As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them:
BUILDING: A structure designed, built, or occupied as a shelter or roofed enclosure for persons, animals, or property and used for residential, business or mercantile storage, commercial, industrial, institutional, assembly, educational or recreational purposes.
CITY ENGINEER: The city engineer of the city, or any of his authorized personnel.
MOVING CONTRACTOR: Any person who engages in the work of moving in any way, or raising, lowering, supporting by shoring, or upon temporary blocking, jacks, or wedges, any building or other structure, or any part or parts thereof. (Rev. Ord. 2429, Comp. 1941, p. H-4)
A. Permit Required: No person shall move any building over, along or across any highway, street or alley in the city without first obtaining a permit from the city engineer.
B. Application For Permit: A house mover shall submit his application for a permit to move a building to the office of the city engineer prior to the proposed time of moving. The application for the permit shall be made in writing on forms provided by the city engineer and shall be filed in his office, and shall set forth:
1. A description of the building proposed to be moved.
2. A legal description of the lot from which the building is to be moved, giving the lot, block and tract number, if located in the city.
3. A legal description of the lot to which it is proposed such building be moved, giving the lot, block and tract number, if located in the city.
4. The highways, streets and alleys over, along or across which the building is proposed to be moved.
5. The proposed moving date and hours.
6. Any additional information which the city engineer shall find necessary to a fair determination of whether a permit should be issued.
C. Consents Of Utilities To Be Filed With Application: With the application for a permit to move a building, there shall be filed the consents to the routing by the telephone company, the public service company, the fire department, the police department and, where the route crosses railroad property, consent must be obtained from the railroad involved.
D. Owner Apprised Of All Costs: The building mover shall, when applying for a permit to move a building, submit evidence that the owner of the building to be moved is aware of the total of all costs and charges that will be incurred as a result of the moving, either through a signed agreement or a copy of a notification to the owner signed by both the mover and the owner.
E. Permit; Fee:
1. The application for a permit to move a building shall be accompanied by a permit fee in an amount set by resolution of the city council and collected by the city engineer's office.
2. In the event a building or structure is moved from the city of Waterloo, Iowa, to Cedar Falls, Iowa, or to Evansdale, Iowa, or if a building or structure is to be moved from Cedar Falls, Iowa or Evansdale, Iowa, into Waterloo, Iowa, the permit fee shall be equally divided between the city of Waterloo, Iowa, and the other city involved. In either event, only one permit fee shall be charged and the permit fee shall be paid to the city from which the building or structure is being moved.
3. Work performed by the city shall not require a permit.
F. Permits Not Transferable: No license or permit issued pursuant to this chapter shall be transferable. (Rev. Ord. 2429, Comp. 1941, p. H-4; amd. Ord. 2613, 11-13-1972; Ord. 3777, 3-25-1991)
A. Issuance Of Permit; Approval By City Officers: Upon the filing of the application for a permit to move a building, and payment of the fee therefor, and upon approval of the proposed move by the city forester, the traffic engineer, the city engineer and the building official, the permit sought shall be issued by the city engineer.
B. Denial Of Permit:
1. When, in the judgment of the traffic department, the city forester or the city engineer, the proposed building movement will result in an undue hazard to traffic, undue damage to streets, avenues, boulevards, thoroughfares, highways, curbs, sidewalks, trees or other public or private property, or where it shall be determined by the building official that the relocation of the building is not in the best interests of the surrounding property owners due to age of the structure or architecture not being compatible with the existing buildings, the permit sought shall be denied and the reasons therefor endorsed upon the application.
2. The permit to move a building shall also be denied in the event the structure will not comply with the provisions of this code or other ordinances of the city, or the laws of the state relating to electrical and plumbing requirements of new structures, unless the owner has obtained a permit to correct the violations; or, in the event the power or telephone company refuses to consent to the operations; or, in the event the structure will not comply with the zoning ordinances within the proposed location. (Rev. Ord. 2429, Comp. 1941, p. H-4)
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