1468.01 Permit required; fees.
1468.02 Permit approval; police supervision; routes, hours and precautions.
1468.03 Insurance and cash deposit.
1468.04 Permit restrictions and compliance.
1468.99 Penalty.
CROSS REFERENCES
Power to license house movers - see Ohio R.C. 715.27
Protection of excavations and street obstructions - see GEN. OFF. 660.09
No person shall move a structure or building across a sidewalk, street, highway or public place in the City without first obtaining a permit therefor from the Building Inspector. The fee for such permit is one hundred dollars ($100.00). No person shall move a structure or building from one location to another, without traversing any public ground, without first obtaining a permit therefor from the Building Inspector. The fee for such permit is twenty-five dollars ($25.00). No structure or building shall be moved unless such permit is first obtained.
Before a permit for moving a structure or building is issued, it shall be approved by the Director of Public Safety. Whenever it is deemed necessary in the public interest, the Director may require that such moving operations be conducted under the supervision of such number of patrolmen as is reasonably required to safeguard persons and property during the course of moving operations. A charge of fifteen dollars ($15.00) per hour for such police supervision shall be made. The Director may prescribe, in writing, reasonable conditions, requirements, routes, precautions and the day and hours of the day during which such moving operations shall be conducted, as deemed necessary in the public interest. All moving operations shall be performed in conformity therewith.
Before any permit for moving a structure or building across a sidewalk, street, highway or public place in the City is issued, the applicant or his or her agent shall furnish an insurance policy, in an amount of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for injury or death to one person, three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) for injury or death to more than one person and one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) property damage. The insurance policy shall provide that the City be named as insured and, further, that the applicant and his or her insurer shall hold the City harmless against any liability, judgment, damage, cost and expense which may in any way accrue or arise against the City in consequence of the granting of such a permit or the performance of any work pursuant thereto.
In addition, the applicant shall post a cash bond of five hundred dollars ($500.00) with the Clerk of Council from which the City may pay expenses of necessary removal and replacement of wires and traffic signals, police supervision, debris removal and elimination of nuisances at the original building site. Upon payment of expenses, any balance remaining shall be returned to the applicant.
(Ord. 299-66. Passed 10-12-66.)
The following limitations shall apply on the use of a building moving permit:
(a) The granting of a permit does not guarantee that the load described can be moved without damage to the pavement or structure, although the permit is granted on the assumption that the load can be moved without damage, based on the best information available. The permittee shall be held liable for any damage caused by the movement. The City assumes no responsibility for damage to the permittee's equipment or the load being moved due to any such failure. The permittee agrees to hold the City harmless from all claims, damages or proceedings of any kind, and from all responsibility for personal or property damage (public or private) caused directly or indirectly as a result of the transportation of vehicles or objects.
(b) The permit shall be in the possession of the driver at all times during the progress of transportation and shall be shown on demand to any police officer or City official.
(c) The permit granted restricts the movement of the vehicles or objects to the streets specified, between the points designated and within the time allotted.
(d) No vehicle or building shall be left parked on a roadway, either day or night, except in case of an emergency, in which case adequate protection shall be provided for the traveling public.
(e) The operator of the vehicle must comply with all laws, rules and regulations covering the movement of traffic over streets and with legal weight limits posted on roadways or bridges.
(f) A permit is void at any time when road, weather or traffic conditions make travel unsafe.
(g) A permit will not be issued for built-up loads that are divisible into legal loads.
(h)- Oversize or overweight loads shall be operated or moved at such speeds and in such a manner as to cause a minimum of interference with other traffic and minimum impact stresses on structures and pavements.
(i) Loads having extremely large dimensions shall require additional protective measures when necessary for the safeguarding of other traffic. Due regard shall be taken of traffic in both directions and every possible effort shall be made to prevent traffic congestion. Red flags, one or more flagmen or a pilot car may be required.
(j) Noncompliance with the general or special provisions of a permit, exceeding the weights or dimensions granted, or operating on dates or upon streets other than assigned, shall render the permit null and void and the operator of the vehicle subject to arrest.
(Ord. 299-66. Passed 10-12-66.)
(EDITOR'S NOTE: See Section 1440.99 for general Building and Housing Code penalty if no specific penalty is provided.)