Ross Municipal Code § 15.20 Referenced Standards

15.20.020 Written application. 15.20.030 Deposit for damages. 15.20.040 Validity of permit. 15.20.050 Repair of damages.

15.20.010 Permit. It is unlawful for any person to move, or cause to be moved, any house or building, or any part thereof, along, over, through or across any public street, avenue, lane, highway, sidewalk or other public place, unless a permit so to do has first been granted by the town council. (Prior code §9400).

15.20.020 Written application. Any person desiring to move, or cause to be moved, any house or other building, or any part thereof, along, over, through or across any public street, avenue, lane, highway, sidewalk or other public place, must make written application to the town council for a permit so to do, describing the character of the building desired to be moved, and particularly designating the streets, avenues, lanes, highways, sidewalks or other public places along, over, through or across which it is desired to move the house or building, and containing an estimate of the time it will require to so move the same. (Prior code §9401).

15.20.030 Deposit for damages. Whenever the town council grants a house moving permit, the applicant shall deposit in coin with the town council, such sum as the council may in its discretion deem proper, as security to defray the cost of repairing any injury or damage that may result to any street, avenue, lane, highway, sidewalk or other public place, or to any trees, wires, bridges, sewers, or public property of any kind, in the town, by reason of the moving of the house or building; and no such permit shall take effect or be in force until the deposit has been made; the permit may also be granted upon any further conditions the town council may deem proper to impose. (Prior code §9402).

15.20.040 Validity of permit. Upon the granting of a house moving permit and upon making the deposit of money required by Section 15.20.030, and upon compliance with any further conditions that may have been imposed, the work of moving the house or building may be proceeded with under the direction and to the satisfaction of the town council; provided, however, that the permit shall be valid for such period of time only as the council may therein specify. (Prior code §9403).

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• For statutory provisions pertaining to the power of towns to regulate the removal of buildings, see Gov. C.A. §38601.

15.20.050 Repair of damage. Should any damage or injury result to any street, avenue, lane, highway, sidewalk or other public place, or to any trees, wires, bridges, sewers or public property of any kind, by reason of house moving, the damage shall be immediately repaired by the party to whom the permit has been granted, to the entire satisfaction of the town council, and on the failure of such party to make the repairs, the council may at once cause the repairs to be made and pay the costs thereof out of the deposit provided for in Section 15.20.030. When all injuries and damages aforesaid have been repaired to the satisfaction of the council, the deposit, or any balance thereof there may be remaining after paying the costs of making the repairs, as the case may be, shall be returned and repaid to the depositor. (Prior code §9404).

Chapter 15.24

GRADING, EXCAVATIONS AND FILL*

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