stable condition and of such construction that it will meet the requirements of the Building Code in all respects. A complete plan of all further repairs, improvements and remodeling with reference to such building shall be submitted to the Building Inspector, and he shall make a finding of fact to the effect that all such repairs, improvements and remodeling are in conformity with the requirements of the Building Code and that, when the same are completed, the building as such will so comply with said Building Code. In the event that a building is to be moved from the Village to some point outside the boundaries thereof, the provisions with respect to the furnishing of plans and specifications for the proposed alterations to such building may be disregarded.
A. 
Before a moving permit is issued to move any building over any public way in the Village, the party applying therefor shall give a bond to the Village of Rothschild in the sum to be fixed by the Building Inspector and which shall not be less than $1,000, said bond to be executed by a corporate surety or two personal sureties to be approved by the Village or designated agent, conditioned upon, among other things, the indemnification of the Village for any costs or expenses incurred by it in connection with any claims for damages to any persons or property and the payment of any judgment, together with the costs and expenses incurred by the Village in connection therewith, arising out of the moving of the building for which the moving permit is issued.
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B. 
Unless the Building Inspector, upon investigation, shall find it to be a fact that the excavation exposed by the removal of such building from its foundation shall not be so close to a public thoroughfare as to permit the accidental falling therein of travelers, or the location, nature and physical characteristics of the premises and the exposed excavation such as to make intrusion upon the premises and the falling into such excavation unlikely, the bond required by Subsection A shall be further conditioned upon the permittee immediately erecting adequate barriers and, within 48 hours, filling in such excavation or adopting and employing such other means, devices or methods approved by the Building Inspector and reasonably adopted or calculated to prevent the occurrences set forth herein.
The Building Inspector shall require, in addition to said bond above indicated, public liability insurance covering injury to one person in the sum of not less than $1,000,000 and one accident in the sum of not less than $2,000,000, together with property damage insurance in a sum of not less than $100,000, or such other coverage as deemed necessary.
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The Village Board requires a written application for a moving permit and requires that the applicant file full and complete information and plans signed by himself and by the owner, or either, specifying the type of building, present location, place to which it is intended to move the same, and streets to be crossed or traversed in moving the same. The Village may refuse to grant such permits under any conditions if, in the sole judgment of the Village, damage to the streets, curb/gutter, shrubbery, trees, boulevards, wires, pipes or utilities or other facilities may result. Any such denial may be appealed to the Zoning Board of Appeals, which shall give 10 days' notice of a hearing thereon. However, the Village may approve the moving permit provided that the applicant agrees to pay all expenses for damages under such conditions as may be set forth by the Village.