(a) No permit to remove a building or structure shall be granted until notice of application thereof has been given to the owners of lots adjoining the lot from which such building or structure is to be removed and the owners of wires or other impediments the temporary removal of which will be necessary; nor until a certificate from the Department of Health is first obtained stating that the building or structure either has no rats, pigeons or vermin or that they have been exterminated by a commercial exterminator; nor until a certificate of liability insurance is first filed with the Chief Building Official under the following conditions.
(1) Demolition is being performed by contract with the City.
(2) Demolition is being performed by contract with the property owner.
(b) The certificate of insurance required herein shall provide for bodily injury in the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) and property damage in the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000). Liability insurance shall not be required under the following conditions:
(1) Demolition is being done by the owner as the prime contractor provided, however, such owner must hold title to the land and buildings thereon.
(2) Demolition is being done by a governmental agency of the State.
(c) No permit to remove a building or structure located within the boundary of a designated historic district shall be issued, or if issued, shall be valid, unless accompanied by the prior written approval of the appropriate historic district commission as evidenced by a Certificate of Appropriateness as countersigned by the chairperson thereof, or if appealed, by the chairman of the Toledo Plan Commission.
(Ord. 122-15. Passed 3-31-15.)