§ 8:503. Submission for approval.

(a)

No permit for moving any building shall be issued by the inspection division until the application containing the information above set forth has been submitted and approved by such other law enforcement and public safety agencies that may deem appropriate or necessary under the circumstances.

(b)

Except as otherwise provided herein, no permit shall be issued to move any building over any part of a public way where such building exceeds twenty (20) feet in width, combined overall length of seventy-five (75) feet, or sixteen (16) feet in height; the height to be measured from the junction of the moving conveyance with the ground to the highest point of the house or building to be moved; provided, however, that the building official may increase such limits if the route to be used indicates that such increase will not result in creating a traffic hazard or damage to affected utilities.

(c)

Standards for Issuance: The inspection division shall refuse to issue a permit on the following grounds:

(1)

That any application requirement or any fee or deposit requirement has not been complied with.

(2)

The approval of the building official has not been previously secured or if for any reason such approval is withheld.

(3)

That the building is in such a state of deterioration or disrepair or is otherwise so structurally unsafe that it could not be moved without endangering persons and property in the city-parish.

(4)

That the building is structurally unsafe or unfit for the purpose for which moved, if the removal location is in the city-parish. If a structure has been condemned by the city-parish, it is a rebuttable presumption that it is unsafe to be moved.

(5)

That the applicant's equipment is unsafe and that persons and property would be endangered by its use.

(6)

That zoning, fire prevention, or other ordinances would be violated by the building in its new location.

(7)

That for any other reason persons or property in the city-parish would be endangered by the moving of the building.

(8)

That the structure proposed upon the new site does not meet the requirements of the building, plumbing and electrical codes and other regulations applicable thereto.

(City Code 1951, Title 8, § 504; Parish Code 1962, Title 8, § 504; Ord. No. 9881, § 3, 5-11-94)