Each public utility shall charge and collect, as a requirement
to the moving of any unit as authorized under the provisions of Article
II or III of this chapter, from each house mover, and as compensation
for making temporary rearrangements of its property, the actual cost
of rearranging and restoring such property including the reasonable
sum not exceeding fifteen percent of other costs as an allowance for
supervision. Each house mover shall pay all of such charges at the
time and in the manner prescribed by the public utility.
(Prior code § 21-78.1)
Each house mover shall, when requested to, deposit with each
public utility affected the estimated cost of all activities to be
performed on behalf of the public utility as a result of the house-moving
activities of the house mover. The deposit shall be in cash, and the
public utility shall notify the director of public works that the
permittee has complied with this requirement.
(Prior code § 21-78.2)
In case the cost of the rearrangement, protection and restoration of the property is less than the amount estimated and deposited as provided in Section
15.04.280, then the public utility shall return to the permittee the amount of the unused balance of such deposit less the cost of any damage to public utility property which is caused by the negligence of the permittee in moving any unit. In case the actual cost is more than the amount estimated, then such public utility shall collect the actual cost of the work from the house mover who shall pay same.
(Prior code § 21-78.3)
Each public utility may, at any time prior to the moving of
any unit, notify any house mover involved of any additional work required,
and it shall be incumbent upon the house mover to order such work
done, or to have a representative on the grounds to order such additional
work by approving the expense of such additional work.
(Prior code § 21-78.4)
Each public utility, unless otherwise provided by written notice
to the house mover, shall within thirty days from and after the completion
of the work of making such temporary rearrangement or restoring its
property, present an itemized statement of the cost thereof to the
house mover for whom such work was done. When the public utility is
city-owned, the itemized bill shall be presented by the director of
finance and administrative services office.
(Prior code § 21-78.5)
Each applicant for a house mover's permit shall pay a basic
fee to provide for city inspection and administrative costs. The fee
shall be determined by the director of public works and approved by
the city manager, based upon the reasonably anticipated costs to the
city for inspection and administration of the permittee's house-moving
activities. The director of public works shall set a basic fee for
each of the following:
A. One
or two units of A, B or C classification and for each additional unit;
B. One
unit of D classification or one unit of E classification, and for
each additional unit;
C. Each
house mover may reschedule a move, for which a permit has been issued,
up to and including three p.m. of the day previous to the scheduled
day of moving, and the director of public works will reset the move
for another day at no extra charge to the house mover;
D. Each
house mover may cancel a permit up to and including three p.m. of
the day previous to the scheduled day of moving, and shall be entitled
to a refund of all fees and deposits for which services are not rendered
by the city, less administrative costs already expended or committed
as determined by the director of public works;
E. If
for any reason a move is not made as provided in the permit and such
move is not rescheduled or canceled at the request of the house mover
within the time allowed for such request, the director of public works
may invalidate the permit and no refund shall be due the house mover.
(Prior code § 21-78.12)
Permits issued by the director of public works under this chapter
shall be valid only if the following elements are present at the time
of the scheduled move, unless otherwise authorized by the director
of public works:
A. All
units listed in the permit start and remain in tandem during the period
of movement through the city;
B. All
units are moved at the same time and from the same place;
C. All
units are moved along the same route;
D. All
units are moved to the same place.
(Prior code § 21-78.13)