Cypress Municipal Code § 5-6 (Blank.)

No person shall move any building or structure or portion thereof over, on, upon, along, or across any public street, alley, or sidewalk, without a written permit therefor from the director of public works. Such permit may be referred to as a housemover's permit.

(Ord. No. 383, § 1)

No housemover's permit required by the preceding section shall be granted by the director of public works except as follows:

(a) The planning commission must have already issued a relocation permit for the particular building or structure when such a permit is required by the provisions of this article.

(b) The applicant for such permit shall pay the director of public works a nonrefundable application fee as prescribed in the master fee schedule, which may be updated by resolution from time to time, for each permit requested.

(c) A separate application, upon a form furnished by the director of public works, must be filed and a separate permit obtained for the moving of each separate building or structure or portion of a building or structure.

(Ord. No. 383, § 1; Ord. No. 1103, § 3, 10-27-08)

Each application for each housemover's permit must show:

(a) The kind of building or structure to be moved.

(b) The street location or other identifying description to which it is proposed to be moved, and the route over, along, across, and upon which such building or structure, section or portion thereof, is to be moved.

(c) The number of sections in which the building or structure will be moved.

(d) The time and date when it is proposed to be moved and within which moving will be completed.

(e) Description of the real property to which it is proposed to move the building or structure.

(f) A complete listing of escort vehicles and safety precautions.

(g) The complete identity and address of the applicant.

(Ord. No. 383, § 1)

The director of public works, immediately upon the receipt of an application for a housemover's permit shall notify the chief of police and the building department. Upon the filing of an application for a housemover's permit, the director of public works shall, within five days thereafter, consider the application and either grant or deny the same. In granting the application, the director of public works may make such conditions and restrictions in the moving of such building as may be reasonably necessary to protect the public peace, health, and safety of the citizens of the city and to cause the least possible damage to public streets and alleys, including signs, trees, street lights, and any other public improvements in the right-of-way, public utility poles, lines, water mains, gas mains, and like appurtenances.

(Ord. No. 383, § 1)

Whenever any building or structure is proposed to be moved in more than one section or portion, a separate permit shall be issued for the moving of each section or portion of such building or structure. No permit shall authorize the moving of more than one building or structure or more than one section or portion of any building or structure in any case where any building or structure is to be moved in two or more sections or portions.

(Ord. No. 383, § 1)

If in the opinion of the public works inspector, the equipment of the housemover is not sufficient for the work required, or if the street or the use thereof or the property of any public utility will be at any time endangered or damaged by such moving, or if such housemover or his servants or employees at any time violates any of the terms, conditions, or restrictions of the permit referred to in section 5-6.1, either as to the size or dimensions of the building or structure being moved or the route of such moving or otherwise, the inspector shall report such fact to the director of public works, and when properly authorized by the director of public works, the inspector shall be empowered to stop the progress of such moving.

(Ord. No. 383, § 1)

The director of public works shall notify the chief of police of the time of moving the building through the public streets. If the chief of police determines that the protection of the public requires a police escort, he shall provide such escort. If such hours do not meet with the approval of the police department, it shall be the duty of the applicant to alter his application to include such hours as will meet the approval of the police department.

(Ord. No. 383, § 1)

Every building or structure or section or portion thereof moved over, upon, along or across any street shall be moved under the inspection and supervision of the director of public works. The director of public works shall appoint an inspector for the moving of any building or structure and of each section or portion thereof; provided that in case two or more buildings or structures or two or more sections or portions thereof, are being moved at the same time along a route so situated that one person can inspect the same, only one person shall be appointed therefore. Such inspection and supervision in each case shall be for such time as the director of public works shall deem necessary for the performance of such service and a charge as prescribed by the master fee schedule, which may be updated by resolution from time to time, for each hour per person with a minimum charge as prescribed by the master fee schedule, which may be updated by resolution from time to time, shall be made for the time required for such inspection and supervision.

(Ord. No. 383, § 1; Ord. No. 1103, § 4, 10-27-08)

It shall be the duty of the housemover, when required by the director of public works, to cause boards of sufficient strength to carry the load without breaking to be placed under all of the rolls or wheels to serve as a runway for such rolls or wheels during the movement of any building or structure or section or portion thereof, along every street improved in any manner. At no time shall such rolls or wheels be permitted to revolve, except upon such board runway when the same is required by the director of public works. Class A buildings may be moved on truck or trailers with rubber tired wheels. Class B, C, D, and E buildings shall be loaded on rubber tired dollies. The dollies shall be used where any building or structure is moved on any unimproved or oiled or gravel street.

(Ord. No. 383, § 1)

The director of public works shall investigate the route designated in the application for a housemover's permit to ascertain whether the moving of the building can be made without damage to trees adjacent thereto. If the moving would damage such trees, he shall prescribe another route which will not cause such damage. If the moving of the building requires any tree trimming, such tree trimming shall be performed by a tree trimmer designated by the director of public works, and shall be charged at a rate prescribed by the city council in the master fee schedule, which may be updated by resolution from time to time.

(Ord. No. 383, § 1; Ord. No. 1103, § 5, 10-27-08)

In case of damage to any street by reason of the moving of any building or structure or section or portion thereof, the director of public works shall do such work as may be necessary to restore the street to as good a condition as the same was prior to such damage, and shall charge the cost thereof to the housemover to whom the permit was issued for the moving of such buildings or structure or section or portion thereof.

(Ord. No. 383, § 1)

No application for a housemover's permit shall be granted or issued until the applicant therefore has deposited with the director of public works a reasonable deposit to be fixed by the director of public works depending upon the distance to be traveled in the moving of the building or structure and the probable hazards to the public streets and alleys involved. The amount to be deposited by the housemover shall not be less than a reasonable amount set by city council in the master fee schedule, which may be updated by resolution from time to time.

(Ord. No. 383, § 1; Ord. No. 1103, § 6, 10-27-08)

Any person aggrieved by the decision of the director of public works in carrying out the provisions of this Article may within ten days after such decision appeal to the city council by filing a written notice thereof with the city clerk and the city council shall hold a public hearing on the matter after providing the appellant at least five days written notice of such hearing, and its decision thereon shall be final. Such hearing by the city council shall be held within forty days after receipt of the written notice by the city clerk.

(Ord. No. 383, § 1)

In addition to the deductions referred to in section 5-6.16, there shall be deduction from each deposit provided for in section 5-6.12 of this code, the cost of service of the inspector provided in section 5-6.8, the cost of the tree trimmer, provided for in section 5-6.10, and the cost of repairs, if any, made by the director of public works as provided for in section 5-6.11 of this Code. The remainder of such deposit, if any, shall be refunded to the person making such deposit or to his assigns upon written request. In case a deposit made pursuant to section 5-6.12 of this Code shall not be sufficient to pay the cost of the service of the inspector, tree trimmer and the cost of the repairs, if any, the person making such deposit shall, upon demand, pay to the director of public works a sufficient sum to cover all such costs. Upon failure to pay such sum, it may be recovered by the city in any court of competent jurisdiction.

(Ord. No. 383, § 1)

Should the holder of a housemover's permit allow such building, structure, or any portion thereof to remain on a public street or alley for a period in excess of twelve hours without moving the same, he shall provide adequate barricades and warning devices to the satisfaction of the director of public works, and he shall pay to the city the amount set by city council in the master fee schedule, which may be updated by resolution from time to time for each 12 hours such building, structure, or portion thereof remains on the public street or alley within the city and is not moved. Such charges may be deducted from the deposit required by this division.

(Ord. No. 383, § 1; Ord. No. 1103, § 7, 10-27-08)