Chapter 15.20
MOVING AND STORAGE OF BUILDINGS
Sections:
Article I. Moving Buildings
15.20.020 Permits – To move on City highway required.
Article II. Storage of Buildings
15.20.030 Approval of site required.
15.20.040 Requirements for approval.
15.20.050 Issuance of permit – Bond required.
Article III. Public Housing Structures
15.20.060 Permit required to sell or deliver public housing.
15.20.090 Cash in lieu of bond.
15.20.100 Storage of structures – Bond.
Article IV. Removal of Structures – Penalty
15.20.110 Removal of structures from temporary storage.
15.20.130 Violation – Penalty.
Article I. Moving Buildings
15.20.010 Permits – Required.
No person shall move any building or structure which is to be placed, stored or temporarily located upon any property within the City until there has been first obtained a permit issued pursuant to Chapter 15.04 PMC authorizing the moving and placement of said building or structure on property within the City or a permit issued pursuant to this chapter authorizing the moving of such building or structure to a storage yard or temporary location approved by the Planning Commission or City Council pursuant to the zoning ordinance. (Ord. 29 § 1, 1981; CC § 54.101)
15.20.020 Permits – To move on City highway required.
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to modify the requirements of Chapters 12.04 through 12.32 PMC requiring the issuance of a permit to move buildings and structures over or along City highways. (Ord. 29 § 1, 1981; CC § 54.102)
Article II. Storage of Buildings
15.20.030 Approval of site required.
No building or structure shall be stored on any property or placed temporarily on any property in the City unless such property has been approved by the City Council as a site for such storage or temporary location pursuant to PMC 15.20.040 or has been approved by the City Planning Commission or City Council as a site for such storage or temporary location pursuant to the zoning ordinance. (Ord. 29 § 1, 1981; CC § 54.201)
15.20.040 Requirements for approval.
A. Application for approval of a site for use as a storage yard or temporary location shall be made to the City Council. Before approving a site for use as a storage yard or temporary location the City Council shall determine:
1. That the storage of unused and unoccupied structures upon such site will not create a fire hazard;
2. That the character of the area or neighborhood within which the site is located is such that the storage of unused and unoccupied structures on said site will not constitute an attractive nuisance to children in the area;
3. That the storage of unused and unoccupied structures on the site will not create such a breeding place for vermin as would be injurious to the public health;
4. That the storage of unused and unoccupied structures on the site will not be dangerous to public morals by creating a shelter for criminal or immoral acts.
B. In approving a site for use as a storage yard or temporary location, the City Council may impose such reasonable conditions as may be necessary to ensure that the use of the property will not create any of the hazards to health, safety or welfare referred to above in subsections (A)(1) through (4) of this section. (Ord. 29 § 1, 1981; CC § 54.202)
15.20.050 Issuance of permit – Bond required.
A. Upon approval by the City Council pursuant to PMC 15.20.040 or upon approval of the Planning Commission or City Council pursuant to the zoning ordinance of a site for use as a storage yard or temporary location for moved buildings or structures, the Building Inspector may issue a permit authorizing the moving to such storage yard or temporary location of one or more buildings or structures; provided, that there is filed with the Building Inspector a bond in the sum of $5,000 for each such storage yard or temporary location.
B. The bond shall be executed by the person, firm, partnership or corporation applying for the permit pursuant to this section and by a surety company authorized to do business in the State, shall be joint and several as to liability, shall inure to the benefit of the City, and shall be conditioned upon the removal from said storage year or temporary location within a period of one year from the date of issuance of said permit of all such buildings and structures so moved on to said storage yard or temporary location.
C. The bond shall be filed with the said Building Inspector prior to the time the permit is issued.
D. No such building or structure moved onto such storage yard or temporary location shall be used or occupied at such storage yard or temporary location. (Ord. 29 § 1, 1981; CC § 54.203)
Article III. Public Housing Structures
15.20.060 Permit required to sell or deliver public housing.
No person shall sell, offer to sell, deliver or offer to deliver within the City any residential structure or structures heretofore a part of or used with any public housing project if such structure or structures do not meet the minimum requirements of this chapter and the ordinances of the City unless and until such person shall first have applied for and been granted a permit by the Building Inspector to engage in such an operation or operations. (Ord. 29 § 1, 1981; CC § 54.301)
15.20.070 Bond.
Before a permit is issued the applicant shall first have filed with the Building Inspector a surety bond issued by a surety company authorized to do business in the State, in a form approved by the City Attorney and in the minimum amount of $1,000 for each single-family dwelling or single-family unit in a multiple-family dwelling to be sold, offered for sale, delivered or offered to be delivered within the City. (Ord. 29 § 1, 1981; CC § 54.302)
15.20.080 Bond form.
The bond required by PMC 15.20.070 shall be joint and several as to liability, shall inure to the benefit of any person or his successors or assigns to whom any such structure is sold, offered for sale, delivered or offered to be delivered, and to the City, and the bond shall be conditioned upon the completion within 90 days following the sale or delivery of such a structure of all work necessary to bring the structure into compliance with the minimum standards required by this chapter and the ordinances of the City and shall provide that, for failure to do so, the City or its authorized agents or contractor may enter upon the premises where any such structure shall be as the result of such sale or delivery, make and complete such work, and recover the cost thereof from the principal and/or surety on such bond. (Ord. 29 § 1, 1981; CC § 54.303)
15.20.090 Cash in lieu of bond.
Such person may deposit, in lieu of a surety bond, $1,000 cash or a cashier’s or certified check in the amount of $1,000. (Ord. 29 § 1, 1981; CC § 54.304)
15.20.100 Storage of structures – Bond.
A. Notwithstanding the provisions of PMC 15.20.060, in the event that more than one residential structure, but not to exceed 200 in the aggregate, is to be removed by the same person from their original location to a storage yard or temporary location for the purpose of sale only, a single permit for such removal to each storage yard or temporary location may be granted by the Building Inspector provided said storage yard or temporary location is first approved by the City Council as provided in PMC 15.20.040; and, provided further, that there is filed with the Building Inspector a bond in the sum of $5,000 for each such storage yard or temporary location.
B. The bond shall be executed by the person applying for the permit and by a surety company authorized to do business in the State, shall be joint and several as to liability, shall inure to the benefit of the City and shall be conditioned upon the removal from said storage yard or temporary location pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and within a period of one year from the date of issuance of such permit of all such structures so moved onto said storage yard or temporary location.
C. The bond shall be filed with said Building Inspector prior to the time the permit is issued.
D. No such structure moved onto such storage yard or temporary location shall be used or occupied at such storage yard or temporary location. (Ord. 29 § 1, 1981; CC § 54.305)
Article IV. Removal of Structures – Penalty
15.20.110 Removal of structures from temporary storage.
On October 1, 1959, or upon the date of expiration of the term of any permit of removal and temporary storage of residential structures on a storage yard or temporary location issued pursuant to this chapter, whichever is the later, the permittee shall forthwith remove all such structures from such yard or location. Any person who acquires ownership or right to possession either of the land upon which residential structures are temporarily stored pursuant to a permit issued under the provisions of this chapter or of the residential structures themselves which are temporarily stored pursuant to a permit issued under the provisions of this chapter shall be equally responsible with the permittee for the removal of such structures from such land following the expiration of the term of any such permit. (Ord. 29 § 1, 1981; CC § 54.401)
15.20.120 Nuisance.
A. Any building or structure erected, constructed, altered, maintained or temporarily stored contrary to the provisions of this chapter is declared unlawful and a public nuisance, and any failure, refusal or neglect to obtain a permit as required by the terms of this chapter shall be prima facie evidence of the fact that a nuisance has been committed in connection with the erection, construction, alteration, maintenance or temporary storage of any building or structure erected, constructed, altered, maintained or temporarily stored contrary to the provisions of this chapter.
B. The City Attorney shall, upon order of the City Council, immediately commence necessary proceedings for the abatement, removal and/or enjoinment thereof in the manner provided by law.
C. All of the remedies provided for in this chapter shall be cumulative and not exclusive. (Ord. 29 § 1, 1981; CC § 403)
15.20.130 Violation – Penalty.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter, including any person who as permittee of a permit for removal and temporary storage of residential structures on a storage yard or temporary location, fails to remove such structures from such yard or location upon the expiration of the term of such permit, shall be guilty of an infraction. (Ord. 29 § 1, 1981; CC § 54.402)