(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to move any building upon or over the streets or avenues of the city, the removal of which will necessitate the interference with telephone or electric light wires, without first securing a permit authorizing such moving. The permit must specify the methods to be used to avoid all unnecessary public disturbances and nuisances.
(Prior Code, § 9-3-1)
(B) (1) Application for such permit shall be filed with the City Finance Officer or the Superintendent of Public Utilities and shall describe: the building desired to be moved; the lot and block of its present location, if already within the city; the lot and block to which it is desired to be removed, if within the city; and the route of travel proposed to be used for such removal.
(2) Such application for permit shall contain an agreement of the party desiring such removal that he or she will pay any and all damage to sidewalks or streets incident of such removal, and that he or she will pay reasonable compensation to the city for the removal of such electric wires, as may be necessary. As a guarantee for the payment of such damage and such compensation for such removal, the applicant shall deposit with the City Finance Officer a sum as determined by the City Council.
(Prior Code, § 9-3-2)
(C) In the event that a cash deposit is made for the purposes provided in division (B)(2) above, any amount of such deposit in excess of the cost of repairing such damage to sidewalks or streets, together with compensation for removal of wires, shall be returned to the applicant.
(Prior Code, § 9-3-3)
Penalty, see § 150.99
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see SDCL Chapter 9-29, §§ 9-29-3, 9-29-13, 9-30-2