(A) Inspection. The Building Inspector shall inspect the building and the applicant’s equipment to determine whether the standards for issuance of a permit are met.
(B) Standards for issuance. The Building Inspector shall refuse to issue a permit if he or she finds:
(1) Any application requirement or any fee or deposit requirement has not been complied with;
(2) The building is too large to move without endangering persons or property within the city;
(3) The building is in such a state of deterioration or disrepair or is otherwise so structurally unsafe that it could not be moved without endangering persons or property within the city;
(4) The building is structurally unsafe or unfit for the purpose for which moved, if the removal location is within the city;
(5) The applicant’s equipment is unsafe and that the persons or property would be endangered by its use;
(6) Zoning or other ordinances would be violated by the building in its new location; and
(7) For any other reason persons or property in the city would be endangered by the moving of the building.
(C) Estimate to the city. The Building Inspector shall procure from the city’s Street Department and the city’s Utilities Department an estimate of the expense that will be incurred in removing and replacing any electric wires, street lamps or pole lines belonging to the city or any other property of the city, the removal and replacement of which will be required, reason of the moving of the building through the city, together with the cost of materials necessary to be used in making such removals and replacements. Prior to the issuance of the permit, the Building Inspector shall require of the applicant a deposit of a sum of money equal to the amount of the estimated expense or $500, whichever is greater.
(D) Notice. When the Building Inspector shall determine that the moving of a building shall interfere with any gas mains, telephone or telegraphs poles or wires, cable television wires or equipment, or other public or private facilities, said Building Inspector shall give notice to the person, business or franchise owning such facilities of the provisions of any proposed moving permit.
(E) Designate streets for removal. The Building Inspector shall procure from the Public Streets and Utilities Departments a list of the designated streets over which the building may be moved. The Building Inspector shall have the list approved by the Chief of Police and shall reproduce the list upon the permit in writing. In making their determinations, the Street Department and Utilities Department and Chief of Police shall act to assure maximum safety to persons and property in the city and to minimize congestion and traffic hazards on public streets.
(1976 Code, § 9-304) (Ord. 1106, passed 6-6-1994)