§ 4113.77. Moving permits.  


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  • (1)

    No person shall move any building or structure over eight feet wide and over 1,000 cubic feet in area, without applying for and obtaining a permit from the building official for such purpose and paying the fee prescribed therefor in the fee schedule.

    (2)

    All applications for moving permits shall be accompanied with plans of the building or structure to be moved together with the correct location and character of all other buildings or structures on the lot.

    (3)

    The director of public service and/or their designee of the city shall, when any building or structure is proposed to be moved over, along or across any street or public place in the city, designate the streets or other public places to be used in the moving of such building or structure together with the time which such building or structure may remain upon the street or other public place and it shall be unlawful for any person to take a different route other than the one designated in such permit, or to allow a building or structure to remain in the streets or public places a longer time than so designated. The permit issued by the director of public service and/or their designee for the use of such streets and public places and the time it is allowed thereon shall be in writing and shall be submitted to the director.

    (4)

    Before moving any building or structure upon a street or public place, such licensee shall notify the chief of the division of fire to that effect and such licensee shall daily report to the chief of the division of fire the location of the building or structure, until moved to its new location.

    (5)

    No permit shall be granted for the moving of any building or structure, which has from any cause deteriorated more than 50 percent of its original strength or value across or along any public street, avenue or alley, or from one location to another within the city.

    (6)

    No permit shall be granted for the moving of any building or structure to a location where it would be in violation of any of the provisions of this Building Code relating to its erection, location and occupancy of buildings or structures.

    (7)

    In case a permit is required from both the building official and the director of public service and/or their designee, such permit shall not be valid and in force until obtained from both departments and until all other preliminary requirements of this Building Code and department rules pertaining to house moving and occupancy of public property are complied with.

    (8)

    No building or structure shall be permitted to be or remain in any street or alley, or part thereof, from 30 minutes before sunset to 30 minutes after sunrise unless the licensee moving such building shall adequately warn all persons using such street or alley of the obstruction so existing in such highway by the proper placing of an adequate number of red lights in such position as will reasonably serve such purpose.

    (9)

    It shall be the duty of the director of public service and/or their designee to enforce all the provisions of this chapter relating to the moving of any building or structure along or across any street or public place and it shall be the duty of the building official to enforce the remaining provisions thereof.

(Ord. 1483-97 § 2 (part); Ord. 1909-01 § 1 (part); Ord. No. 0128-2009, § 1, 2-9-2009; Ord. No. 0455-2010, § 112, 4-5-2010)