[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Polk as § 8.05 of the 1991 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. V)]
No person shall move any building into or within the Town without applying for a permit from the Building Inspector.
Application for a permit shall be made on a form provided by the Town Clerk.
[Amended by Ord. No. 7-04]
For any building that is moved by use of heavy moving trucks or rollers, there shall be a fee which is included in the Town Fee Schedule on file in the office of the Town Clerk.
Before a permit is issued, the mover must give a bond in the amount of $10,000 with good and sufficient sureties to be approved by the Town Attorney conditioned that the mover shall save the Town harmless from any liability arising out of the move and shall restore any highway damaged by the move. This provision may be waived for small buildings.
Before a moving permit shall be issued, the applicant shall submit to the Building Inspector a certificate of insurance evidencing that the applicant has in force and will maintain during the term of the permit public liability insurance of not less than $500,000 for any one person, $1,000,000 for any one accident and $50,000 for property damage.
Prior to the issuance of said permit, the owner or mover shall certify that they have notified public utilities whose lines or poles may be interfered with during the movement of the building. Such utilities shall take whatever steps are necessary to permit the building to be moved without damage to its lines and poles and may charge the permittee the cost thereof.
Every permittee shall, within one day after reaching their destination, report that fact to the Town Highway Superintendent. The Superintendent shall thereupon inspect the streets and highways over which said building has been moved and ascertain their condition. If the moving of said building has caused any damage to the streets or highways, the house mover shall forthwith place them in as good condition as they were before the permit was granted. Upon failure of the house mover to do so within 10 days thereafter to the satisfaction of the Superintendent, the Town shall repair the damage done to such streets and highways and hold the sureties of the bond given by the house mover responsible for the payment of the same.