11-14
MOVING BUILDINGS:

11-14.1 Buildings Classified:

For the purpose of this Section, the following buildings or structures to be moved shall have the classifications respectively ascribed to them by this Subsection:

Class A shall mean any building moved on a motor truck.

Class B shall mean any building which, when loaded on housemoving dollies or rollers, does not exceed twenty two feet (22') in height or thirty feet (30') in width.

Class C shall mean any building which, when loaded on housemoving dollies or rollers, is more than twenty two feet (22') in height, but does not exceed twenty eight feet (28') in height, or is more than thirty feet (30') in width, but does not exceed forty feet (40') in width.

Class D shall mean any building which, when loaded on housemoving dollies or rollers, exceeds twenty eight feet (28') in height or exceeds forty feet (40') in width.

Class E shall mean any masonry or concrete building. (Code 1972 §8-22)

11-14.2 Methods Of Moving Buildings:

The following methods of moving buildings shall be used as applicable:

a. Board Runway: It shall be the duty of any housemover, when required by the City Manager, to cause boards of sufficient strength to carry the load without breaking to be placed under all of the rolls or wheels to serve as a runway for the rolls or wheels during the removal of any building or structure, or section or portion thereof along any street improved in any other manner than by asphalt, concrete or brick and at no time shall rolls or wheels be permitted to revolve except upon the board runway when the runway is required by the City Manager.

b. Class A Buildings: Any Class A building may be moved on truck or trailer with rubber-tired wheels.

c. Class B Buildings: Any Class B building shall be loaded on rubber-tired dollies if in excess of thirty (30) tons of weight.

d. Class C, D, And E Buildings: Any Class C, D or E building shall be loaded on rubber-tired dollies. (Code 1972 §8-23)

11-14.3 Liability For Damage To Pavements:

In case of damage to any street, curb or sidewalk by reason of the moving of any building or structure, the City Manager shall cause to be done such work as may be necessary to restore the street, curb or sidewalk to as good a condition as it was prior to the damage and shall charge the cost thereof to the housemover to whom a permit was issued pursuant to this Section for the moving of the building or structure. (Code 1972 §8-24)

11-14.4 Warning Lights Required At Night:

No person moving any building or structure over, upon, along or across any street, alley or sidewalk shall fail, neglect or refuse to keep a red light burning at all times between sunset and sunrise each five feet (5') around the building or structure and at the end of any projection thereof, while the building or any part thereof is located in or upon any street, alley or sidewalk. (Code 1972 §8-25)

11-14.5 Building Official To Report Violations; Stop Orders:

In the event that the equipment of the housemover is not sufficient for the moving work required, or if a street or the use thereof, or the property of any public utility will be at any time endangered or damaged by the removal, or if the housemover, or his servants or employees, at any time violate any of the terms, conditions or restrictions of a permit required by this Section either as to the size or dimensions of the building or structure being moved or the route of the removal or otherwise, the Building Official shall report this fact to the City Manager and, when properly authorized, the Building Official shall be empowered to stop the progress of the removal. (Code 1972 §8-26)

11-14.6 Appeals From Action of the Planning Commission, the City Manager or the Building Official.

Within five (5) days after receipt by the applicant of notice of action by the Planning Commission, the City Manager or the Building Official, a person dissatisfied with the action of the Planning Commission, City Manager or the Building Official in carrying out the provisions of this section, may file with the City Clerk an appeal from such action. Upon receiving notice of appeal, the City Council may:

a. Affirm the action of the Planning Commission, the City Manager, or the Building Official.

b. If the action is by the City Manager or the Building Official, refer the matter to the Planning Commission for a hearing.

c. Set the matter for hearing before itself. At such hearing the City Council shall hear and decide the matter de novo as if no other hearing had been held.

(Code 1972 §8-27)

11-14.7 Building Official, Defined.

Any provisions of this Code to the contrary notwithstanding, the term Building Official, as used in this section, shall refer to the person or persons designated by the City Manager to perform the duties assigned to the Building Official pursuant to this section. (Code 1972 §8-28; Ord. #1083, §1)