§ 22.014. Structures to be moved; general requirements.

Sec. 25-14. In addition to the permit and bond requirements set forth in sections 25-8 [22.008] and 25-9 [22.009] respectively, the following provisions shall apply to all structures moved within or into the City:

(a)

SIZE OF STRUCTURE —no person, firm or corporation shall move any residential, business, or commercial building of a size larger than fourteen feet by twenty feet by thirteen feet in height into, within, or out of the city, unless he shall first obtain a permit to do so.

(b)

PRELIMINARY INSPECTION —whenever it is proposed to move a building into the city, an inspection fee in the amount of One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00) shall be paid for preliminary inspection. The subject building shall then be inspected at its original location for a determination as to its compliance with this code or ordinance for new buildings and structures.

(c)

REQUIREMENTS FOR PERMIT ISSUANCE —the Building Department shall refuse to issue a building permit for the location or relocation of any building or structure within the city until the following conditions have been complied with:

(1)

Until the Building, Plumbing, Electrical, Heating and Zoning Inspectors have certified said building complies or will comply with applicable ordinance requirements when completed.

(2)

Until the Building Official has certified that said building will conform in general with existing structures located within the nearest cross streets of the street where said building is to be located.

(d)

NOTICE REQUIREMENTS —the mover shall notify the Fire Department, the Police Department, and the Department of Public Works, in writing, of the time and route of travel, twenty-four hours in advance thereof. In addition, the mover shall arrange a schedule of time when the proposed building or structure shall be moved and the point or points in transit to which it shall be moved and shall so notify any telegraph, telephone, electric, or power company involved.

(e)

BUILDING IN TRANSIT —every building shall be moved at least five hundred (500) feet per day while it is on any street, alley, or public property. Buildings in the process of being moved shall not be left in any street intersection at night. Any person moving any building shall place a safe and sufficient barrier around the part of the street, alley, or other public property so occupied, and maintain sufficient colored lights thereon during the night for the protection of the public.

(f)

MOVING BOND REFUND; INSPECTION AND CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY —the City Comptroller shall not refund the five hundred dollar moving bond until the Building Official has certified that the house or building had been inspected at its original location and been found to be in an acceptable condition and until a certificate of occupancy shall have been issued for same at its new location within the city.

(chap. 25 eff. Apr. 8, 1986; amend. eff. May 31, 1989)