No person, firm or corporation shall hereafter raze any building in the city without first securing a permit from the building inspector or his authorized agent. The building inspector may require a certificate of insurance, holding the city harmless from liability for the specific job. The amount of insurance shall be set by the insurance counselor for the city, and shall be determined by the amount of the city's exposure on the particular job. The person, firm or corporation granted a permit shall comply with the following requirements:
A. Street or alley or private property shall be properly protected by erecting proper fence and scaffolds. If scaffolds are to be built on streets or alleys, they shall be properly protected with top cover of planks, guardrails, toe boards, to prevent falling of debris on sidewalk or street. The top of scaffold shall be at least eight feet (8') above the sidewalk or alley.
B. It shall be unlawful to remove all horizontal support and let exterior walls or partitions stand unsupported.
C. In buildings more than one story in height, the exterior walls, interior partitions and other supports to be removed shall be by floor to floor using the floor below as protection from falling debris, also to hold exterior walls and interior walls from collapsing.
D. No walls, chimneys or other construction shall be allowed to fall en masse on a floor, and bulky material such as beams and columns shall be lowered and not thrown.
E. Cranes may be used in wrecking or demolition of buildings, providing the methods stated in the above subsections of this section are complied with.
F. When a building is moved or demolished, the building sewer shall be located at a point outside of the foundation lines. The sewer shall be sealed off. The plug or seal shall not be covered until an approval has been given by the building inspector. (1975 Code Ch. 16 § XIV; amd. Ord. 2007-06, 7-2-2007)