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City of Rahway, NJ
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[Adopted 7-9-1984 by Ord. No. A-12-84 as Ch. 172, Art II, of the 1984 Code]
No person shall move or cause to be moved any building or structure from one lot to another or from one site to another site, when such removal requires the passage of said building or structure along or upon any street, without first having obtained a written permit therefor from the Building Inspector as provided in this article.
A. 
Application forms for a permit under this article shall be supplied by the City Clerk.
B. 
Each owner of the building or structure to be moved (hereinafter called the "owner") and each contractor (hereinafter called the "contractor") in charge of removal of said building shall jointly make the application for a permit to be issued under this article.
The application shall contain the following information:
A. 
A detailed description of each building or structure intended to be moved.
B. 
A description of the existing site of said building or structure, as well as the description of the site to which the building or structure is to be removed, by:
(1) 
Street and address;
(2) 
Block and lot number on the Official City Atlas; or
(3) 
Such other particularization sufficient to identify the sites.
C. 
The precise point of the boundary line of the City to be crossed, in cases where the building or structure is to be removed to or from a site outside the City.
D. 
The date and hours within which it is contemplated that said removal shall take place.
E. 
The exact route to be used in effecting the removal and manner in which said removal shall be effected.
F. 
Such other information as may be expedient, necessary or helpful in permitting the City to afford protection and prevent damage to trees, shrubbery, utilities and all other types and kinds of City property.
G. 
Written consent of the proper county or state authorities, in the event that the route shall include a county or state highway.
H. 
Proof that all outstanding taxes, water claims and assessments levied against the land and building by the City have been paid.
A. 
At least five days prior to such proposed removal of a building or structure, the owner thereof or the contractor in charge of said removal shall give a notice of intention to effect such removal to each of the following City officials or their respective designated representatives:
(1) 
The Business Administrator.
(2) 
The Assistant Director of Public Works.
(3) 
The Director of the Fire Department.
(4) 
The Director of the Police Department.
(5) 
The Superintendent of the Division of Water.
(6) 
The City Engineer.
B. 
Such official, or his designated representative receiving the notice of intention, shall acknowledge receipt of said notice upon the application form.
At least three days prior to the time set forth in the application as the date for commencement of the removal of the building or structure, the applicants shall file with the Building Inspector of the City said application, duly completed as provided in § 365-10 and with the acknowledgments of service of the notice of intention endorsed thereon by the officials or their designated representative as provided in § 365-11, and shall be accompanied by the security required by § 365-13 and the permit fee required by § 365-14.
A. 
The application shall be accompanied by a cash sum of $500 or a bond in the sum of $1,000, which cash or bond shall be security for the payment of damage occasioned by said removal of such building or structure. Said cash or bond shall be conditioned upon the indemnification of the City for injury or damage to trees, shrubbery, utilities and all other types and kinds of property owned by the City within the territorial limits of the City. The applicants shall be responsible for all such damage, and the right of the City to collect the same shall not be restricted by the amount of the security posted.
B. 
The bond described in Subsection A of this section shall be executed by the applicants, as principals, and by a surety company duly licensed and authorized to transact business in the state as surety, and said bond shall be in a form approved by the City Solicitor.
[Amended 5-12-2003 by Ord. No. O-38-03]
A. 
The fee for a permit issued under this article shall be in the sum of $5 per 1,000 cubic feet of each building or structure to be removed.
B. 
The fee shall be paid to the Building Inspector at the time of the filing of the application.
The Building Inspector shall investigate the application and, in this connection, he may call upon the officials named in § 365-11 hereof for their aid and recommendations. If, in the opinion of the Building Inspector, the building can be moved without injuring or destroying the shade trees along the street or doing other irreparable damage or injury to City property or public utility or endangering the public safety, and the applicant has otherwise complied with the terms, conditions and requirements of this article, the Building Inspector shall issue the permit. In granting and issuing the permit, the Building Inspector may impose such conditions with regard to time, manner and route of the moving operations as safety and convenience may reasonably require.
[Amended 7-9-1984 by Ord. No. A-12-84]
Any person who violates any provision of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding $500 or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days, or both.