Apple Valley Municipal Code Ch. 8.24 Relocations

A person shall not move onto any premises, other than a commercial storage yard authorized for such use, any building or structure, except a contractor's tool house, construction building or similar structure which is moved as construction requires, until he or she first secures a relocation building permit as hereinafter provided.

Applicants for relocation permits shall submit photographs of at least two separate elevations, one of which shall be the front, and a certificate from a pest control agency or operator licensed under the Structural Pest Control Act of California, showing freedom from termite infestation, for each building or structure to be moved, when application for a relocation permit is filed.

The applicant shall pay an inspection fee upon application for a permit to move a building or structure in accordance with the Town of Apple Valley Municipal Code Schedule of Fees or other applicable Town enactment. There shall be no inspection or inspection fee on a building or structure to be moved out of the Town of Apple Valley.

Upon receipt of an application for a permit to relocate a building or structure and receipt of payment of the prescribed inspection fee, the Building Official shall inspect the building or structure to be moved and the proposed relocation site, and prepare a written report which shall be forwarded to the applicant. This report shall contain the approval or disapproval of the Building Official and, if approved for moving, shall contain the requirements necessary to make the building or structure conform to the requirements of the Town of Apple Valley Municipal Code for new buildings and any other applicable ordinances and any additional requirements necessary to assure that such relocation shall not have detrimental effect by size, design or age, on the living environment and property values in the area into which the building or structure is to be moved.

Additional corrections may be added to the report whenever the structure has been vandalized, damaged during transportation, or altered in any manner after the on-site inspection. Otherwise, the inspection report shall remain valid for a period of 90 days after the building or structure has been inspected. At the end of such time, if the building or structure has not been relocated, a new report and inspection fee will be required.

The applicant shall make all required changes within 180 days and shall agree in writing to do so. This time limitation may be extended by the Building Official upon receipt of evidence of just and proper cause; provided, however, that no such extension shall be granted when, in his or her judgment, such an extension should be detrimental to the public welfare for any cause or reason.

When any relocated building or structure or portion thereof remains unfinished or unfit for occupancy after expiration of the time limit herein specified, any and all permits pertaining thereto shall expire by limitation and such building or structure or portion thereof is hereby declared a public nuisance and shall be abated as provided for in the Town of Apple Valley Municipal Code.

(Ord. 51, 7-10-90)