[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Rome as
Sec. 4.05 of the prior Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.Â
No person shall move any building or structure upon any of the public
roads of the Town without first obtaining written permission therefor
from the Director of Public Works. The Director of Public Works shall
designate the route to be taken, the conditions to be complied with
and shall limit the time during which said moving operations shall
be continued.
[Amended 4-16-2020 by Ord. No. 20-05]
B.Â
The Town shall make a report with regard to possible damage to trees.
The estimated cost of trimming, removal and replacement of public
trees, as determined by the Town, shall be paid to the Town Clerk/Treasurer
prior to written approval.
The movement of buildings shall be a continuous operation during
all the hours of the day and at 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 road. Lights shall be kept in conspicuous places
at each end of the building during the night.
[Amended 4-16-2020 by Ord. No. 20-05]
Before permission is issued to move any building over any road
in the Town, the party applying therefor shall give a bond to the
Town in a sum to be fixed by the Director of Public Works which shall
not be less than $5,000, said bond to be executed by a corporate surety
or two personal sureties to be approved by the Town Board conditioned
upon, among other things, the indemnification to the Town 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 Town in connection
therewith arising out of the removal of the building for which approval
is issued.
[Amended 4-16-2020 by Ord. No. 20-05]
The Director of Public Works shall require, in addition to the
said bond above indicated, public liability insurance covering injury
to one person in the sum of not less than $100,000 and for one accident
in a sum not less than $200,000, together with property damage insurance
in a sum not less than $50,000, or such other coverage as deemed necessary.
[Amended 4-16-2020 by Ord. No. 20-05]
Every person receiving approval to move a building shall, within
one day after said building reaches its destination, report that fact
to the Director of Public Works, to inspect the roads over which said
building was moved. If the moving of said building has caused any
damage to any road, the person to whom the approval was issued shall
forthwith place them in as good repair as they were before approval
was granted. Failure of the mover to do so within 10 days to the satisfaction
of the Director of Public Works, the Town shall repair the damage
done to such roads and hold the person obtaining such permit and the
sureties on his bond responsible for the payment of same.
[Added 4-16-2020 by Ord.
No. 20-03]
For the purpose of this chapter, the following terms, phrases,
words, and their derivations shall have the meaning given herein.
If not defined herein, the word, term or phrase shall have the definition
commonly accepted including a relevant definition contained in the
Wisconsin Statutes. When not inconsistent with the context, the words
used in the present tense include the future, words in the plural
number include the singular number and words in the singular number
include the plural number. The word "shall" is always mandatory and
not merely directory:
Includes a corporation, firm partnership, association, organization
and any other group acting as a unit as well as individuals, including
a personal representative, receiver or other representative appointed
according to law. Whenever the term "person" is used in any section
of this chapter prescribing a penalty or fine, as to partnerships
or associations, the work shall include the partners or members thereof,
and as to corporations, shall include the officers, agents or members
thereof who are responsible for any violation of such section.
Any public highway or alley and shall mean the entire width
between the boundary lines of any public way where any part thereof
is open to the public for purposes of vehicular traffic.
Anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires
a more or less permanent location in or on the premises, or any other
attachment to something having a permanent location on the ground,
which includes, but is not limited to, objects such as buildings,
mobile homes, gas or liquid storage tanks, bridges, culverts, decks,
fences, satellite dishes or swimming pools.
The Town of Rome, Adams County, Wisconsin, or any duly appointed
designate thereof, including, but not limited to, the Town Board and
Town committees.
The present governing body of the Town or any successors
to the legislative power of said body, or any duly appointed designate
thereof.
