No person shall move any building into or within the City without
a permit from the Director of Public Works or his designee upon 30
days' notice.
Application for a permit shall be made on a form provided by
the Director of Public Works.
[Amended 4-14-2015 by Ord. No. 233]
For any building that
is moved by use of heavy moving trucks or rollers, or for any building
that is moved by the use of common carrier trucks or skids, such fees
shall be in amounts as set from time to time by resolution of the
Common Council. Such fees shall not include the fee for a building
permit to rebuild or alter the building upon its new location within
the City.
Before a permit is issued, the mover must give a bond in the
amount of $10,000 with good and sufficient sureties to be approved
by the City Attorney conditioned that the mover shall save the City
harmless from any liability arising out of the move and shall restore
any street damaged by the move. This provision may be waived by the
Director of Public Works for small buildings.
Before a moving permit shall be issued, the applicant shall
submit to the Director of Public Works a certificate of insurance
evidencing that the applicant has in force and will maintain during
the term of the permit public liability insurance of not less than
$500,000 for any one person, $1,000,000 for any one accident and $50,000
for property damage.
Prior to the issuance of said permit, the owner or mover shall
certify that he has notified all public utilities whose lines or poles
may be interfered with during the movement of the building. Such utilities
shall take whatever steps are necessary to permit the building to
be moved without damage to its lines and poles and may charge the
permittee the cost thereof in advance.
Once the move has commenced, the mover shall complete the move
as soon as conveniently may be.
Every permittee shall, within one day after reaching his destination,
report that fact to the Director of Public Works. The Director shall
thereupon inspect the streets and highways over which said building
has been moved and ascertain their condition. If the moving of said
building has caused any damage to the streets or highways, the house
mover shall forthwith place them in as good condition as they were
before the permit was granted. Upon failure of the house mover to
do so within 10 days thereafter to the satisfaction of the Director,
the City shall repair the damage done to such streets and highways
and hold the sureties of the bond given by the house mover responsible
for the payment of the same.
