(A) Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates, or requires, a different meaning.
COMBINED MOVING PERMIT. A permit to move a building on both a street and a highway.
HIGHWAY. A public thoroughfare for vehicular traffic which is a state trunk highway, county state-aid highway, or county road.
HIGHWAY MOVING PERMIT. A permit to move a building on a highway for which a fee is charged, which does not include route approval, but does include regulation of activities which do not involve the use of the highway; which activities include, but are not limited to, repairs or alterations to a municipal utility required by reason of the movement.
MOVING PERMIT. A document allowing the use of a street, or highway, for the purpose of moving a building.
STREET. A public thoroughfare for vehicular traffic which is not a state trunk highway, county state-aid highway, or county road.
STREET MOVING PERMIT. A permit to move a building on a street for which a fee is charged, which does include route approval, together with the use of the street and activities including, but not limited to, repairs or alterations to a municipal utility required by reason of the movement.
(B) Moving permit required and application.
(1) It is unlawful for any person to move a building on any street without a moving permit from the city.
(2) It is unlawful for any person to move a building on any highway without a highway moving permit from the city.
(3) The application for a moving permit shall state the dimensions, weight, and approximate loaded height of the structure, or building, proposed to be moved, the places from which, and to which, it is to be moved, the route to be followed, the dates and times of moving and parking, the name and address of the mover, and the municipal utility and public property repairs, or alterations, that will be required by reason of the movement. In the case of a street moving permit or combined moving permit, the application shall also state the size, and weight, of the structure, or building, proposed to be moved, and the street alterations, or repairs, that will be required by reason of the movement.
(C) Permit and fee. The moving permit shall state the date, or dates, of moving, hours, routing, movement, and parking. Permits shall be issued only for moving buildings by building movers licensed by the state, except that a permit may be issued to a person moving his or her own building, or a person moving a building which does not exceed 12 feet in width, 25 feet in length, or 16 feet in loaded height. Fees to be charged shall be separate for each of the following:
(1) A moving permit fee to cover use of streets and route approval; and
(2) A fee equal to the anticipated amount required to compensate the city for any municipal utility and public property (other than streets) repairs, or alterations, occasioned by the movement. All permit fees shall be paid in advance of issuance.
(D) Building permit and code compliance. Before any building is moved from one location to another within the city, or from a point of origin without the city to a destination within the city, regardless of the route of movement, it shall be inspected, and a building permit shall have been issued for at least the work necessary to bring it into full compliance with the State Building Code.
(E) Notice. Upon the granting of a building permit for the moving of a building within the city, regardless of origin or destination, the city shall cause to have notice given to all property owners and residents along the proposed route of moving the building, as well as all occupants and residents within 300 feet of the destination of the building. The notice shall advise the residents and occupants of dwellings of the proposed move, the expected date and time of the move, the route of the move, and the destination. The notice shall also advise the residents, or occupants, of the name, address, and telephone number of the moving company. The notice shall also contain such other information as the Building Official, City Manager, or city staff shall deem appropriate. Buildings 16 feet or less in height, and 24 feet or less in width, are exempt from the provisions of this division (E).
(F) Proof of tax payment. It is unlawful to move any building (including a manufactured home) if the point of origin, or destination (or both), is within the city, and regardless of the route of movement, without having paid in full all real, and personal, property taxes, special assessments, and municipal utility charges due on the premises of origin, and filing written proof of the payment with the city.
(Prior Code, § 4.10) (Ord. 100, second series, passed 4-17-1990; Ord. 167, second series, passed 12-5-2000) Penalty, see § 10.99