Any person, firm or corporation, duly licensed by the city as
a house moving contractor, violating any of the provisions of this
article, or part thereof, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and each violation shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed one
hundred dollars ($100.00) and the suspension of such person’s
license for thirty days or both.
(Ordinance 1974-4, sec. V, adopted 9/10/74)
No person, firm or corporation, except a licensed house mover,
shall move any building or structure over, across or along any street,
public way or public place within the corporate limits of the city
[and no building or structure shall be moved] except as hereinafter
specifically provided:
(1) Every
person, firm or corporation shall, before engaging in moving a building
or structure, have made application at city hall for a license and
such license shall have been approved and issued for the current year.
(2) Before
such license is issued, the applicant shall file with the city secretary
a surety bond in the amount of two thousand dollars ($2000.00), saving
and protecting the city harmless from any and all damages to public
property that may arise from the use of any of the streets, alleys,
boulevards or other public places in moving of any building or structure.
Such bond shall contain a provision for a the day [a thirty-day] written
notice to the city of cancellation by the surety.
(3) Further,
before such license is issued, the applicant shall file with the city
secretary a public liability property damage insurance policy to the
extent of ten thousand dollars ($10,000,00) for each person for bodily
injury and twenty thousand dollars ($20,000,00) for bodily injury
liability for each accident and five thousand dollars ($5000.00) for
property damage liability for each accident.
(4) Said
contractor shall provide and use equipment and other moving facilities
that are safe and standard for this type of work and shall not cause
damage to pavement or other public improvements.
(Ordinance 1974-4, sec. I, adopted 9/10/74; Ordinance adopting Code)
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to
lend, rent or transfer his license to any other person or firm without
the written approval of the governing body of the city.
(Ordinance 1974-4, sec. II, adopted 9/10/74)
(a) No
person, firm or corporation shall move any building or structure over,
across, or along any street, public way or public place within the
corporate limits of the city until a permit for such work has been
issued as provided herein.
(b) Such
licensed house mover shall leave at city hall a description of the
building to be moved and its dimensions of its width, length, and
height, present location, place to which it is proposed to be moved
and the route it is to be moved along.
(c) Before
such application for permit is made, the house mover shall notify
the public utilities (light, telephone, cablevision, etc.), railroads,
city police and other persons, firms or corporations whose facilities
are involved in such movement.
(d) Nothing
herein contained shall require a license or bond for the movement
of oversized equipment or buildings or structures of a temporary nature,
when such equipment, buildings or structures are within the legal
road limits as required by the state statutes; nor shall bond and
license be required of one passing through the city en route between
two other incorporated cities. It is recommended on high, wide loads
that moving contractors contact local public utilities for assistance
in passing through the city. The movement of these oversized buildings
without a permit only applies to Highway U.S. 90 and Texas 16.
(Ordinance 1974-4, sec. III, adopted 9/10/74)
A fee as listed in the fee schedule in appendix
A of this code for each permit to move a building along any street or public way will be collected by the city secretary at the time the permit is obtained at city hall.
(Ordinance 1974-4, sec. IV, adopted 9/10/74)