Before a moving permit is issued, the applicant shall be required to pay a building moving fee in an amount set by resolution of the city council and to post a security deposit in the amount of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) in a form satisfactory to the director of planning and development. For a move from a location outside the city to another location outside the city, or a move to an approved storage lot, the security deposit shall be two hundred dollars ($200.00). The building moving fee shall be set to recover all costs incurred by the city in connection with issuing the permit and monitoring compliance therewith including, but not limited to, the cost of inspecting the building and the proposed site and the actual cost of any city representative who may accompany the move. From the deposit, the city shall deduct the cost to repair any damages to city property caused by the move, and any other costs or expenses incurred by the city resulting from the move, including the cost of curing any failure of the applicant to comply with the conditions of the moving permit or any other applicable requirement of the city code.
Posting of the required deposit shall not relieve the applicant/permittee from liability for any damages resulting from the move. Should the costs chargeable to the permittee exceed the deposit, the permittee shall be liable to the city for the excess and shall pay such amount upon demand. No other moving permit shall be granted until such amount is paid.
The deposit, less any authorized deductions, shall be returned to the permittee after a final inspection of the site from which the building was moved, if located within the city, and the final inspection of the relocated building pursuant to Section 15.48.130 of this chapter.
The director of planning and development shall accept a two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) performance bond in lieu of deposit when the structure to be moved is one of the following: a structure listed on the official register; a structure listed as retrievable or supportive being moved to a site in a preservation area; or a structure being moved to a preservation area which will, after the move, qualify as a listed structure or as supportive. (Prior code § 9.11.425)