No person, firm or corporation shall hereafter move or transport any house or building more than 500 square feet over, along or across any street or alley within the city limits until such person, firm or corporation shall have made an application in writing to the city manager or designee, and shall have given bond and paid the required fee and deposit for costs, as hereinafter provided, and until a written permit has been issued authorizing the movement of such a house or building as herein provided.
(1984 Code, sec. 6-5-1; 1993 Code, sec. 96.15; 2006 Code, sec. 66-41; Ordinance 23, sec. I, adopted 12/5/72; Ordinance adopting 2015 Code)
(a) 
An application for a permit under this division shall be in writing, signed by the applicant, and shall state the location of the house or building to be moved and the lot and block and/or legal description of the tract or parcel of land where it is to be placed after it is moved and the streets over which same is to be moved and the time desired within which to move it. Said application shall be submitted to the city manager or designee.
(b) 
If the city manager or designee or someone under his direction shall determine that such house or building may be moved in safety and in full compliance with the provisions of this division, he shall issue a permit to the applicant upon the payment by the applicant of a fee according to the city fee schedule, as printed in appendix A to this code, to cover the costs of investigating the application and of issuing the permit, which fee shall be deposited in the general funds of the city.
(c) 
The city manager or designee shall also require the applicant to deposit a bond in a sum set forth in the city fee schedule, as printed in appendix A to this code, before he issues any permit to move the house or building over the streets of the city. This bond shall be signed by the applicant and two or more good and sufficient sureties, or by the applicant and a surety company which is always authorized to make surety bonds in this state, said bond being conditioned to indemnify any and all persons, firms or corporations and the city for any damage, loss or reasonable and necessary expenses caused to or incurred by any persons, firms, corporations or the city, as result of the moving of any house or building, and such bond shall be for the use and benefit of all persons, firms or corporations, including the city, who suffer any damage or loss to property or person or incur any reasonable and necessary expenses by reason of the moving of such house or building. If any person, firm or corporation making application for such permit desires to deposit a cash bond in the above-mentioned amount instead of a surety bond, he or they may do so. In the event the applicant is in the moving business and/or contemplates moving more than one house or building, he is hereby required to make a bond in the sum set forth in the city fee schedule, as printed in appendix A to this code, conditioned as stated above, and covering each house or building for which he makes application and obtains a permit. All such bonds shall be approved by the city manager or designee and shall be retained by him in his office.
(1984 Code, sec. 6-1-2; 1993 Code, sec. 96.16; 2006 Code, sec. 66-42; Ordinance 23, sec. II, adopted 12/5/72; Ordinance adopting 2015 Code)
The city engineer, or someone under his control, shall at the time said permit is issued by the city manager or designee indicate the route to be followed by the applicant in moving the house or building, which route must be followed by the applicant. When such route has been indicated, and the permit issued, it shall be the duty of the person, firm or corporation moving the house or building to give immediate notice of the move to any and all companies maintaining overhead wires across or along any street or alley included in the designated route along which such house or building is to be moved. Said company or companies shall be told the time when the move is to be undertaken and when it will be necessary to raise or cut such wires. The house mover shall arrange with the company or companies for the payment of all charges for moving, cutting or repairing wires, cables or poles, or for other services rendered. After receiving such notice, it shall be the duty of the company or companies maintaining said wires to furnish one or more employees to cut, raise or move such wires in order to permit the house or building to be moved along the designated route. The house movers shall under no conditions nor under any consideration cut, raise or move any wire or wires found across or along any street or alley and shall not remove the wire from any post or support or damage the same in moving such house or building, but shall stop all operations in the moving of the house or building until such wire is raised, cut or moved by an employee of the company owning or maintaining the wire.
(1984 Code, sec. 6-1-3; 1993 Code, sec. 96.17; 2006 Code, sec. 66-43; Ordinance 23, sec. III, adopted 12/5/72; Ordinance adopting 2015 Code)
No house or building shall be moved at night, nor be stopped or left on any street or alley of the city at night, unless there shall be attached to each end of such house or building a red light or lantern visible for at least 300 feet along such street or alley.
(1984 Code, sec. 6-1-4; 1993 Code, sec. 96.18; 2006 Code, sec. 66-44; Ordinance 23, sec. IV, adopted 12/5/72)