Article 7. Moving Buildings.

6-701. Permit required.

No person, firm or corporation shall move, haul or transport any house, building, derrick or other structure of the height of sixteen (16) feet or over, after having been placed in final position for moving, upon, across or over any street, alley or sidewalk in the city without first obtaining a permit therefor as hereinafter provided.

6-702. Application for permit.

All applications for permits required by Section 6-701 shall be made to the City Clerk specifying the day and hour said moving is to commence and the route through the city’s streets over which said building or structure shall be moved. If it shall be necessary to cut and move, raise, or in any way interfere with any wires or poles, the application shall state the name of the owners of said wires or poles and the time and place, when and where the removal of said poles or the cutting, raising or otherwise interfering of said wires will be necessary. Said application shall be made not less than forty-eight (48) hours before the moving is to commence.

6-703. Applicant to notify wire owners.

The applicant shall, upon the filing of such application, give not less than twenty-four (24) hours’ notice to the person, firms or corporation owning or operating such wires or poles or their agents, of the time and place, when and where the removal of said poles or the cutting, raising or otherwise interfering with said wires will be necessary.

6-704. Duty of owner of poles or wires; expense incurred.

It shall be the duty of any person, firm or corporation owning such wires or poles, after service of said notice, to furnish sufficient and competent linemen or workman to remove such poles, or raise or cut such wires as will be necessary to facilitate the moving of such building structure. The necessary expense which is incurred thereby shall be paid by the holder of the moving permit.

6-705. Display of lights; barricades.

It shall be the duty of the mover during the course of the moving to display red lights on the structure in such manner as to show the extreme height and width thereof from thirty (30) minutes after sunset to thirty (30) minutes before sunrise, and in the nighttime when the structure shall be standing in any street or public way, the same shall be guarded in the above manner by barricades and flares.

6-706. Cutting shade trees.

No person shall trim or cut any shade trees for the purpose of allowing any building to pass through or upon any street, avenue or alley or lands within the city without doing so with the consent and under the direction of the owner of said trees and of the City Marshal or Street Commissioner.

6-707. Unlawful to molest wires.

No person, firm or corporation engaged in moving any house, building, derrick or other structure shall raise, cut or in any way interfere with any such poles or wires unless the persons or authorities owning or having control of the same shall refuse to do so after having been notified as provided in Section 6-703, then, only competent and experienced workmen shall be employed in such work and in such case the necessary and reasonable expense shall be paid by the owners of the poles and wires handled. The work shall be done in a careful and workmanlike manner, and the said poles and wires shall be promptly replaced and the damages thereto properly repaired.

6-708. Mover to furnish bond.

It shall be the duty of any person, firm or corporation at the time of making application for a permit as provided in section 6-702 of this article to execute in favor of the city a good and sufficient bond to be approved by the Mayor, in the amount of One Thousand Dollars ($1000.00) indemnifying the city against any loss or damage suit resulting from the failure of such person, firm or corporation to comply with the provisions of this article or from his negligence arid further conditioned that said person, firm or corporation will pay to the city all necessary costs and expenses incurred by the city in removing any pole or cutting or raising wires required by the moving operation.

6-709. Permit and fees.

Before a permit is issued by the City Clerk to move any house, building, or portion of any house or building or other large structure under the provisions of this article, the applicant shall pay a fee. Said fee shall be one half (1/2) of the fee as set forth in subsection (a) and (b) of 6-102 of this Code.

(Ord. 713; Code 2016)

6-710. Penalty.

Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this article, upon conviction thereof, be fined in any sum not exceeding One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), or be imprisoned not to exceed thirty (30) days, or be both so fined and imprisoned.