Chapter 10.26
Building Moving and Relocation

Sections:

10.26.010 Relocation Permit Required.

10.26.020 Condition of Building.

10.26.030 Compliance with Zoning.

10.26.040 Conditions of Permit.

10.26.050 Bond.

10.26.060 Default.

10.26.070 Building Moving – Additional Provisions.

10.26.010 Relocation Permit Required.

A.  A person needs a relocation permit issued by the building services department to relocate or place a building or structure upon any property in the city.

B.  The applicant must be either the owner of the building or a state registered contractor.

C.  The relocation permit is in addition to the building moving permit and the street obstruction permit as provided in SMC 11.02.03458 and SMC chapter 12.02. While the moving and street obstruction permits are class III licenses under SMC chapter 4.04, the relocation permit is a species of building permit.

[Ord. C25831 § 6.106.010]

10.26.020 Condition of Building.

A.  The director of building services inspects the building to determine whether it complies with the current building code.

B.  If the building does not meet current code, the director either denies the relocation permit application or conditions the permit on rehabilitation, repair, or alteration.

C.  All work of rehabilitation, repair, or alteration required by a relocation permit is subject to the normal permit requirements of SMC title 11.

[Ord. C28287; Passed: 2/3/1986]

10.26.030 Compliance with Zoning.

The director of building services inspects the site to which the building is to be moved and determines whether the relocated building would comply with the zoning code and all other applicable provisions of SMC title 11. If some approval, such as special permit from the hearing examiner, is required, the director may make such approval a precondition to the issuance of the relocation permit.

[Ord. C28287; Passed: 2/3/1986]

10.26.040 Conditions of Permit.

A.  The director of building services imposes such conditions on the relocation permit as are reasonable and necessary to assure code compliance and promote the general welfare.

B.  Such conditions may include that all work in connection with the required rehabilitation, repair, or alteration be completed within a certain time and that the owner of the building post a bond to secure the completion of such work.

[Ord. C28287; Passed: 2/3/1986]

10.26.050 Bond.

A.  The bond contract must provide the right of entry to the surety (if any) and to the City in the event the owner (principal) defaults in the performance of the permit conditions so that the surety and the City may enter the premises to cure the default or take such other action as may be provided by law.

B.  Should the conditions of the relocation permit not be satisfied within the prescribed time, the building official serves, by personal service or certified mail, a written notice of default upon the owner and the surety (in the case of a surety bond) and demands full performance of the conditions of the permit within a certain time.

C.  Should the owner and/or surety fail to cure the default and fully perform the conditions of the permit as demanded in the notice of default, then the surety in the case of a surety bond or the custodian in the case of all other kinds of bonds, is required to pay over the full amount of the bond to the building official for deposit into a special account.

D.  If all conditions of the relocation permit have been satisfied, the building official, upon issuance of a certificate of occupancy, exonerates and releases the bond.

[Ord. C25831 §§ 6.106.090, 6.106.100, 6.106.110, 6.106.140, 6.106.150]

10.26.060 Default.

A.  If a default in the conditions of the permit is not timely cured, the building official applies the bond to either complete the work required to satisfy the permit conditions or demolish and remove the building, taking into account the standards and criteria contained in SMC chapter 11.11.

B.  After paying the costs of the work of completion or demolition, the building official retains twenty-five percent of the costs by way of reimbursement of administrative expense. Any money remaining is returned to the person who paid on the bond.

[Ord. C25831 §§ 6.106.120, 6.10.130]

10.26.070 Building Moving – Additional Provisions.

A.  Notwithstanding and in addition to the provisions of SMC chapters 4.04, 11.02 and 12.02 with respect to the permits for relocating a building, moving a building and obstructing a street, the moving of the building is subject to the further provisions of this section.

B.  The building official coordinates review and comment on the proposal among the City departments of police, engineering services, street, and among all utility companies having lines or other facilities along the proposed route.

C.  Before the moving permit is issued the building official incorporates, by endorsement or attachment, a written description of the approved route and the time and date of the move. At least fifteen days before the move the applicant must sign the permit thereby agreeing to:

1.   the route and timeframe;

2.   notifying the police department, the street department and affected utilities at least twenty-four hours in advance of the move; and

3.   reimburse the affected departments, and utility companies for the actual costs of moving lines or otherwise enabling the move.

D.  When the holder of a building moving permit gives notice as provided in this section, every owner of utility facilities is required to raise, remove and replace, bypass, or take other reasonable action regarding such facilities to accommodate the moving of the building.

[Ord. C33112 § 5; Passed: 11/18/2002]