(A) License. No person shall engage in the occupation of a house mover without a license therefor. No person, except a licensed house mover, shall move any house, barn or other building over, across or along any street or alley within the Village. The fee shall be as set forth in § 110.13.
(B) Bond. No person shall be issued a license to engage in the occupation of a house mover until he shall have given a bond in the sum of $5,000 with good and sufficient sureties, conditioned, among other things, that the person will pay any and all damages which may occur to any tree, pavement or sidewalk, or any other property belonging to the Village by reason of such activity; conditioned also, that the person will immediately pay any judgment that may be obtained against the Village as well as any costs the Village may incur in consequence of the granting of such license, and all the acts done thereunder, and will, in all things, comply with the conditions of their license.
(C) Insurance. No person shall be permitted to move any buildings unless such person shall procure and file with the Director of Finance a standard form of public liability and property damage insurance policy protecting the Village, its officers and agents, against any and all liability for damages resulting from the moving of the building within the Village. Such insurance policies shall be written by some one of the companies qualified under the laws of this state to make such contracts, and each policy shall be in the sum of $50,000 limit for 1 person killed or injured in 1 accident at any 1 location and $100,000 limit for 2 or more persons killed or injured in any 1 accident at any 1 location, and $10,000 in respect to property damage in any 1 accident at any 1 location, to be kept in force with initial or renewal premiums prepaid in advance of the periods covered, so long as such moving object is in progress.
(D) Permit to move buildings. A house mover shall in each instance, before moving any building, obtain a written permit to do so from the Building Director and shall pay the requisite fee as prescribed in the Building Code. The permit may prescribe the route to be taken and limit the time for the removal. No permit shall be issued for the removal of any building in the Village except under the provisions of the Building Code.
(E) Safety precautions; condition of streets. Every house mover, while using any portion of the street or sidewalk, shall cause at least one red light to be placed in a conspicuous place in front and one in the rear of any building, or any other obstruction placed in the street by them, from sunset to sunrise of each night. They shall also leave all streets and alleys over which they have moved any building in as good condition as they were before being so used by them.
(F) Time limit on removal. The owner of any structure or the contractor for its removal, either or both, shall not suffer the structure to be or remain in any of the streets or alleys or upon any of the public grounds of the Village for any time longer than may be specified in the license or permit. Unless such building is removed within such reasonable time as the Village President or Village Manager may determine, they may declare the same to be a nuisance and cause its removal.
(1997 Code, § 32.14) (Ord. 55-15, passed 9-22- 1955; Am. Ord. CO-09-27, passed 10-6-2009; Am. Ord. CO-2021-21, passed 8-17-2021) Penalty, see § 111.99