(a) Relocation Building Permit Required. A person shall not move onto any premises, other than a commercial storage yard authorized for such use, any building or structure, except a contractor's tool shed, storage building or similar structure which is moved as construction requires, until he or she first secures a relocation building permit as hereinafter provided.
(b) Application. An applicant for a relocation permit shall submit photographs of at least two separate elevations, one of which shall be the front, and a certificate from a pest control agency or operator licensed under the Structural Pest Control Act of California, showing freedom from termite infestation, for each building or structure to be moved, when application for a relocation permit is filed.
(c) Structural Observation Report Fee. An applicant for a relocation permit shall pay a structural observation report fee at the time of submittal. The fee shall be in accordance with Chapter 2 of Division 6 of Title 1 of the San Bernardino County Code (Schedule of Fees).
(d) Building and Relocation Site Inspection Report. Upon receipt of an application for permit to relocate a building or structure, a detailed structural observation report by a civil or structural engineer, or an architect licensed by the State of California to practice as such, shall be submitted. The report shall describe any structural deficiencies and all non-structural code-related deficiencies and be stamped and signed by the reporting engineer or architect. This report shall be approved or disapproved by the Building Official. If approved for moving, the report shall contain the requirements necessary to make the building or structure comply with Chapter 14 of the 2022 California Existing Building Code and any additional requirements necessary to assure that such relocation shall not have detrimental effect by size, design, or age on the living environment and property values in the area into which the building or structure is to be moved.
(e) Report Validity. Additional corrections may be added to the report whenever the structure has been vandalized, damaged during transportation, or altered in any manner after the structural observation report has been submitted for review.
(f) Changes. The applicant shall make all required changes within 180 days and shall agree in writing to do so. This time limitation may be extended by the Building Official upon receipt of evidence of just and proper cause; provided, however, that no such extension shall be granted when, in his or her judgment, such an extension would be detrimental to the public welfare for any cause or reason.
(g) Declaration of Public Nuisance. When any relocated building or structure or portion thereof remains unfinished or unfit for occupancy after expiration of the time limit herein specified, any and all permits pertaining thereto shall expire by limitation and such building or structure or portion thereof is hereby declared a public nuisance and shall be abated as authorized by the County Code and as provided by law.
(Ord. 4452, passed - -2022)