16.20.030 Requirements for house moving permit.
No building shall be moved over, along or across any street, alley or public property without first obtaining a permit to do so from the director of public works. Applicants for permits shall comply with the following:
A. A written application for each permit shall be filed with the director of public works prior to the date on which the applicant proposes or intends to move the building or portion thereof, and the application shall include the following information:
1. Name and address of person, firm or corporation engaged to move the building;
2. City of Lynnwood business license number, number of persons, firm or corporation engaged to move the building;
3. Name and address of the owner of the building;
4. Present location of the building;
5. Proposed new location of the building;
6. The means and manner the building is to be moved and the type of equipment used therefore;
7. A detailed drawing showing the route over or along which the building or portion thereof is to be moved;
8. The time that will be required to move the building, including the day and hour when any part will enter any street, alley or public property and the approximate date and hour when every part of the building will be off of public right-of-way within the city of Lynnwood;
9. There shall be attached to the application signed statements from each person, firm or corporation owning or operating any public utility maintaining any wires, conduits, cables, poles or other appliances or appurtenances thereto, along, over or across any street, alley or public way along the route over which the building or structure is to be moved, which statement shall state that the moving of such building will not molest, damage or interfere with or interrupt the service of any such wires, conduits, cables, poles or other appliances or appurtenances, or that the applicant has made appropriate arrangements for clearing the same at the time the building is to be moved;
10. That in consideration that the city permit the use of the public streets for the purpose of moving a building, the applicant specifically agrees to indemnify and hold the city harmless against any loss, damage, cost and/or expenses (including attorney’s fees reasonably incurred), which may in any way occur against the city in consequence of granting the permit to the applicant. In the event that the applicant is a corporation, the principal shareholder and the president of the corporation shall also be required to sign such indemnity clause.
B. All buildings or structures to be moved into, through or outside the city limits, in addition to complying with all the provisions of this chapter, shall adhere to applicable state laws.
C. Such other information as the director of public works may deem necessary.
D. Submit a surety bond issued by a reliable surety company, authorized to do business under state laws of the state of Washington, or a cash security in the penal sum of $2,000, to be kept on file by the city clerk and to be conditioned that in the moving of the building or structure any damage to city of Lynnwood property, the director of public works may demand forfeit of such bond or cash security or any amount of the bond to cover costs of repairs.
E. The cost of such permit shall be as shown in Chapter 3.104 LMC. (Ord. 2656 §§ 1, 2, 2006; Ord. 2241 § 17, 1999; Ord. 1676 § 2, 1989; Ord. 1539 § 3, 1986)