(A) Moving buildings.
(1) When the Board of Public Works and Safety has issued a permit for the moving of a building by a licensed building mover and the moving of the building will bring the same into contact with any wires, poles, or lamps of any electric, telephone, or telegraph company, public utility, or other persons whose wires or poles obstruct or may be affected, the Board of Public Works and Safety shall cause the permittee to serve written notice on each company or person that the permit has been granted and that the moving of the building will necessitate the lowering, raising, cutting, or removal of the wires or poles at the specific places named in the notices. Notices shall be served at least 48 hours prior to the time the building is to be moved across or on any street or alley so obstructed or affected.
(2) When notice has been served upon the persons owning or controlling any wires, it shall be their duty, and is unlawful for them to fail or refuse to raise the wires or to cut and remove the wires, if necessary, to permit the passage of the building to allow it to be moved to the point of destination as provided in the permit of the Board of Public Works and Safety.
(Prior Code, § 50.042)
(B) Costs.
(1) The person owning or controlling the wires or poles mentioned division (A) above, upon notice, shall lower, cut, raise, or remove the wires or poles which impede the passage of the building to be moved. If the wires or poles are located more than 25 feet above the surface of the public way upon which the building is to be moved, the costs of lowering, cutting, raising, or removing the wires or poles shall be paid by the permittee and the person owning or controlling the wires and poles may, in that case, require the permittee to deposit a reasonable amount in advance to pay for the cost.
(2) It is unlawful for any person to refuse to lower, cut, raise, or remove wires or poles, if the action is necessary, to permit the movement of a building for which a permit has been issued, at places which are specified in the notice which has been served upon the persons owning or controlling the wires or poles.
(Prior Code, § 50.043) Penalty, see § 50.999