(A) Permit required. A building permit is required before raising, holding up or moving any building. An application for the permit shall designate the origin and destination fo such building, the route over which it is to be moved and the time in which the moving of such building shall be issued.
(B) Value of building. The building to be moved, after being moved, must be worth at least 50% of the cost of a similar new building, as determined by the Zoning Administrator.
(C) Sewer charges, water bills and the like. All sewer charges and water bills payable against the property from which the building is to be moved have been paid and that all sewer and water connections have been plugged or discontinued at the main, that all cess pools, septic tanks and cisterns have been filled, all other hazards have been eliminated and all taxes against the property have been paid in full.
(D) Compliance with Building Code, ordinances and the like.
(1) The building to be moved must comply in all respects with the State Building Code and other applicable ordinances; provided, the person proposing the structure relocation may present to the Zoning Administrator and the Building Official complete and detailed plans showing changes which will be mad in order to attain compliance with the ordinances.
(2) In the event that such changes are proposed, a permit authorizing the moving of the building shall not be issued until the owner has agreed in writing to complete the necessary changes within a period of 1 year, the Zoning Administrator has approved the plans, the building permit fee has been paid and the building permit issued, and a performance bond guaranteeing completion of the changes, and equal to at least 1½ times the cost of the proposed work as estimated by the Zoning Administrator and the Building Official has been posted with the city. That upon compliance with divisions (B) and (C) the Zoning Administrator, licensee and applicant shall submit the application to the Planning Commission for approval and recommendations to the City Council at the next stated meeting of the Commission.
(3) The Planning Commission shall determine whether such application shall conform to the immediate surrounding community. In every case in which a permit is issued, as herein provided, for the removal required or the displacement of any overhead electrical or other wires, it shall be the duty of the person, association, or corporation owning, operating or controlling such wires to remove or displace the same, so far as the same may be necessary to effect the removal thereof, shall be authorized by the permit.
(E) Notice. The person to whom the permit shall have been issued shall notify the person, association, or corporation owning, operating or controlling the wire to remove or displace the same to facilitate the removal of the building, and shall at the same time exhibit to the person, association, or corporation the properly issued permit authorizing the removal of the wires sufficiently to allow the passage of the building along the street over which the wires are suspended.
(F) Any expenses incurred or to be incurred in the moving, removing or displacing of the wire shall be paid for by the person who make application for the permit.
(Ord. 239, § 1013, Am. #4, passed - -2004) Penalty, see § 10.99