Ordinances-1982-106

SECTION 4. Approval of City Engineer. Upon receipt of an application for permit, the City Clerk shall forward the application to the City Engineer who shall issue an opinion approving or disapproving the application in writing stating the reasons for the opinion. The cost of the Engineer's opinion shall be paid by the mover, and the city may withhold this amount from the bond filed under Section 3(2). SECTION 5. Approval of City Council. After receipt of the engineer's opinion the city council shall vote whether the permit should be issued. The council's decision shall be based on whether the house can be moved safely through the city's streets. SECTION 6. Issuance of Permit. If the council approves the application, the clerk shall immediately issue the permit, which shall specify the time the building will be moved and the route the mover can take in transporting the building. SECTION 7. Responsibility of Mover. The person, firm, or corporation to whom a permit for moving a building is granted shall see that all telephone, telegraph, and electric light wires and poles are removed when necessary and replaced in good order, and shall be liable for the costs of the same. Where such electric, telephone, or telegraph wires do not belong to the town, the holder of the permit for moving a building shall give twenty-four hours notice to the owner thereof to remove such wires and the owner of such wires may either remove or direct the removal and replacing of such wires, the holder of the permit paying the reasonable costs thereof. They shall also be liable for any damage to any pavement, sidewalk, caused by moving such building. Any damage to any municipal property not repaired shall be repaired by the municipality and the cost thereof recovered from the house mover on his bond. SECTION 8. Street Commissioner's Authorization to Remove Standing Building. Whenever any person, firm, or corporation, moving a building along any street or alley, shall willfully or negligently permit said building, while in transit, to remain upon any street, alley, or sidewalk, the street commissioner is hereby authorized to remove the same to any point or place where the same shall not obstruct travel or inconvenience the public. He shall keep an account of the expense of such removal and the house mover shall be liable to the municipality on his bond and for such expense. SECTION 9. Standing Prohibited. It shall be unlawful to allow any building for the removal of which a permit shall have been obtained, to remain upon or occupy any street, alley, or sidewalk after the expiration of the time as limited in the permit,