No building shall be moved into or within the city without a
written permit therefor issued by the Building Inspector by written
authority of a resolution of the City Council to be granted after
a hearing by the City Council, which hearing may be held at a regular
public meeting of the City Council, or at a meeting specially held
for the purpose of such hearing.
The procedure for application for a permit under this chapter
and a public hearing thereon shall be as follows:
A. Every application for such permit shall be in writing and shall be
made by the owner of the building for which the permit is sought and
the owner of the land upon which the building is sought to be moved.
B. The application shall be made to the Building Inspector.
C. The fee for such permit for the removal of a building from one lot to another or to a new location on the same lot shall be at the rate as provided for in Chapter
88, Fees, for the estimated cost of moving, plus the cost of new foundations and all work necessary to place the building in its completed condition in the new location.
[Amended 5-18-1982 by Ord. No. 16-82]
D. The applicant shall furnish the undertaking of a surety company authorized
to do business in the state that it will, upon the issuance of the
permit, furnish a bond in the amount of the total cost of the project.
Such bond shall require the completion of the work, including the
restoration of the site from which the building has been removed,
in accordance with the building regulations of the city and shall
protect and indemnify the city against loss or damage.
E. A certificate or policy of public liability and damage to property
insurance of not less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.)
personal injury and fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.) property damage
shall be submitted with such application.
F. The application shall designate the size of the building to be moved,
including its overall length, width and height, and it shall state
the time required for the completion of moving.
G. The application shall include a survey or plot plan made by a licensed
civil engineer and land surveyor of the state, showing where the building
is to be located upon the lot on which it is to be located, including
offsets and side lines and front and rear lines.
H. The application shall include a map showing the lot upon which the
building stands, the streets over which the building is to be moved
and the lot to which it is to be moved.
I. The application shall give the name and address of the mover of the
building.
J. Permission from the County Engineer's office shall be obtained
and filed with the application if a county road is utilized for such
moving.
Upon the issuance of a permit under this chapter, the Building
Inspector shall request the Bureau of Fire Prevention and the Chief
of Police to fix a date for the moving of such building and shall
endorse such date upon the permit, and such building shall not be
moved on any other date. In the event that the date cannot be met
by the applicant, the Building Inspector shall, with the approval
of the Chief of Police and the Bureau of Fire Prevention, fix a new
date.
No permit shall be issued for the removal of any building, the
moving of which and removal thereof from the public streets cannot
be accomplished between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. No building
shall be permitted to remain on any street of the city after 5:00
p.m. No building shall be moved on a Saturday or Sunday.
Every building for the moving of which a permit is sought shall
conform to the requirements of the building regulations of the city
for the construction of new buildings.
No building may be moved from one municipality through the city
to another municipality.
No building other than a one-family, wood frame or two-family,
wood-frame dwelling, excluding any brick or masonry structures or
any ballon-framed structures, shall be moved within or into the city.
[Added 5-18-1982 by Ord.
No. 16-82]
Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter
shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine not exceeding
five hundred dollars ($500.) or imprisonment for a period not exceeding
ninety (90) days, or both.