[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
No person shall move any building or structure upon any of the public ways of the City without first obtaining a permit therefor from the Building Inspector and upon the payment of the required fee as set from time to time by Common Council. Every such permit issued by the Building Inspector for the moving of a building shall designate the route to be taken, the conditions to be complied with, and shall limit the time during which said moving operations shall be continued. The permit application shall be made not less than seven days prior to the intended moving date.
No permit shall be issued to move a building within or into the City and to establish it upon a location within the City 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 this building code in all respects. Should any repairs, improvements, or remodeling be contemplated or required with respect to said building, the same shall be made insofar as possible before the said building is taken from the premises from which it is to be moved. 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 this building code, and that when same are completed, the building as such will so comply with said building code. In the event a building is to be moved from the City to some point outside its boundaries and the boundaries of the extraterritorial zone, the provisions with respect to the furnishing of plans and specifications for proposed alterations to such building and placing of the building on a permanent foundation as set forth in § 242-21B below may be disregarded.
A. 
The application shall include exterior elevations of the building and accurate photographs of all sides and views. If the exterior of the building will be altered, the application shall include plans and specifications for the alterations.
B. 
The Building Inspector shall inspect the building and the site at which it is to be relocated.
C. 
The Building Inspector shall issue a permit if it is determined that the exterior architectural appeal and functional plan of the building to be moved or moved and altered will not be so at variance with either the exterior architectural appeal and functional plan of the buildings already constructed or in the course of construction in the immediate neighborhood, or the character of the applicable district established by the zoning ordinances of the City, or any ordinance amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto as to cause a substantial depreciation in the property values of said neighborhood within said applicable district.
A. 
The movement of buildings shall be a continuous operation during all the hours of the day and at night, until such movement is fully completed. All of 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.
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The building shall be placed on a permanent foundation constructed in conformance with the building code within 120 days of the first day that the building is moved from its prior location.
Every person receiving a permit to move a building shall, within one day after said building reaches its destination, report that fact to the Building Inspector, who shall thereupon, in the company of the Director of Public Works, inspect the streets and highways over which said building has been moved and ascertain their condition. If the removal of said building has caused any damage to any streets or highways, 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 the said permittee to do so within 10 days thereafter to the satisfaction of the City, said body shall repair the damage done to such streets and hold the person obtaining such permit and the sureties on his bond responsible for the payment of same.
If the movement of the building over the City streets and/or alleys requires the trimming of trees, the same shall be done by a business or individual who is regularly engaged in such service and is preapproved by the Director of Public Works. It shall be the responsibility of said business or individual to clean all trimming debris and replace any trees substantially damaged during the move. On the failure of this business or individual to do so to the satisfaction of the Director of Public Works within 10 business days after said move, the City will clean up and/or replace such trees if necessary and hold the person obtaining the permit and the bond responsible for the payment of such expenses.
A. 
Before a permit is issued to move any building over any public way in the City, the party applying therefor shall give a bond to the City in a sum to be fixed by the Building Inspector and which shall not be less than $1,000 or as set from time to time by Common Council; said bond to be executed by a corporate surety or two personal sureties to be approved by the City Administrator conditioned upon, among other things, the indemnification to the City 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 City in connection therewith, arising out of the removal of the building for which the permit is issued.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
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 of children under 12 years of age unlikely; the bond required shall be further conditioned upon the permittee 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.
C. 
If the applicant proposes to alter the exterior of the building, the applicant shall give a bond in an amount not less than $1,000 or as set from time to time by Common Council to the effect that the applicant will complete the proposed exterior alterations in the manner set forth in the plans and specifications and by a date certain.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
The Building Inspector shall require, in addition to said bond above indicated, public liability insurance covering injury to one person in a sum of not less than $100,000 and for one accident in a sum not less than $300,000, together with property damage insurance in a sum not less than $50,000, or such other coverage as deemed necessary.
In addition to those penalties set forth in § 242-49 of this chapter, any person violating § 242-21B above shall, upon conviction of such violation, be subject to a forfeiture of $25 for each day beyond the permitted 120 days that the building remains unplaced on a permanent foundation, together with costs of prosecution.
Before a building can be demolished or removed, the owner or agent shall notify all utilities having service connections within the building, such as water, electric, gas, sewer, and other connections. A permit to demolish or to remove a building shall not be issued until it is ascertained that service connections and appurtenant equipment, such as meters and regulators, have been removed or sealed and plugged in a safe manner. Excavations shall be filled with solid fill to match lot grade, within 30 days of removal of the structure. Any excavation shall be protected with appropriate fences, barriers and/or lights.