Note: Prior ordinance history: Ord. 274.
No person, firm or corporation shall move any building or structure, or portion of a building or structure, into this city, or relocate any building or structure, or portion of a building or structure, within the city, or cause the same to be done, without first obtaining a separate building relocation permit for each building or structure, or portion thereof, from the building official.
(Ord. 621 § 1, 1969; Ord. 681 § 4, 1971)
To obtain a permit, the applicant shall first file an application therefor in writing on a form furnished for the purpose by the building official.
(Ord. 621 § 1, 1969; Ord. 681 § 4, 1971)
Every such application shall contain or have appended thereto the following information:
(a) 
Proposed Location of Building: Name of street and official house number, the name of the tract and/or block number and zone-use legend, the lot number and its dimensions, where the building or structure to be moved is to be placed;
(b) 
Proposed Use: The proposed use or occupancy for the building;
(c) 
Original Location: The tract, block, lot, zone-use and official address of the building or structure’s existing location;
(d) 
Building Dimensions: All dimensions and structural type of the building or structure;
(e) 
Repairs: The nature of the repairs and any alterations or additions;
(f) 
Value of Work: The complete valuation of the proposed work;
(g) 
Plot Plan: A plot plan drawn to a scale of not larger than one inch to the foot shall be filed with the application;
(h) 
Details of Plot Plan: Such plot plan shall indicate with dimensions all existing and proposed building locations, yards and setbacks;
(i) 
Plan of Structure: A plan of the building or structure to be moved shall be filed with the application; and such plan shall show all necessary structural and sanitary details as authorized by the building official.
(Ord. 621 § 1, 1969; Ord. 681 § 4, 1971)
When such application is filed with all the information required by Section 14.20.030, the moving notice cards shall be made out and posted by the building official within forty-eight hours from the time of the filing of such application.
(Ord. 621 § 1, 1969; Ord. 681 § 4, 1971)
The moving notice cards shall not be less than one foot square in area, shall be headed “Notice of Moving and Relocation,” in black-faced type letters of not less than two inches in height and there shall be printed or typewritten upon the cards the following information:
(a) 
Location, Description of Building: The address from which and to which it is proposed to move the structure or structures, together with a brief description of the structure or structures to be moved;
(b) 
Invitation to File Protests: A notice that if a written protest to the moving, signed by one or more persons who own real property within three hundred feet of the location to which the structure or structures are to be moved, is filed in the office of the building official on or before a date therein named (which date shall be on or before seven days after such posting), that such protest shall be heard and determined by the planning commission at its first regular meeting after the expiration of the date set for filing protests, as aforesaid.
(Ord. 621 § 1, 1969; Ord. 681 § 4, 1971)
One moving notice card shall be located and posted in a conspicuous place on the lot to which it is proposed to move the building or structure, in clear view and approximately fifteen feet back of the front property line of an interior lot.
(Ord. 621 § 1, 1969; Ord. 681 § 4, 1971)
If it is proposed to move the building or structure onto a corner lot, a second moving notice card shall be located and posted in a similar position and facing the secondary street.
(Ord. 621 § 1, 1969; Ord. 681 § 4, 1971)
At the end of such posting time, the moving notice cards shall be removed by the building official.
(Ord. 621 § 1, 1969; Ord. 681 § 4, 1971)
During the posting time, the building official shall inspect the building as to the necessary repairs and alterations.
(Ord. 621 § 1, 1969; Ord. 681 § 4, 1971)
If a protest against the moving of the building or structure is filed, it shall be in writing and signed by one or more individual property owners who own real property within three hundred feet of the location to which the structure or structures are to be moved.
(Ord. 621 § 1, 1969; Ord. 681 § 4, 1971)
Such protest shall be filed in the office of the building official during the period of required posting.
(Ord. 621 § 1, 1969; Ord. 681 § 4, 1971)
The building official shall cause each and every application filed hereunder to be presented to and filed with the planning commission at the first regular meeting of the commission following the expiration of the seven day posting period, and at the same time shall file with the commission any protests that shall have been filed with his office.
(Ord. 621 § 1, 1969; Ord. 681 § 4, 1971)
The planning commission shall call the application and any protests for hearing at the meeting at which they are filed, and may grant or deny the application at that time, or may appoint a committee to investigate the application and any protests thereto that may have been filed, and continue the matter of determination to a subsequent meeting.
(Ord. 621 § 1, 1969; Ord. 681 § 4, 1971)
In the event the planning commission denies an application to move a building or structure, a second application to move the same building or structure, to the same property and address shall not be applied for, nor permit granted therefor, within six months from and after the date of the planning commission’s denial of the application to move the building or structure.
(Ord. 621 § 1, 1969; Ord. 681 § 4, 1971)
In the event that the planning commission authorizes the moving of the building or structure to the proposed new location after a hearing is held as herein provided, the building official shall issue a permit therefor, providing all other requirements of this chapter have been fulfilled.
(Ord. 621 § 1, 1969; Ord. 681 § 4, 1971)
Before a permit is issued for the moving of a building or structure, a permit fee therefor shall be paid to the building official. The fee shall be as set forth in Schedule I in the resolution of the city council adopting fee schedules.
(Ord. 621 § 1, 1969; Ord. 681 § 4, 1971)
In addition to the fees set by resolution of the city council, there shall be paid to the building division a fee at the time of filing of the application for a building moving permit, as established by resolution of the city council.
(Ord. 621 § 1, 1969; Ord. 681 § 4, 1971; Ord. 1007 § 15, 1981)
The aforesaid fee required to be paid upon the filing of an application for a building permit shall not be refunded in the event that a permit to move the building or structure is denied.
(Ord. 621 § 1, 1969; Ord. 681 § 4, 1971)
Before a permit is issued for the moving of a building or structure, the applicant shall file with the building official a surety bond or cash bond in a form and amount acceptable to the building official.
(Ord. 621 § 1, 1969; Ord. 681 § 4, 1971)
The determination of the bond amount by the building official shall be based on the valuation of the to-be-moved building after relocation and completion, ready for occupancy. The bond amount shall be equal to one hundred percent of such valuation.
(Ord. 621 § 1, 1969; Ord. 681 § 4, 1971)
If the applicant faithfully complies with the requirements of this chapter and other city ordinances and regulations, including all applicable adopted codes and the city zoning ordinance, and with the permits issued pursuant to this chapter and the aforementioned codes and ordinances, and shall complete the operation of moving the building or structure, or portion thereof, and relocating the same in a finished form so as to entitle the applicant to a use and occupancy permit as provided by city ordinances, then the bond shall be null and void, and otherwise the amount of the bond shall be forfeited to the city as a penalty for the failure of the applicant to comply with the conditions of the bond.
(Ord. 621 § 1, 1969; Ord. 681 § 4, 1971)