RELOCATING BUILDINGS

Moving a structure into to town or outside of town requires a permit. Documents presented for a moving permit shall include the following:

1.     Locations and the type and size of the house, building or structure to be moved along with digital photographs of the building from all sides.

2.     Three copies of a complete, legible site plan illustrating existing and proposed improvements at the lot where the structure is being relocated.

3.     Plans for any repairs or alterations occurring on the structure prior to occupancy.  This step will likely require three copies of a floor plan as well.

4.     The route being used by the moving contractor. In all cases where it is necessary to remove any electric line, telephone line or telegraph line, it shall be the duty of the house mover to give not less than 48 hours' notice to the public utility company or person owning or operating the lines. The notice shall state the place, the construction which is necessary to be removed or temporarily changed or altered, the date on which it is desired to have such clearance made, and the time it will be necessary to keep such space clear. No building, house or structure shall be moved over the streets of the city until the city or the public utility company or the person owning or operating the public utility line shall have had a reasonable time, not exceeding seven days, to make such clearance. The city may make reasonable charges to the house mover for the cost of removing, raising or temporarily changing or altering such lines owned or operated by the city. The house mover shall pay any costs charged by a utility company for the raising or removing of or temporarily changing or altering such lines owned by the company.

5.     All permit fees and bonds required by the Code of Ordinance of the City of Mustang.

The Community Development Department shall review all documents for compliance with city ordinances. The department shall sent a written notice  to all property owners or residents within a 300-foot radius of the site on which the house, building or structure is to be moved, and the notice shall state the time and place when the application shall be heard by the city planning commission; however, failure to give the notice shall in no manner deprive the city council of the right to grant or refuse the issuance of the permit. city planning commission to determine whether any zoning or plat restrictions or land use or other requirements will be violated by the removal of the house, building or structure.

It is the duty of the building inspector, upon the filing of an application for a permit to move a building, to cause an inspection of such building to be made and to cause such further investigation to be made as may be necessary for the purpose of determining whether or not the provisions of this article have been or can be complied with. For such inspection, a fee shall be paid by the applicant to the city clerk as set forth in section 42-18.

The city planning commission shall determine whether the house, building or structure, when moved to its new location, will conform to the general nature, quality and character of the other houses, buildings and structures in the neighborhood, and whether the placing of the house, building or structure would tend to devalue the surrounding property or would result in the creation of a blighted condition in the area or neighborhood.  The Commission shall also determine whether such improvements and repairs are adequate to comply with the plumbing, electrical and building codes of the city; and the city planning commission, if it determines other improvements or repairs are necessary to so conform, may require other improvements or repairs to be made as a condition to the issuance of the moving permit. The planning commission shall pass its recommendations on to city council within 15 days of receiving said application.

No permit shall be issued without the prior approval of the city council and prior to the issuance of a building moving permit, the applicant must post with the city a bond or undertaking to be approved by the city clerk in the penal sum of $2,500.00, payable to the city, conditioned that the applicant will cause all improvements and repairs required by the city council as a condition to the issuance of the permit to be completed within 90 days from the date of the moving of the house, building or structure onto its new location.

No permit for the removal of any house, building or structure upon any street shall be issued until the route to be taken in such removal shall have been approved by the city council.

Moving out:  No permit shall be issued to move any building until the service sewer line from the building, house or structure to be moved shall have been plugged by a licensed plumber at the riser at a point not less than four feet deep from the surface of the ground. It shall be the duty of the person obtaining the permit to immediately clean up the lot from which the building was moved by filling in all holes and removing any debris and trash from the premises.

Prior to moving a building the applicant shall make a deposit set forth in section 42-18.  This deposit shall function as the guarantee that the lot will be cleaned up to the City's satisfaction. If the person does not clean up the lot within ten days after the removal of the building, the city manager is authorized to clean up the lot and expend all or a portion of the deposit to clean up the lot. If the lot is cleaned up by the person, the City will refund the deposit.