ARTICLE 7. MOVING OF STRUCTURES

16-701              MOVING PERMIT; REQUIREMENTS. 

Every person, before a moving permit is issued and before moving any building or thing over, along or upon any of the streets, alleys, boulevards or other public grounds within the City limits, from the location upon which it now stands or is hereinafter placed to any other location shall:

(A)        File, execute and deliver to the City Clerk a good and sufficient bond approved by the City Clerk in the sum of $10,000.  The bond shall be signed by a surety company, as surety, that is authorized to transact business in the State of Kansas.  Such bond shall have the following conditions:

The obligor shall pay to the City for any and all damages to streets, pavements, sidewalks, curbs, bridges, culverts, sewers, trees, public works or public utilities in the City, by reason of the moving of any building by the obligor over, across or upon any of the streets, alleys, boulevards or other public grounds of the City.

(B)        Purchase a liability policy as specified in Section 16-703 of this Article, that will save and hold the City harmless from any and all claims, actions, suits or demands for damages or injuries to persons or property which may be caused by the occupancy of any streets, alleys, boulevards or other public grounds by the moving of any building by the obligor and for all of the negligent acts or omissions of the principal or obligor.

(C)        File, execute and deliver to the City Clerk cash or certified check in the amount of $2,500 to insure: (1) compliance with this permit and City building codes; and (2) that the obligor will pay all bills owing and incurred in the removal, cutting or raising of, and the replacement of wires, conduits, pipes or other equipment by reason of the moving of such structure over, along or upon any of the streets, alleys boulevards or other public grounds of the City, together with the expenses or bills which may be incurred by reason of the damage, removal or relocation of such equipment to allow the passage of such structure, and also all necessary expenses which may be incurred in the furnishing of protection to the City trees.

(D)        Provide proof to the City Clerk that the City Public Works Director, County Public Works Director, Code Enforcement Manager, Chief of Police, Fire Chief, City Forester and Planning Director of the City have each investigated their appropriate areas of concern, including but not limited to:

(1)        Investigation of the structure or thing to be moved;

(2)        The proposed route to be used in such moving;

(3)        The location of wires or other property of the telephone company, city, electric light or power company, cablevision company or other public utility having wires strung alone or over streets; and

(4)        Zoning and site plan requirements for the proposed site the structure or thing will be moved to.  If the Code Enforcement Manager finds that it is unwise or unsafe to move such building, he or she shall recommend denial of the permit or require as a condition of approval an agreement by the person applying for such permit that he or she will comply with such conditions as may be imposed to protect the public.

(E)        Pay to the City Clerk a minimum charge of $75 or a fee of $0.20 per square foot of gross building area, whichever sum is greater.  The requirement relating to the payment of fees will not apply to garages or similar buildings having fewer than four hundred (400) square feet of floor space; the fee for moving such structure shall be $25.

(F)        Deliver to the City Clerk a written application signed by the applicant describing the structure or thing to be removed, the point from which and to which the same is to be removed, the time when moving will begin and the time when such moving will be finished.  (Ord. 5481)