[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of the Village of
Rothschild 9-26-1994 (Sec. 9.08 of the 1967 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
No person shall move any building or structure upon any of the public
ways of the Village of Rothschild without first obtaining approval
from the Building Inspector and obtaining a moving permit from the
Village and upon the payment of the required fee.
[Amended 8-24-2020]
B.
A report shall be made by the Administrator of Public Works with
regard to possible damage to trees. The estimated cost of trimming,
removal and replacement of public trees, as determined by the Administrator
of Public Works, shall be paid to the Village prior to issuance of
the moving permit.
[Amended 8-24-2020]
C.
Issuance of a moving permit shall further be conditioned on approval
of the moving route and time.
[Amended 8-24-2020]
D.
Any person moving a building within or into the Village, as provided
herein, shall obtain a building permit only after the moving permit
has been approved.
The movement of buildings shall be a continuous operation during
all hours of the day and night until such movement is fully completed.
All such operations shall be performed with the least possible obstruction
to thoroughfares. No building shall be allowed to remain overnight
upon any street crossing or intersection or so near thereto as to
prevent easy access to any fire hydrant or any other public facility.
Lighted warning flashers shall be kept in conspicuous places at each
end of the building during the night.
Every person receiving a moving permit shall, within one day
after said building reaches its destination, report that fact to the
Building Inspector, who shall thereupon inspect the streets, highways
and curbs and gutters over which said building has been moved and
ascertain their condition. If the moving of said building has caused
any damage to any street, highway and/or curb and gutters, the person
to whom the permit was issued shall forthwith place them in as good
repair as they were before the permit was granted. On the failure
of said permittee to do so within 10 days thereafter to the satisfaction
of the Administrator of Public Works, the Village shall repair the
damage done to such streets, highways, curb and gutter and hold the
person obtaining such permit and the sureties on his bond responsible
for the payment of the same.
No permit shall be issued to move a building within or into
the Village and to establish it upon a location within said Village
until the Building Inspector has made an investigation of such building
at the location from which it is to be moved and is satisfied from
such investigation that said building is in a sound and stable condition
and of such construction that it will meet the requirements of the
Building Code in all respects. A complete plan of all further repairs,
improvements and remodeling with reference to such building shall
be submitted to the Building Inspector, and he shall make a finding
of fact to the effect that all such repairs, improvements and remodeling
are in conformity with the requirements of the Building Code and that,
when the same are completed, the building as such will so comply with
said Building Code. In the event that a building is to be moved from
the Village to some point outside the boundaries thereof, the provisions
with respect to the furnishing of plans and specifications for the
proposed alterations to such building may be disregarded.
A.
Before a moving permit is issued to move any building over any public
way in the Village, the party applying therefor shall give a bond
to the Village of Rothschild in the sum to be fixed by the Building
Inspector and which shall not be less than $1,000, said bond to be
executed by a corporate surety or two personal sureties to be approved
by the Village or designated agent, conditioned upon, among other
things, the indemnification of the Village for any costs or expenses
incurred by it in connection with any claims for damages to any persons
or property and the payment of any judgment, together with the costs
and expenses incurred by the Village in connection therewith, arising
out of the moving of the building for which the moving permit is issued.
[Amended 8-24-2020]
B.
Unless the Building Inspector, upon investigation, shall find it to be a fact that the excavation exposed by the removal of such building from its foundation shall not be so close to a public thoroughfare as to permit the accidental falling therein of travelers, or the location, nature and physical characteristics of the premises and the exposed excavation such as to make intrusion upon the premises and the falling into such excavation unlikely, the bond required by Subsection A shall be further conditioned upon the permittee immediately erecting adequate barriers and, within 48 hours, filling in such excavation or adopting and employing such other means, devices or methods approved by the Building Inspector and reasonably adopted or calculated to prevent the occurrences set forth herein.
The Building Inspector shall require, in addition to said bond
above indicated, public liability insurance covering injury to one
person in the sum of not less than $1,000,000 and one accident in
the sum of not less than $2,000,000, together with property damage
insurance in a sum of not less than $100,000, or such other coverage
as deemed necessary.
[Amended 8-24-2020]
The Village Board requires a written application for a moving
permit and requires that the applicant file full and complete information
and plans signed by himself and by the owner, or either, specifying
the type of building, present location, place to which it is intended
to move the same, and streets to be crossed or traversed in moving
the same. The Village may refuse to grant such permits under any conditions
if, in the sole judgment of the Village, damage to the streets, curb/gutter,
shrubbery, trees, boulevards, wires, pipes or utilities or other facilities
may result. Any such denial may be appealed to the Zoning Board of
Appeals, which shall give 10 days' notice of a hearing thereon. However,
the Village may approve the moving permit provided that the applicant
agrees to pay all expenses for damages under such conditions as may
be set forth by the Village.
