§ 8-217. Moving of interfering wires.

(a)

If a permit application required by this article states that it will be necessary to cut and move, raise or in any way interfere with any wires, cables or other aerial equipment of any public or municipally owned utility, the applicant shall give not less than 15 days' written notice to the public or municipally owned utility owning or operating such wires, cables or other aerial facilities, or to their agents, of the intent to move a structure, giving the time and location of the applicant's moving operations. Should the moving operation be delayed, then applicant shall again give the public or municipally owned utility not less than 24 hours' advance notice of the actual operation.

(b)

It shall be the duty of any public utility owning or operating such wires, cables or other aerial equipment after service of notice, to furnish competent workmen or linemen to remove, raise, or cut such wires, cables or other aerial equipment as will be necessary to facilitate applicant's moving operations. The necessary expense which is incurred by or on behalf of any public utility for cutting, raising, removing or otherwise facilitating the moving operations of the applicant shall be paid by applicant to each public utility concerned. The public utility may require the applicant to furnish the public utility with appropriate bond or other surety agreement insuring the payment of all expenses incurred as a result of applicant's moving operations.

(c)

No person, firm or corporation shall move, haul or transport any house, building, derrick or other structure of the height, when loaded for movement, of 24 feet or more from the surface of the highway, road, street or alley upon, across or over any public highway, road, street or alley. Provided that, if the designated travel route does not interfere with any existing telephone, cable television or electric power wires, traffic signals, trees or other similar objects, there are no limitations on the load height.

(d)

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation engaged as principal or employee in moving any house, building, derrick or other structure, as provided for in the above sections, to move, touch, cut, molest, or in any way interfere with any telephone, telegraph, electric light or electric power wires or any poles bearing any such wires, or any other equipment.

(Ord. No. 4127, § 1, 4-17-84; Ord. No. 4413, § 1, 5-19-87; Ord. No. 6955, § 1, 6-19-12)