A. Enforcing Officers:
1. The department of housing and inspection services and the police department and any other appropriate city officers or employees shall enforce and carry out the requirements of this chapter. Once the structure to be moved has reached public property, the police department and, specifically, the officer assigned to provide escort to the move shall be the enforcement officer of the building move.
2. The building official shall assume enforcement responsibilities when the building is being prepared for the move, while the move is in progress on the original site and at such time when the structure being moved leaves public property and is being placed upon a lot within iowa city as set forth in the moving permit.
B. Liability Of Permittee For Expenses: The permittee shall be liable for any expense, damages or costs in excess of deposited amount or securities, and the city attorney shall prosecute an action against the permittee in a court of competent jurisdiction for the recovery of such amounts, if appropriate.
C. Original Premises Left Unsafe: The city shall proceed to do any work necessary to leave the original premises in a safe and sanitary condition where the permittee does not comply with the requirements of this title, and the costs thereof shall be charged against the permittee's deposit. (1978 Code §8-70; amd. 1994 Code)