Article 5. Moving Buildings
4-501 Permit necessary.
It shall be unlawful for any person to move, haul or transport, any house, building, derrick or other structure of the height of 16 feet or over, or of a width of 15 feet or more upon, across or over any street or alley in this city without first obtaining a permit therefor as hereinafter provided.
(Code 1985)
4-502 Application for permits.
All applications for permits to move houses, buildings, derricks or other structures mentioned in section 4-501 shall be made in writing to the city clerk specifying the day and hour the moving is to commence and the route thru the city’s streets over which the building or structure shall be moved. If it shall be necessary to cut down and move, raise or in any manner interfere with any wires or poles, the application shall state the name of the owners of the wires and poles, the time and place, when and where the removal of the poles and the cutting, raising, or otherwise interfering with the wires will be necessary.
(Code 1985)
4-503 Fees for permits.
Before a permit to move any house, building, derrick or other structure is granted under the provisions of this article, the applicant for the permit shall pay to the city clerk the sum of $50 plus any additional costs incurred by city crews involved with such move.
(Code 1985; Code 2019)
4-504 Notice to owners.
(K.S.A. 17-1916; Code 1988)
4-505 Duty of owners of poles or wires.
It shall be the duty of the person, firm or corporation owning or operating the poles or wires after service of notice, as required in section 4-504 to furnish competent workmen or linemen to remove such poles or raise or cut such wires, as will be necessary to facilitate the moving of such house, building, derrick or other structure. The necessary expense which is incurred thereby shall be paid by the holder of the moving permit.
(Code 1985)
4-506 Unlawful to molest wires.
No person engaged in moving any house, building, derrick or other structure shall raise, cut or in any way interfere with any such poles or wires unless the persons or authorities owning or having control of the same shall refuse to do so after having been notified as required in section 4-504 and then only by competent workmen as specified in section 4-504. In such case the necessary and reasonable expense shall be paid by the owners of the poles and wires handled and the poles and wires shall be promptly replaced and the damages thereto promptly repaired.
(Code 1985)
4-507 Duty of building inspector.
It shall be the duty of the building inspector, from time to time, to inspect the progress of moving of any building, house or other structure and to see that the house, building or other structure is being moved in accordance with the provisions of this article.
(Code 1985)
4-508 Duty of mover.
It shall be the duty of any person, firm or corporation moving any of the structures mentioned in section 4-501 to display red lanterns thereon in such a manner as to show the extreme height and width thereof from 30 minutes before sunset to 30 minutes after sunrise.
(Code 1985)
4-509 Bond; insurance.
All applications for a permit hereunder shall be accompanied by a public liability insurance policy, issued by an insurance company authorized to do business in the State of Kansas, in an amount of $100,000 per person, $300,000 per accident as to personal injury and $100,000 property damage, conditioned upon saving harmless the City of Towanda from any and all claims for personal injury or property damage caused directly or indirectly by the applicant’s operations under a permit granted hereunder, and conditioned further upon the payment by the applicant of any and all damage to persons or property caused by the negligence of the applicant, his or her agents or employees.
(Code 1985; Code 2019)