No dwelling house, building, shed or other structure shall be moved along or across the public streets or highways of the City except under written permit granted by the Building Inspector.
No moving permit shall be granted except under the conditions herein set forth.
The Building Inspector shall have full power and discretion to refuse a moving permit should he deem the granting thereof injurious to the interests of the public. Any person to whom such permit is refused by the Building Inspector may appeal to the Mayor, and the decision of the Mayor will be final and binding as to the issuance of such permit.
Any person desiring to move any dwelling house, building, shed or other structure along or across any of the public streets of the City may make application to the Building Inspector for a permit therefor. Said application shall be in writing and shall state the location by street and number of the structure to be moved, the location to which it is desired to be moved and the street or streets through or across which the structure is to be moved, together with the distance in feet between said points. The application shall also be accompanied by a diagram of the building to be moved with the dimensions thereof written thereon.
The applicant for a moving permit shall also, previous to making the application, deposit with the City Treasurer the sum of $25, together with an additional $10 for each 1,000 feet or fraction thereof the building is to be moved, and shall attach the receipt thereof to the application.
The Building Inspector shall, upon receiving an application for a moving permit, direct the City Engineer to make or cause to be made a survey of the proposed route over which the building is to be moved, said survey taking into consideration the width of the carriageway and the condition of the street or streets as regards traffic, wires, trees, railroad tracks or other fixtures liable to be interfered with by the moving of the building. Upon the completion of said survey, the City Engineer shall report the results thereof to the Building Inspector, together with an estimate of the amount of the probable damage to shade trees as well as an estimate of the cost of removing poles, crossarms, telegraph, telephone, electric light, police or fire alarm wires. The cost of making such survey and estimate shall be paid by the City Treasurer out of the moneys received with the application for permit, on the written order of the Building Inspector, and the unexpended balance of such moneys, if any, shall, after the building shall have been moved or the application of a permit refused, be returned to the applicant on the written order of the Building Inspector.
Before the delivery of a permit required by this article, the Building Inspector shall require from the applicant a bond to be approved in all particulars by the Corporation Counsel with two or more sureties who shall justify, in double, the amount of payable costs and damages as estimated by the City Engineer as set forth, conditioned that the party to whom such permit is issued shall strictly observe the terms of the permit and reason of the removal of said building or structure. The ownership of shade trees along the line of the street is, for the purpose of this article only, declared to be vested in the owner of the lot in front of which they stand, subject to the right of control on the part of the City.
Should the Building Inspector, in his discretion, grant the permit for which application is made, said permit shall be made out in duplicate and shall be signed by the Building Inspector and endorsed as accepted by the applicant. The Building Inspector shall retain an original copy. The permit shall be substantially in the following form:
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  Permission is hereby given to ................... to remove the Building No. ...... Street to ...... Street, along ................... Streets, in the City of Schenectady, N. Y., and the same is not to blockade the traffic of said street along which said building is being moved.
  This permission is given with the distinct understanding that whatever damage, if any, done or occasioned to any electric light, telephone, telegraph or other wires strung in said street or to any poles or standards in said streets or to the street pavement, sidewalk or curb in the streets or to any other appurtenance or thing in said street, by reason of the moving of said building or structure, shall be borne by the person to whom this permission is given, or the owners of the said building or structure, or either of them.
  It is further hereby expressly agreed by the party soliciting and obtaining this permission or the owner of said buildings or structure, or either of them, that all claims of every name, nature and kind that may arise or accrue by the removal of said building or structure shall be borne by and liquidated by them, or either of them, and that they, or either of them, will save the City of Schenectady harmless from any claim or damage occasioned by much removal.
  All rubbish and material shall be promptly removed and the carriageway and sidewalks carefully cleaned.
  At night one or more lighted lanterns are to be placed and maintained so as to give sufficient notice of the obstruction. The work of the moving of said building shall be pushed forward with as great a speed as possible.
  This permit is given subject to police control and revocation, at any time, by the Building Inspector.
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Building Inspector
No person to whom a permit for moving a building has been granted shall have the right to break or cut the branches of any tree along the line of the street without the written permission of the owner or to remove or lift any pole or wire except in the presence of the owner thereof, who may, should he see fit, cause the same to be removed or lifted by his own employees at the expense of the party to whom said permit is issued. Should the owner of said shade trees above referred to refuse to grant such permission to cut or remove limbs or branches, the Building Inspector shall examine or cause to be examined the trees in question, and should he decide that the cutting of the branches is both expedient and necessary, he may fix the amount of compensation to be paid to the owner and, after said amount of compensation shall have been paid by the party to whom said permit is issued, grant a written permit to remove the limbs or branches in question.