(a) 
License.
No building or part of any building shall be moved through or across any sidewalk, street, alley, or highway within the town by anyone who is not a licensed house mover, as hereinafter provided. This license shall be issued by the building official upon the applicant’s compliance with the application and bond provisions of this article after approval by the police and public works department of the town. All such licenses shall be renewable annually, and shall expire on December 31st of each year. The annual license fee shall be established by the board of aldermen per applicant.
(b) 
Permit.
No building or part of any building shall be moved through or across any sidewalk, street, alley or highway within the town unless and until a permit therefor shall first have been obtained from the building official.
(Ordinance 168 adopted 9/19/85; 1987 Code, ch. 3, sec. 11(A))
(a) 
License.
Any person desiring a house-moving license shall first file with the building official a written application therefor, which application shall contain or be accompanied by the following:
(1) 
The name and address of the applicant; if the applicant proposes to operate under an assumed name, the name under which the applicant proposes to conduct business, or if the applicant is a corporation, the name and principal place of business of the corporation and the names and addresses of its officers and major stockholders.
(2) 
The number, make, type and weight of the vehicles, whether powered or otherwise, which the applicant proposes to use in the course of business.
(3) 
The names and addresses of the operators of said vehicles and proof of their having been licensed to operate the types of vehicles which they propose to operate.
(4) 
A statement as to whether the applicant, its officers if a corporation, or the operators of the applicant, have ever been convicted of any federal, state or local law.
(5) 
A statement as to whether the applicant or the applicant’s operators have or have ever had a claim or judgment against them for damages resulting from the negligent operation of a vehicle.
(6) 
A statement as to the financial ability and responsibility of the applicant, including the applicant’s ability to respond in damages in the event of damage to person or property arising from negligent conduct of his operation.
(7) 
A statement of the nature and extent of the applicant’s experience in the house-moving business.
(8) 
A certificate of insurance showing insurance coverage in force by the applicant as follows:
(A) 
Public liability insurance in amounts not less than $25,000.00 per person and $50,000.00 per accident for bodily injury, and $25,000.00 per accident for property damage.
(B) 
Said insurance policy or policies shall name the town as an additional insured covering all of the applicant’s operations in the town.
(9) 
Such other pertinent information as the building official may deem necessary.
(b) 
Permit.
Any licensed house mover desiring a house-moving permit shall file with the building official a written application therefor, not less than five (5) days prior to the proposed date of removal, setting forth the following information:
(1) 
The type and kind of building to be moved.
(2) 
The original cost of such building.
(3) 
The present value of the building.
(4) 
The extreme dimensions of the length, height and width of the building.
(5) 
Its present location and proposed new location by lot, block, subdivision and street address.
(6) 
The date and approximate time such building will be upon the streets.
(7) 
The proposed route from present to new location.
(8) 
The written consent of the local utility companies which may be affected by such removal.
(9) 
Such other pertinent information as the building official may deem necessary.
(Ordinance 168 adopted 9/19/85; 1987 Code, ch. 3, sec. 11(B))
(a) 
If, in the opinion of the building official, the moving of any building will cause serious injury to persons or property or serious injury to the streets or public improvements, or the building to be moved has deteriorated more than fifty (50) percent of its original value by fire or other element, or the moving of the building will violate any of the requirements of this code or the zoning regulations, the permit shall not be issued and the building shall not be moved over the streets.
(b) 
If, in the opinion of the building official, the moving of a house upon any lot in the town will cause injury to persons or property, or will depreciate the value of surrounding property, then a moving permit shall not be issued. Any house moved onto a lot in the town shall be brought up to the standard prevailing in the area within six hundred (600) feet of the site onto which said house is moved.
(c) 
When any licensed house mover has been convicted of two (2) violations of this article within a twelve-month period, the building official shall refuse to issue permits hereunder and the license of said house mover shall be suspended for not more than six (6) months.
(Ordinance 168 adopted 9/19/85; 1987 Code, ch. 3, sec. 11(C))
(a) 
Annual mover’s bond.
The building official, as a condition precedent to the issuance of a removal license, shall require a bond to be executed by the applicant and a corporate surety approved by the building official authorized to conduct business in the state. Such bond shall be made payable to the town for the benefit of any aggrieved party and shall be in an amount not less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00). It shall indemnify the town against any damage to streets, curbs, sidewalks, trees, highways or other public property caused by removal operations. Such surety bond shall also be conditioned upon and liable for strict compliance with the terms of this article and any permits issued pursuant hereto. Such bond shall be further conditioned to pay the town as liquidated damages not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) per day for each day’s delay in completing such removal or in repairing any damage to streets or public property or in clearing the public streets or public property or in clearing the public streets, alleys or other public property of all debris occasioned thereby.
(b) 
Property owner’s bond.
The building official, as a condition precedent to the issuance of any permit for the moving of any house onto any property in the town, shall require a bond to be executed by the owner of the property onto which the subject house is to be moved and by a surety or sureties approved by the building official. Such bond shall be conditioned upon the completion of the building in habitable condition and in conformity with the building code within ninety (90) days of the date on which the building is moved. The bond shall be made payable to the town and shall be in an amount of at least double the cost of making the building conform with the building code as such cost is determined to be by the building official.
(Ordinance 168 adopted 9/19/85; 1987 Code, ch. 3, sec. 11(D))
(a) 
When the building official shall deem it necessary, the applicant shall give written notice of the application to the local utility companies and to the owners of any adjacent property which may be affected by the proposed move. When such notice is required, proof of compliance herewith shall be a condition precedent to the issuance of the moving permit.
(b) 
The notice herein provided shall contain information regarding the route and time of removal.
(Ordinance 168 adopted 9/19/85; 1987 Code, ch. 3, sec. 11(E))
(a) 
Lights required.
Every building which occupies any portion of public property after sundown shall have sufficient lights continuously burning between sunset and sunrise for the protection of the public.
(b) 
Number and location of lights.
There shall be a minimum of five (5) red lights placed on each street side of the building; such red lights shall be attached to the building in such a fashion as to indicate extreme width, height and size.
(c) 
Flares.
There shall be placed, in addition to the red lights on the building, flares at regular intervals for a distance of two hundred (200) feet up the street on each side of the building.
(d) 
Flagmen.
When, in the opinion of the building official, flagmen are necessary to divert or caution traffic, the owner or person moving such building shall employ, at their expense, two (2) such flagmen, one (1) at each street intersection beyond the building; such flagmen shall remain at these intersections diverting or cautioning traffic from sunset to sunrise. Red lights shall be employed in flagging traffic at night.
(Ordinance 168 adopted 9/19/85; 1987 Code, ch. 3, sec. 11(F))
Nothing contained herein shall be construed as relieving an applicant from duties elsewhere imposed by law, including but not limited to ordinances regulating truck routes and load limits or other provisions of this code, and the obtaining of permits and payment of fees therefor.
(Ordinance 168 adopted 9/19/85; 1987 Code, ch. 3, sec. 11(G))
In the event the removal of a building requires the removal or adjustment, temporarily or otherwise, of any wire, line, pole, or other impediment which is lawfully located on or over public property, the expense thereby incurred shall be borne solely by the licensee hereunder.
(Ordinance 168 adopted 9/19/85; 1987 Code, ch. 3, sec. 11(H))