No person, firm or corporation shall move, haul, or transport any house, building, derrick, or other structure of the height when loaded for movement of 16 feet or more from the surface of the highway, road, street or alley, or a width of 15 feet or more or which cannot be moved at a speed of four miles per hour or faster, upon, across or over any street, alley or sidewalk in this city without first obtaining a permit therefore as hereinafter provided.

(Code 1967, 13-401; Code 1986)

All applications for permits required under the provisions of this article shall be made in writing to the city clerk specifying the day and hour said moving is to commence and the route through the city’s streets over which the house, building, derrick or other structure shall be moved and stating whether it will be necessary to cut and move, raise, or in any way interfere with any wires, cables or other aerial equipment of any public or municipally-owned utility, and if so, the application shall also state the name of the public or municipally-owned utility, and the time and location that the applicant’s moving operations shall necessitate the cutting, moving, raising or otherwise interfering with such aerial facilities. The application shall be made no fewer than 48 hours before the moving is to commence.

(Code 1967, 13-402; Code 1986)

It shall be the duty of any person at the time of making application for a permit as provided in this article to give a good and sufficient surety bond to the city, to be approved by the city administrator, indemnifying the city against any loss or damage resulting from the failure of any such person to comply with the provisions of this article or for any damage or injury caused in moving any such house or structure provided the bond herein shall be in the sum of $5,000, or cash may be deposited in lieu of such surety bond. A public liability insurance policy issued by an insurance company authorized to do business in the State of Kansas, in the amount of $100,000 per person, $300,000 per accident as to personal injury, and $50,000 property damage may be permitted in lieu of a bond.

(Code 1967, 13-408; Code 1986)

Before any permit to move any house or structure is given under the provisions of this article, the applicant shall pay a sum of $25 to the city clerk, the sum to be deposited to the credit of the general operating fund of the city.

(Code 1967, 13-409; Code 1986)

The city clerk shall upon filing of such application give not less than 24 hours’ notice to the person owning or operating such wires or poles or to his or her agents, of the time and place the removal of such poles or the cutting, raising or otherwise interfering with such wires shall be necessary.

(Code 1967, 13-403; Code 1986)

It shall be the duty of the person or the city owning or operating such poles or wires after service of notice as provided herein, to furnish competent lineman or workmen to remove such poles, or raise or cut such wires as will be necessary to facilitate the moving of such house or structure. The necessary expense which is incurred thereby shall be paid by the holder of the moving permit.

(Code 1967, 13-404; Code 1986)

No person engaged in moving any house 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 provided in section 4-705, and then only competent and experienced workmen shall be employed in such work, and in such case the necessary and reasonable expense shall be paid by the owners of the poles and wires handled. The work shall be done in a careful and workmanlike manner, and the poles and wires shall be promptly replaced and the damages thereto properly repaired.

(Code 1967, 13-404:405; Code 1986)

It shall be the duty of the chief of police or his or her designee to inspect the progress of moving any building, derrick, house or other structure and to see that the house, building, derrick, or other structure is being moved in accordance with the provisions of this article.

(Code 1967, 13-406; Code 1986)

It shall be the duty of any person moving any of the structures mentioned in this article upon or across any street, alley or sidewalk or other public place, in this city, to display red lanterns thereon in such a manner as to show the extreme height and width thereof from 30 minutes after sunset to 30 minutes before sunrise.

(Code 1967, 13-407; Code 1986)