No person shall move any building over, along or across any public highway
or street in the Town without first obtaining a permit from the Building Inspector.
The Building Inspector shall refuse to issue a permit if he finds that:
A. Any application requirement or any fee, deposit or insurance
requirement has not been complied with.
B. The building is too large to move without endangering
persons or property in the Town.
C. The streets over which the building is to be moved would
be inadequate to accommodate such a structure or such moving would create
a dangerous traffic hazard.
D. The building is in such a state of deterioration or disrepair
or is otherwise so structurally unsafe that it could not be moved without
endangering persons and property in the Town.
E. The building is structurally unsafe or unfit for the
purpose for which moved, if the removal location is in the Town.
F. The applicant's equipment is unsafe and that persons
and property would be endangered by its use.
G. Zoning regulations or other provisions of this Code or
other ordinances would be violated by the building in its new location.
H. For any other reason persons or property in the Town
would be endangered by the moving of the building.
The applicant shall be required to make good and pay all losses and
damages arising out of any cause connected with the moving of the house and
shall indemnify and save harmless the Town from all claims and all liability
and responsibility of every kind for any loss, damage or injury which any
person may sustain by reason of or in any way arising out of the moving of
the house, within the Town. The applicant shall file with the Building Inspector
a certificate of insurance in amounts satisfactory to the Town showing the
Town to be named insured or containing an agreement indemnifying and holding
the Town harmless for such damages or injuries herein described and providing
the Town with a legal defense against any such actions or claims.
Every permittee under this article shall:
A. Move a building only over streets designated for such
use in the written permit.
B. Notify the Building Inspector, in writing, of a desired
change in moving date and hours as proposed in the application.
C. Notify the Building Inspector, in writing, of any and
all damages done to property in the Town within 24 hours after the damage
or injury has occurred.
D. Cause red lights to be displayed during the nighttime
on every side of the building, while standing on a street, in such manner
as to warn the public of the obstruction and shall at all times erect and
maintain barricades across the streets and provide nighttime supervision in
such a manner as to protect the public from damages or injury by reason of
the removal of the building.
E. Remove the building from the Town streets after four
days, unless an extension is granted by the Director of Public Works or the
Chief of Police.
F. Comply with the Building Code, fire regulations, zoning
regulations and all other applicable provisions of this Code or other ordinances
and laws upon relocating the building in the Town.
G. Pay the expense of traffic officers ordered by the Building
Inspector to accompany the movement of the building to protect the public
from injury.
H. Remove all rubbish and materials and fill all excavations
to existing grade at the original building site within seven days, so that
the premises are left in a safe and sanitary condition.
I. Plug any sanitary sewer line with a concrete stopper,
shut off water and notify the gas and electric and other utility service companies
to remove their services.
The Director of Public Works or any person within the Department of
Public Works designated by the Director of Public Works of the Chief of Police
shall enforce and carry out the requirements of this article.
The penalty for violating any provision of this article shall be a fine
in an amount not in excess of $100 or not more than 30 days in jail, or both.