It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to move any house, building or other structure across or through any street, alley or sidewalk in the City without having first obtained a moving permit from the Clerk. Such permit shall be issued by the Clerk upon approval of the City Manager of the application thereof and the payment of a fee for each house, building or other structure to be moved as provided in Section 4-902.

(Code 1961, 4-5-1; Ord. 1987; Code 2023)

All applications for permits to move houses, buildings or other structures described in Section 4-901 hereof, shall be to the City Manager. If said houses, buildings, or other structures are under one hundred (100) square feet in area, the application shall be accompanied by a permit fee of two dollars ($2.00). If said house, building, or structure is one hundred (100) square feet or more in area, but less than four hundred (400) square feet in area, the application shall be accompanied by a permit fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00). If said house, building, or structure is four hundred (400) square feet or more in area, the application shall be accompanied by a permit fee of fifty dollars ($50.00).

The said application shall further specify the day and hour said moving is to commence, the place from and the place to which said structure is to be moved, the description of said structure, and the route through the City over which said structure is proposed to be moved. Such application shall be reviewed and approved, or alternative options suggested within two working days. If it shall be necessary to move any utility poles, or to raise, cut or in any way interfere with any cables or wires, or to cut or trim any trees, or to remove any street signs, the application shall state the name of the owner or owners of said poles, wires, cables or trees that will have to be cut, moved or raised, an shall also state when and where the cutting, moving or raising of said poles, cables, wires or trees will be necessary.

(Code 1961, 4-5-2; Ord. 2291; Code 2023)

The applicant shall, upon the filing of such application, give at least twenty-four (24) hours notice to the person owning or operating such poles, wires or cables as are necessary to be cut, moved or raised for the purpose of any such building or structure heretofore described, and such notice shall state when and where it will be necessary to cut, remove or raise such poles, wires or cables. The applicant shall also give the City Manager notice of any trees that shall be cut or trimmed and he shall make arrangements to have said trees cut or trimmed or, if the City personnel perform the necessary work, pay to the City a just fee for services performed as determined by the City Manager on the basis of a loss of services analysis.

(Code 1961, 4-5-3; Code 2023)

The City Manager shall have the right, power and authority to prescribe and direct the route over which any house, building or structure is to be moved through the City and it shall be his duty to investigate all applications for permits to move structures described in Section 4-902, and to inspect the progress of the moving of the same from time to time and see that the same are being moved in accordance with the provisions of this article.

(Code 1961, 4-5-4; Code 2023)

It shall be the duty of any person moving any house, building or structure upon, across or through any street, alley or sidewalk in the City to display warning lights thereon at night visible to anyone approaching such building or structure from any direction, and shall also notify the Chief of the Fire Department and Chief of Police where said building or structure is stopped for the night.

(Code 1961, 4-5-5; Code 2023)

It shall be the duty of all persons who propose to engage in the business of house moving to make written application to the City Manager for a license to engage in said business. Said license may be granted or refused by the City Manager, but shall not be issued until there has been deposited by the applicant for such license with the City Clerk a good and sufficient bond, to be approved by the City Manager. In the principal sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) conditioned that said principal will faithfully observe all the laws of the State of Kansas, and the ordinances of the City while engaged in said business, and that he will protect, save harmless and indemnify the City, against any and all damages caused by said person in his operations as house mover to any of the streets, pavements, curbings, gutters, crosswalks, shade trees or any other public or private property caused or occasioned by the moving of any such house, building or other object as herein provided; that said bond shall be further conditioned to protect and save harmless the City against any and all loss or damage that may be caused to either the City or person or property of any person due to the carelessness, negligence or any act of commission or omission on the part of said person, in the moving of said building or other object; that said Board shall be further conditioned, that it is made for the benefit of any third person who may suffer any Injury to person or property and that an action may be brought directly by such person on said bond as against the principal and the sureties thereon.

(Code 1961, 4-5-6; Code 2023)

Any person, firm or corporation, or any agent or employee of any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this article, or failing to comply with any of the provisions thereof, shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined in sum not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) and not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00), or be imprisoned not to exceed thirty (30) days, or be both so fined and imprisoned.

(Code 1961, 4-5-7; Ord. 1987; Code 2023)