No person shall move any building or structure, or any portion thereof, over, upon, along or across any street or alley in the city without first obtaining a written permit therefor, issued by the city engineer. Such permit shall be referred to as a "house moving permit."
(Ord. 533 § 1, 1962; Ord. 1209, 1983)
No application for a house moving permit shall be granted or issued for any building or structure or portion thereof to be moved over, upon, along or across any public street or alley until the applicant owner and/or contractor has filed a public liability insurance copy with the engineering department in the amount of one million dollars, determined by the city engineer to cover any possible cost of damage to public streets, etc.
(Ord. 533 § 1, 1962; Ord. 1158, 1981)
In the event of any damage to any public street, alley, curb, gutter, sidewalk, public place, culvert, bridge, fence or other appurtenance by reason of the moving of any building or section thereof, the city engineer shall cause the same to be repaired as may be necessary to restore such damaged portion to as good a condition as the same was prior to the damage caused by the moving of such building or structure, and shall charge the cost thereof to the person, firm or corporation to whom the permit was issued for the moving of such building or structure.
(Ord. 533 § 1, 1962; Ord. 1209, 1983)
No house moving permit shall be issued where a building or structure is proposed to be relocated within the city limits until the building official has first issued to the owner of the premises to which the building is to be moved a permit to relocate the particular building or structure or a portion thereof upon such premises. Such permit shall be referred to and be known as a "relocation permit."
(Ord. 533 § 1, 1962; Ord. 1209, 1983)
Application for a relocation permit shall be made by letter to the city council. The letter shall be accompanied by a plot plan showing the proposed location of the building to be moved in and giving a complete description of the lot on which the building is to be located. The application shall also be accompanied by photographs of the building to be moved. In order to determine any of the matters presented by the application, the city council may cause to be made any investigations it deems necessary, or may require any exhibits that may be necessary to ascertain the correctness or fitness or the architectural design of the building.
(Ord. 533 § 1, 1962)
Before any application for a relocation permit is accepted, the applicant owner and/or contractor shall pay an inspection fee charge as set by resolution to the building department for each building proposed to be relocated. This fee shall be in addition to any other fees required by any other section of this code regulating the relocation or construction of the building or structure. Mileage charge: If the building is over ten miles from Civic Center there will be a mileage fee charge.
(Ord. 533 § 1, 1962; Ord. 1158, 1982; Ord. 1213 §§ 2, 3, 1983)
The building official shall then inspect or cause to be inspected the building or structure desired to be moved into the city and shall file a report of his or her inspection and findings as follows: one copy to the applicant, one copy for reference of the city council and one copy in the files of the department of building and safety.
(Ord. 533 § 1, 1962)
A. 
Prior to the issuance of a relocation permit to move a building into or within the city, the planning commission shall hold a fully noticed and advertised public hearing on the proposed relocation.
B. 
The planning commission shall approve, conditionally approve or deny any such permit after a hearing. Any approval shall be subject to reasonable conditions and architectural control, changes, alterations, additions or repairs upon the building or structure to be moved to the end that the relocation thereof will not be materially detrimental or injurious to public safety or to public welfare or to property improvements in the district to which such building is to be moved.
C. 
The decision of the planning commission may be appealed for decision by the city council in the same manner as other appeals from the decisions of the planning commission.
(Ord. 533 § 1, 1962; Ord. 1133, 1981)
A. 
No relocation permit shall be issued until the applicant therefor first posts a bond with the city clerk, executed by the owner of the premises where the building is to be located, as principal, and a surety company licensed in the state, as surety. The bond shall be joint and several and shall name the city as obligee, and shall be in an amount equal to the cost, plus ten percent, of the work required to be done in order to comply with the conditions of the relocation permit as determined by the director of building and safety. A cash bond may be posted in lieu of the surety bond but upon the same terms and conditions.
B. 
The bond shall be conditioned as follows:
1. 
That all the terms and conditions of the relocation permit shall be complied with to the satisfaction of the city;
2. 
That all of the work required to be done pursuant to the conditions of the relocation permit shall be performed within six months from the date of the relocation permit, unless the city council shall extend such time and enter the extension in its minutes.
C. 
In the event of any default in the conditions of the bond, the city shall proceed to forfeit the bond and recover any amounts due thereunder for the city. Moneys received by virtue of any such forfeiture shall inure to the general fund of the city.
(Ord. 533 § 1, 1962)
A. 
The city, the surety and the duly authorized representatives of either shall have access to the premises described in the relocation permit for the purpose of inspecting the progress of the work.
B. 
In the event of any default in the performance of any term or condition of the relocation permit, the surety, or any person employed or engaged on its behalf, shall have the right to go upon the premises to complete the required work or to remove or demolish the building or structure.
C. 
No owner, his/her representatives, successors or assigns, or any other person, shall interfere with or obstruct the ingress or egress to or from any such premises of any authorized representative or agent of any surety or of the city engaged in the work of completing, demolishing or removing any building or structure for which a relocation permit has been issued, after a default has occurred in the performance of the terms or conditions thereof.
(Ord. 533 § 1, 1962)
No person, firm or corporation shall move or cause to be moved any building, structure or portion thereof over, upon, along or across any public street or alley without keeping a red light burning at all times between sunset and sunrise at each corner of such building or structure, or at the end of any projection thereof, in order to warn all traffic meeting the building or structure of its size and location on the public street or alley.
(Ord. 533 § 1, 1962)
No person, firm or corporation shall move or cause to be moved any building, structure or portion thereof on, over, along or across any public street or alley so as to interfere in any manner with any real or personal property of any public utility without the permission and consent of the public utility being first had and obtained. "Public utility," as used in this section, means any person or corporation owning or operating any wires, poles, signals, pipelines, tracks or necessary appurtenances or structures thereto, used for general public service.
(Ord. 533 § 1, 1962)
No person or corporation shall move or cause to be moved any building or structure over, upon, along or across any public street or alley so as to damage, break, cut or trim any trees or shrubs on or along the street or alley except under the direction of the city manager or such other city official as may be selected from time to time by the city council.
(Ord. 533 § 1, 1962)
Regardless of the age or condition of any building, structure or portion thereof proposed to be relocated, all such buildings shall be classified as new construction and shall comply with all applicable provisions for new building construction within the city. The building official may approve any existing nonconforming or noncomplying building materials which have been built into or form an integral part of any proposed relocated building, provided he/she finds that the nonconforming or noncomplying building material is, for the purpose intended, at least the equivalent of that prescribed in this code in quality, strength, effectiveness, fire resistance, durability and safety.
(Ord. 533 § 1, 1962)
Compliance with the requirements of this chapter shall not relieve any person from other applicable requirements of this code, including all requirements regarding building construction, zoning and setbacks.
(Ord. 533 § 1, 1962)