(A) General. The Building Official has the powers and duties enumerated in this section in connection with building moving.
(B) Inspection. The Official must inspect the building, wherever located, and the applicant’s equipment to determine whether the standards for issuance of a permit are met. Costs incurred by the city regarding travel expense will be reimbursed by the applicant.
(C) Standards. The Official must refuse to issue a permit if it is found that:
(1) Any application requirement or any fee or deposit requirement has not been complied with;
(2) The building is too large to move without endangering persons or property in the city;
(3) The building is in such a state of deterioration or disrepair or is otherwise so structurally unsafe that it could not be moved without endangering persons and property in the city;
(4) The building is structurally unsafe or unfit for the purpose for which moved, if the removal location is in the city;
(5) The applicant’s equipment is unsafe and that persons and property would be endangered by its use;
(6) Zoning regulations or other portions of this code would be violated by the building in its removal location;
(7) For any reason persons or property in the city would be endangered by the moving of the building;
(8) The building to be moved is not worth at least 50% of the cost of a similar new building; and
(9) The building in its removal location would fail to comply in any respect with any provision of this code or that proper assurances of future compliance have not been given.
(D) Permit fees and deposits. The Administrator/Clerk-Treasurer must deposit all fees and deposits with the city in the same manner as all other receipts to the city are deposited. If the Official refuses to issue the permit, all deposits, bonds and insurance policies will be returned to the applicant. Permit fees filed with the application will not be returned.
(E) Designate streets for removal. The Department must obtain from the Administrator/Clerk- Treasurer a list of designated streets, railroad crossings and bridges over which the building may be moved. The list must be approved by the Chief of Police and reproduced on the permit. In making their determinations, the Director and the Chief must assure maximum safety to persons and property in the city and minimize congestion and traffic hazards on public streets.
(Prior Code, § 405.11)