(A) No person shall move any building on any street or alley of the city without a permit from the Clerk-Treasurer.
(B) No such permit shall be issued by the Clerk-Treasurer except upon application in writing of the applicant addressed to the Board of Public Works and Safety and filed in the office of the City Engineer, by which officer it shall be submitted to the Board of Public Works and Safety for action. Such application shall set forth the points from which and to which such removal is to be made, the route proposed to be taken, the names of the several streets to be passed over, together with the dimensions of the building proposed to be removed and the manner or method of moving the same. The application shall be reported to the Board of Public Works and Safety and the Superintendent of the Crawfordsville Electric Light and Power, by the City Engineer. If no objections appear the Board of Public Works and Safety shall refer it to the City Engineer and the City Engineer shall as soon as convenient visit and personally examine the route over which it is proposed to move the building, and if in his judgment and opinion such permit may be issued, the Board of Public Works and Safety shall order the Clerk-Treasurer to issue it.
(C) No such permit, however, shall be issued unless the person moving such building shall indemnify, defend and hold the city harmless for all liability arising out of such move and shall furnish a certificate showing public liability and property damage insurance with limits of not less than $500,000 and $100,000 respectively. Such agreement shall be embodied in the application.
(D) The applicant shall file with the Clerk-Treasurer at the same time of filing such application his certified check in the sum of $250 payable to the Clerk-Treasurer, upon the condition that if the permit is granted by the Board of Public Works and Safety the deposit may be held for a period of 30 days after the removal of the building has been completed, for the purpose of settling any and all claims for damages to shade trees, crossings, walks, or other property, public or private, which may have been injured by such applicant or his agents or employees in the removal of such building.
(E) All claims for damages must be filed with the Clerk-Treasurer within ten days from the date of such injury, in writing and verified, and the Board of Public Works and Safety shall hear testimony regarding such claims. If the Board of Public Works and Safety allows any claim in full or in part, it may be paid out of the money deposited with the Clerk-Treasurer. At the end of 30 days after the completion of such removal of any such building the Clerk-Treasurer shall return the deposit to the applicant, if no claims against it have been made; and if any claim has been filed and allowed by the Board of Public Works and Safety, the Clerk-Treasurer shall give to the applicant a certificate stating the amount of such allowance or allowances and the balance due the applicant, and shall pay or refund to the applicant the balance shown to be due.
(F) A fee of $25 shall be paid for such permit.
(G) No person shall make any unnecessary stops or delays upon any street or alley when removing any building, and in no case shall such building be permitted to remain overnight within 50 feet of any fire hydrant, or at any street crossing, or to remain upon any square for a longer period than 24 hours.
(H) This chapter shall not apply to the moving of mobile homes, sectionalized mobile homes or modular buildings where Indiana State Highway rules and regulations have otherwise been complied with.
(‘85 Code, § 12.06) Penalty, see § 98.999