[1960 Code, Sec. 5.12.110; amended 11-20-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-1016]
No person shall remove or cause to be removed any building through
or along any street, avenue or alley of the City without making an
application to the Building and Safety Department and receiving his
permit therefor. The application for such permit shall be in writing,
describing the building to be removed, its location, the proposed
route of removal, the final destination, the name of the owner and
also the name of the party desiring to make the removal. Said person
shall apply for a permit in the Building and Safety office; the applicant
shall file with the City Clerk a good and sufficient bond in the penal
sum of $1,000, payable to the City, signed by the applicant, and conditioned
for the faithful observance of all provisions of this Code and that
said applicant will indemnify the City and all persons for any and
all damage that may result from such removal, together with all costs
and expenses incurred by any one required to make removal or changes
in property, and be further conditioned to pay any and all damage
and expense incurred by any electric light, telephone, or companies
operating in the City in the removal or changing of either their poles,
wires, cables or any other appliances used by them, except that nothing
herein contained shall be so construed as to make any person removing
any such building along any street, avenue or alley to replace or
to pay for the replacing of the wires of any such corporation as above
named which are permitted to be lower than the height that may be
prescribed in the ordinance granting such corporation the right to
string wires over the streets of the City, and in no case shall they
be required to replace any wire which is permitted to be lower than
15 feet above the surface of the roadway of such street, avenue or
alley, to permit the passage of such building so being removed through
or along any street, avenue or alley of the City. Provided, further,
that any person who may be in the business of moving houses in the
City may, in lieu of the bond above mentioned, give a yearly bond
above mentioned in this section. Said yearly bond shall be in the
penal sum of $10,000 and shall cover any and all damage that may be
occasioned by such person in so removing buildings through the streets
of the City for the period of one year from the making thereof. Any
person failing to comply with any of the provisions of this section
shall be subject to a fine of not less than $75 nor more than $500
for each offense.
[1960 Code, Sec. 5.12.120; amended 11-20-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-1016]
No person after having received such permit to remove any building
through the streets, avenues or alleys of the City shall unnecessarily
encumber or obstruct any such street, avenue or alley for a longer
time than may be necessary in the prompt and diligent removal thereof.
Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be subject
to a penalty of not less than $75 nor more than $500 for each offense,
and a like penalty for every day that such building shall be allowed
to unnecessarily remain upon such street, avenue or alley.
