(a) When moving any primary building within, into or through the City requires passage over any public way or public ground, the fee for a permit to move such building shall be five hundred dollars ($500.00). In addition, the mover shall post with the Chief Building Official or designee prior to beginning such moving, a bond, approved by the Director of Law and executed by the mover as principal and by a compensated surety company as surety, in the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000),conditioned upon the faithful and prompt performance of the moving of the building as described in the application. The mover shall further deposit with the Chief Building Official or designee a sum sufficient to cover all costs incurred by the City in connection with the proposed move, including, but not limited to, the cost of raising wires, reimbursing members of the Departments of Public Service and Public Safety for services, calculated at hourly rates, reimbursing the City for the cost per mile of the City's vehicles used by employees and Officials of the City in supervising the move, performing any repair required on any public way within the City as a direct result of such move and inspecting such building after relocation, if it is relocated in the City. Any unexpended portion of such deposit shall be returned to the mover by the Chief Building Official or designee upon completion of the moving of the building and the inspection and approval of such relocated building or the safe passage of such building outside the City, as the case may be The mover shall further deposit with the Chief Building Official or designee a fully paid policy of insurance in an amount and form satisfactory to the Director of Law, which insurance shall fully indemnify the City from any liability incurred in connection with or arising from the moving of the building.
(b) When moving any primary building within the City does not require passage over any public way or public ground, the mover shall deposit with the Chief Building Official or designee, prior to commencing such moving, a bond, approved by the Director of Law and executed by the mover as principal and by a compensated surety company as surety, in the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), conditioned upon the faithful and prompt performance of the moving of the building as described in the application. In addition, a fee shall be charged for inspecting any building relocated within the City after relocation at the rate of sixty dollars ($600.00) for each building. No further inspection fee shall be charged by the City for such building.
(Ord. 122-03. Passed 12-8-03; Ord. 119-06. Passed 12-8-06; Ord. 5-16. Passed 2-8-16.)