Dos Palos Municipal Code § 15.16 Buildings and Construction

15;16.040 Permit-Application- Prior to making an application for a permit Contents. pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, any

Processing. tion fee prescribed in this section, have an inspec-

15.16.070 Alterations and _structure to be moved and a written report pre- improvements-Completion pared listing the alterations, if any, which will be required in the structure. The initial inspection time. fee shall be nonrefundable and shall be in the 15.16.080 Application-Refiling. amount of twenty-five dollars, plus fifteen cents 15.16.090 Abatement. per mile for the round trip between Dos Palos 15.16.100 Street improvements. and the location of the structure to be moved. 15.16.110 Requirements for house (Ord. 170 § 2, 1973) movers.

15.16.140 Penalties. Every application for a permit to move a struc- ture shall be: A. Made on forms provided by the planning*For statutory provisions authorizing cities to regulate and pro- hibit encroachments and obstructions of streets. see Gov. Code§ commission; 38775. B. Accompanied by plans and specifications in such detail as the building inspector and plan- ning commission may require; indicating15.16.010 Building defined. thereon the location of the property upon which "Building" means any house, building, struc- the structure is to be moved, the exact locationture or shed that is more than ten feet in length or on that property to be occupied by the structuremore than eight feet in width. One single or to be moved, and any additions to be con- double garage, approximately four hundred structed, the alterations and remodeling to be square feet, shall be included as a "building" done to the building and the estimated cost when the same is located upon the premises from thereof, and the site improvements planned for which a building is being moved and for which the property and their estimated costs; permission has been granted and the fee required C. The structure shall not be older than the shall have been paid; provided, further, that said majority of the structures in the subdivision to garage is moved at approximately the same time which such structure is to be moved. and shall and to the same location as said building. (Ord. not be in a dilapidated, obsolete or deteriorated 170 § l(b), 1973) condition which in any manner may result or

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tend to lessen the economic values of other prop- chief has approved the moving route to be fol- erties or be detrimental to the neighborhood in lowed and that there has been compliance with which such structure is to be moved. (Ord. 170 § the reasonable requirements of the affected pub- 3, 1973) lic utility companies as required by Section 15.16.l !O; G. If there is any defect in the application or15.16.050 Permit-Application-Processing. in the accompanying plans and specifications, Every application for a permit to move a the applicant shall have thirty days of the writtenbuilding shall be processed as follows: A. The planning commission shall determine notice from the building inspector within which whether the proposed move will conform to to remedy said defects. If said defects are not existing zoning regulations; remedied within said thirty days, the building B. The building inspector shall inspect the inspector shall recommend denial of the applica- building for conformance to the building, hous- tion and shall so inform the applicant in writing. ing, plumbing and electrical codes of the city and . Thereafter, should the applicant desire to revive determine what repairs, alterations or remodel- the application he shall pay another application ing will be required to make the structure con- fee of twenty-five dollars; form to all requirements of the aforementioned H. Upon finding that the applicant has com- codes; plied with all applicable codes, ordinances, rules C. The building inspector shall examine the and regulations, the planning commission shall parcel, lot or building site upon which the build- then cause the application to be set for public ing is to be moved and determine what public hearing before the planning commission, with improvements, such as concrete curb and gutter, notice to be given as follows: sidewalk and street trees, are required to conform Ten days priortothedateset for hearing by the to city ordinances and regulations and what site planning commission, notification of public improvements, such as driveways, walkways, hearing shall be posted by the planning commis- retaining walls, etc., are required to serve the sion in a conspicuous place on the property to building; which the building is to be moved and upon the D. The building inspector shall then examine property from which said building is to bethe plans and specifications submitted with the moved. which notice shall contain the following:application to determine whether the building, I. Description of type of building to bewhen completed in accordance with the plans moved,and specifications, will conform to all applicable 2. Present location of building,ordinances, codes, rules and regulations; 3. Proposed location of building; E. The building inspector shall determine the I. The planning commission shall hold thereasonable cost of placing and completing the public hearing on the application and shall,building in its new location excluding costs of within thirty days thereafter, either approve, con-moving, but including costs of new foundations and all necessary improvements on or in front of ditionally approve or disapprove the application. the site; which total cost shall be the principal The planning commission shall determine, amount of a performance bond to be posted by among other things, whether the building will, the applicant to guarantee performance of the when moved onto the desired land, be as archi- required alterations and improvements; tecturally compatible with the neighborhood, as E The applicant, or his agent, must furnish conducive to good development oh nearby land, evidence to the building inspector that the police as much in the public interest and as protective of

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public health, safety and welfare as a new build- 15.16.060 Appeal. ing which could legally be constructed on the Any person affected by the action of the plan- property; ning commission in recommending the denial or granting, or granting with conditions the permit J. Upon approval of the application by the applied for may make an appeal to the city as planning commission, the building inspector follows: shall inform the applicant of the principal Said appeal shall be by written notice of appeal amount of the required performance bond and delivered to the city clerk or city administrator forward to the council its findings and recom- within seven days of the action from which the mendations; appeal is taken. That official shall deliver a copy K. The applicant shall, after approval of his of the notice of appeal to the planning commis- plans and specifications, post with the city a per- sion and building inspector and set a hearing on formance bond in the amount determined by the the appeal within fifteen days, and at least five building inspector, said bond to be written by a days prior to hearing, mail notice of hearing to corporate surety company licensed to do· busi- the appellant. The council may continue the ness in the state of California; the bond shall hearing as convenience and justice dict;ite and name the city of Dos Palos as obligee and the may affirm, modify or rescind the action there- tofore taken. (Ord. 170 § 5, 1973) • condition of the bond shall be that the holder of the permit will place and complete the building

Completion time. to the approved plans and specifications and In order to prevent moved structures from within the time limits specified in this chapter. If remaining incomplete for indefinite periods of the site from which the building is to be moved is time, the following time schedule shall apply to located within the city, then such surety bond the moving of structures: . shall guarantee that the said site shall be cleared A. All required alterations d improvements as provided for in Section 15.16.120; to structures and site. as shown on the approved L. Upon approval of the application by the plans and specifications, shall be completed council and after receipt of the required perform- within ninety days after issuane of the permit; ance bond, a permit to move the structure in B. This time may be extended for not to accordance with the approved plans and specifi- exceed an additional thirty days by the building cations shall issue; inspector upon submission of written proof by M. No permit shall be granted unless the th~ holder of the permit that conditions beyond his control make it impossible to complete theapplicant files with the city proof of liability required alterations and improvements withininsurance in minimum amounts of one hundred the first ninety days:thousand dollars for one bodily injury, three C. Should the permittee be unable to com-hundred thousand dollars maximum for one plete the required alterations and improvementsaccident and fifty thousand dollars for property within the allowed time. he may make written damage. Such policies shall be issued by a application to the planning commission for an responsible insurance company, approved as to extension of time, setting forth .in said applica- form and content by the city attorney and shall tion the reasons why said additional time is name the city as an assured and shall not be needed. The commission may grant such time cancellable without ten days written notice to the extension as, in its opinion, is justified by the city of intention to cancel. (Ord. 170 § 4, 1973) circumstances. or it may deny said application;

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D. Where the holder of a permit moves a and imminent menace to public safety, take such building and fails to complete the required measures as are necessary to protect life and alterations and improvements within ninety limb, without notice to any person and without days or any extension thereof, the building further process. The cost of performing such inspector shall, with the advice and assistance of measures shall be a charge upon the holder of the the city attorney, take such action against the permitand a lien upon the building. (Ord. 170 § principal and surety on the performance bond .as 8, 1973) is necessary to accomplish completion of the required alterations and improvements; 15.16.100 Street improvements. E. If the holder of the permit and the surety All properties upon which buildings are to be have failed to place and complete the building moved must have concrete curb and gutter and and construct site improvements according to concrete sidewalk along the street frontages of the approved plans and specifications within one the property; or such curb, gutter and sidewalk year of the date of issuance of the permit, the must be shown on the approved plans and speci- building inspector shall, upon instructions from fications and constructed along with other site the council, summarily, without further process, improvements as specified in this chapter. (Ord. abate the said structure by completion according 170 § 9, 1973) to the plans or by demolition, the cost of which shall be a charge upon the holder of the permit 15.16.ll0 Requirements for house movers. and his surety. (Ord. 170 § 6, 1973) Buildings may be moved on city streets only by owners for their own use, or by duly licensed

No application for a permit to move a struc- son shall move any building along the streets of ture may be filed with the building inspector the city without complying with the following within a period of one year after a previous requirements: application to move the same structure onto the A. Every mover must have on file with the same parcel of land or onto any parcel of land city clerk a valid, current performance bond within three thousand feet of the desired new issued by a corporate surety company licensed to location for said structure has been denied. (Ord. do business in California, naming as obligees the 170 § 7, 1973) city and all persons, in the principal amount of five thousand dollars, the conditions of which

In addition to the remedy provided by Section 1. That the mover will comply with all 15.16.070(E), every violation of this chapter applicable laws and ordinances. providing for acts to be done and performed by 2. That the mover will pay any and all applicant in and about the building and/or the damages which may result from any building building's site, or in connection with the moving moving done by him, his agents, employees or of the building to the site is declared to be a public workmen in the city, to any house, building, nuisance. The city attorney shall, when so fence, tree, pavement, sidewalk, curo, gutter, directed by the council, take such action or pro- utility pole, wire, hydrant, traffic signal, traffic ceedings in such court or courts as he may deem sign or any other appurtenance in. on or under necessary or expedient to abate the same. In any street right-of-way, whether such facility is addition to any other remedy provided by law, owned by the city, a private person, or by some the building inspector may, when he finds that privately-owned public utility using the streets the condition of any moved structure is present by virtue of franchise,

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3. That the mover will save, indemnify and unless written approval is first secured from the keep harmless the city against all liabilities, judg- city building inspector extending such time. ments, costs and expenses which may in any way (Ord. 170 § 10, 1973) accrue against the city in consequence of such 15.16.120 Site clearance. structure moving; After removal of any building from property B. No building being moved in or through the located within the city, the owner shall fill with city shall be permitted to stand on any street dirt, sand or small rock, all openings and excava- between the same intersecting streets for a longer tions on the property including cesspools and period than twenty-four hours; septic tanks, and shall further remove all refuse, C. Notice of the route to be followed must be debris, -old foundations, walls, slabs, waste mate- given to the police chief at least twenty-four rial and other impediments located on the prop- hours prior to the intended movement of any erty. If the propertyfrom which any building is structure in or through the city.Upon approval of moved is located within the city, site clearance the route to be followed, the police chief shall shall be guaranteed by the surety bond provided jssue his written approval of said route. Every for in Section 15.16.050(K). (Ord.170 § 11, 1973) person moving a building in or through the city 15.16.130 Tentative map procedure. shall have in his possession the written approval If the land upon which the building is to be of the police chief; moved is not a legal lot of record. then the appli- D. Should the moving of any building cant must first secure approval of a tentative map described in this chapter require interference in accordance with the city subdivision Chapter with any public utility structure, the applicant 16.20, before the planning commission will con- shall, after obtaining the written approval of the sider his application. (Ord. 170 § 12, 1973) police chief as to the route to be followed, notify

In addition to abatement provisions abovetive time of such moving and the estimated load provided in Sections 15.16.070(E)and 15.16.090,height of the structure and moving equipment. any person violating any provision or failing toApplicant shall indemnify a public utility against comply with any of the requirements of this any and all damages or charges that are a direct chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and proximate cost and indemnify a public util- and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished ity for any and all reasonable claims or charges by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or that are a direct and proximate result of neces- by imprisonment not exceeding six months, or sary measures required to protect utility struc- by both such fine and imprisonment. Each such tures from damages that may reasonably result person shall be deemed guilty of a separate from the moving ofbuildings as described in this offense for each day during any portion of which chapter, any violation of any of the provisions of this E. After removal from its foundation, no chapter is committed. continued or permitted by building sha lI be permitted to remain on any such person and shall be subject to punishment dollies or other structures used in the moving of therefor as provided for in this chapter. (Ord. 170 the building for a period in excess of thirty days § 13. 1973)

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Chapter 15.20 B. Antennas shall not be attached to or sup-
ported by vent pipes. Mast supports and guy wire ANTENNAS*
anchors shall be secured in such a way that the

Sections: supporting structure is not damaged or weak-