A. Limit To Size Of Building: No permit shall be issued to move any building which, in the judgment of the building official or city manager, might by any chance result in an injury to pavements, bridges, conduits or other street improvements within the city. (1985 Code § 5-607)
B. Protection Of Trees And Overhead Structures:
1. The person who may have a permit to move a building or structure over any street within the city shall by virtue of such permit derive no right to injure or impair the condition or usefulness of any shade tree, electric light, telephone or telegraph poles or lines.
2. No tree of any kind shall be cut, bruised, or scarred under any circumstances without the expressed permission in writing of the owner of the same and with the permission of the city.
3. In all cases where necessary to remove any electric light, telephone or telegraph construction, it shall be the duty of the person moving such building or structure to give not less than forty eight (48) hours' notice, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, to the public utility company or person owning or operating the same, which notice shall state the place, the construction which is necessary to be removed, or temporarily changed or altered, and the day on which it is desired to have such clearance made, as well as the amount of time it will be necessary to keep such space clear. (1985 Code § 5-605; amd. 2007 Code)
4. It is the duty of the person moving the building or structure to deposit an amount of money estimated necessary to cover the cost of the changing or moving of public utility overhead construction and replacing the same in its former condition in a sum as set by the city with the city clerk. Upon such deposit being made with the city clerk and such notice being delivered to the owner or operator of the telephone or telegraph line construction, it is the duty of the person owning or operating the overhead construction to make such temporary changes as are reasonably necessary to comply with the representations set forth in the notice made and delivered to him. (1985 Code § 5-605)
C. Warning Lights And Caution Signs:
1. Caution Signs: It is the duty of the permittee to place approved warning lights or signals plainly visible for not less than two hundred feet (200') on each and every side of the building or structure which is being moved at the close of each day and to keep same on throughout the entire night and until one hour after sunrise on the morning following. Such lights or signals shall be so placed and maintained that the view of same will not be in any sense obstructed. If necessary, as many additional lights or signals as may be necessary shall be placed at such other points on the building or structure as will enable any person of reasonable and ordinary prudence to take notice of the obstruction. (1985 Code § 5-604)
2. Guards Against Danger: It is the duty of the house mover to station sufficient persons on guard and to establish such notices by placards or boards in the immediate vicinity of the moving activities as will be necessary to apprise any reasonable person of any potential danger that might be incurred by coming closer to the moving operations or buildings being moved or the instruments or agencies used in the moving of the same. (1985 Code § 5-606)