Huron Municipal Code Ch. 15.08 Moving of Buildings

A. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, or the servant, employee or agent of any such person, firm or corporation to remove any building now situated in the City of Huron or to be hereafter constructed in the City of Huron, from the foundation on which the building is constructed unless the person or persons moving the building shall first have obtained from the city council of the City of Huron a permit to so move the building, upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth authorizing the moving of the building.

B. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation or the servant, employee or agent of any such person, firm or corporation to move any building into the City of Huron, unless such person, firm or corporation shall have first obtained from the city council of the City of Huron a permit upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth authorizing the moving of the building into the City of Huron.

(Ord. 28 §§ 1, 2, 1952)

Such application for a permit as set out in Section 15.08.010 shall be in writing and on a form approved by the city council of the City of Huron by resolution and shall be forthwith filed with the clerk of the City of Huron. Upon the filing of such application the clerk shall present the same to a committee of three (3) members appointed by the mayor from the city council. It shall be the duty of the clerk immediately upon receiving an application for a permit as herein provided to post in three (3) public places within the City of Huron a notice of the application for a permit; the notice shall state the name and address of the applicant, the character of the building to be moved and the location to or from where the same is to be moved and the legal description of such location.

(Ord. 28 § 3, 1952)

The committee of the city council appointed by the mayor shall have the power to hear evidence both for and against the issuance of such permit and shall consider the evidence adduced both for and against the granting of such permit and shall have the power to forthwith grant or deny the permit or to demand further evidence from the applicant or the committee may demand that the applicant appear before the city council at its next regular meeting or special meeting called by the mayor for the purpose of a further hearing on the permit, and in the event that the committee refers the matter to the city council, as hereinabove provided, then the final granting or denying of the permit shall be in the sole discretion of the city council.

(Ord. 28 § 4, 1952)

The committee of the city council appointed by the mayor, as herein provided, shall in passing upon any application for a permit as herein provided inspect or cause to be inspected the building proposed to be moved into the City of Huron and shall also inspect or cause to be inspected the location to where the building is to be moved, and shall demand of the applicant for the permit, prior to issuing any permit a specific performance bond, either cash or surety company, in such amount as the committee of the city council shall deem necessary and proper, guaranteeing to the City of Huron that the applicant will faithfully perform within a given time all the terms and conditions that the committee of the city council may require for the granting of such permit. The committee may in its discretion place any terms and conditions upon the applicant for the permit and in all cases the committee shall demand of the applicant that he make such improvements and repairs on the building to be moved to the location as set forth in the permit as in the discretion of the committee may be necessary to make the proposed building to be moved thereto comply with the value and quality of the surrounding buildings in the neighborhood and the committee shall demand of the applicant a bond as hereinbefore provided in a sum not less than in the opinion of the committee will be sufficient to bring the building up to the specifications as hereinabove set out.

(Ord. 28 § 5, 1952)

The bond provided hereinabove shall be filed with the clerk of the City of Huron in such an amount as required by the committee or city council and the bond may be a cash bond or a surety company bond. All cash bonds received under this chapter by the city clerk shall be placed on deposit in the general fund of the City of Huron until such time as the bonds are exonerated or forfeited by action of the city council, and all surety company bonds shall be retained on file with the clerk.

Upon the performance of all the terms and conditions, as set forth by the committee or the city council, by any applicant for a permit under this chapter within the time specified for the performance thereof, the applicant shall apply to the city council for exoneration of the bond placed on file with the clerk by the applicant, and the city council of the City of Huron shall exonerate the bond if in the satisfaction of the city council all the terms and conditions have been properly performed by the applicant within the time specified in the permit. In the event the bond is a cash bond placed on file with the clerk and deposited in the general fund as herein provided, the clerk shall be authorized to draw a warrant on the general fund for the amount of the bond. In the event that any applicant hereunder fails to comply with the terms and conditions set forth by the committee or the city council within the time specified therefor, the city council shall have the right to forfeit the bond placed on file by the applicant and any proceeds from any bond so forfeited shall forthwith accrue to the City of Huron and be placed by the clerk in the general fund.

(Ord. 28 § 6, 1952)

A "building," as used in this chapter shall be defined as any wooden, metal, brick, tent or awning structure.

(Ord. 28 § 7, 1952)

Any person, firm or corporation or the agent, servant or employee of any such person, firm or corporation violating any provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200.00) and to imprisonment for not more than sixty (60) days or to both such fine and imprisonment.

(Ord. 28 § 8, 1952)