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)