ORD CC 05/03/1927 - Amend moving of housesAN ORDINANCE TO AMEND Ali ORDINANCE RE-
GULATING TEE Ti MOVING OF HOUSES OR BUILD-
INGS ALONG, OVER, UPON AND ACROSS THE
STR� ETS OF THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, AND
PROVIDING A PENALTY, ADOPTED AUGUST 6,
1912, INCORPORATING ING THEREIN A PORTION
OF SECTION IIIa, RELATING TO THE PER -
MITS FOR THE REMOVAL OF BUILDINGS, OF
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTED THE 21st DAY OF
JULY, 1926, PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE
VIOLATION THEREOF, AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE:
That the ordinance regulating the moving of houses or
buildings along, over, upon and across the streets
of the City of Huntsville, Texas, adopted August 6,
1912, and incorporation a portion of Section IIIa of
an ordinance adopted by said City on July 21, 1926,
be amended and re- enacted so as hereafter to read
as follows:
SECTION 1-
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons
to move any house or building of any kind along, over,
upon, or across any streets of the City of Huntsville,
without first obtaining a written permit from the
Building Inspector of said City. The granting of such
permit shall be within the discretion of the Building
Inspector, and tine Mayor of said City. Such permit,
when granted, shall name the streets along, over, upon
and across which said house or other building is to be
moved, the time when such building shall be begun, and the
length of time consumed in the removal of such building;
and that no such permit shall be issued until the fee of
Five (05.00) Dollars, hereby fixed for the issuance of
a permit, shall have been paid and delivered to he City
Secretary.
SECTION 2 --
Before any person or persons shall be granted
a permit to move any house or other building along,
upon, over or across any streets of the City of Huntsville,
such person or persons shall enter into a good and solvent
bond with one or more sureties, payable to and to be
approved by the Mayor of the City of Huntsville, in
a sum not less than Two Hundred Fifty (250.00) Dollars
nor more than One Thousand ($1000.00) Dollars, conditioned
that such person or persons shall not in any manner injure
any person, or persons,or any property within the said
City, and particularly will not injury any of the side-
walks, bridges, culverts, paving, streets, street - crossings,
or other property belonging to said City, or property
belonging o any person, firm or corporation located within
said City.
SECTION 3 --
That when any person or persons desiring to
move a house or building along, over, across or upon
any of the streets of the City of Huntsville, and shall
have obtained a permit therefor as provided in section 1
above, and shall have actually begun to move such house
or building, such house or building shall be moved as
rapidly and expeditiously as possible, and the wtrk of
moving said house or building shall progress continuously
from day to day, Sundays excepted, so that said house
or building may not remain an obstruction in or upon any
of the streets of said City longer than is absolutely
necessary; and after the sorb of - moving said house or
building shall have once begun, it shall be unlawful
for the person or persons in charge of said work to permit
said house or building to remain stationary on or upon
any of the streets of said City of Huntsville for as
long as one -half day at a time, Sundays excepted, and
half day that said house or building shall be allowed to
remain stationary on or upon an;
City of Huntsville shall be deemed` as a separa e' "of
SECTION 3A --
each
Any person moving any house (or other structure) upon,
over, or across the streets of the City of Huntsville, under a
permit issued by virtue of this ordinance, when it becomes necessary
to leave such hose (or other structure) upon and within any
treet during the night, shall keep colored Lights exposed adjacent
to said house (or other structure) on each end, or side, where
the street may be obstructed by such house (or other structure),
in order to protect persons upon said streets from running into,
_ '�� � of-r „r.'F:»rel: and a violation
SECTION 4 --
That it shall be unlawful for any person
or persons moving a house or buiding along, upon or
across any of the streets of the City of Huntsville to
permit such house ur building to remain on any street
crossing, sidewalk, bridge or culvert in or within said
City for a longer period of time than it actually takes
to move such house orJuilding over or across such crossing,
sidewalk, bridge or culvert; and it shall be unlawful
for such house or building to be permitted to remain on
or left in such way as to block any street crossing,
sidewalk, bridge or culvert in or within the City of
Huntsville, over night or during Sunda`:.
SECTION 5 --
l;otaing in this ordinance shall be construed
to curtail or abridge the right of any person to prosecute
a civil action for damages by reason of injuries to
persons or property resulting from the use of any of
the streets of the City of Huntsville by any person or
persons moving any ‘�ouse or building, along, over, across
or upon such streets.
S'tCT ION 6 --
person violating any of the provisions
of this ordinance small be deemed guilty of an offense, and
upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not
less tan Ten (10.00) Dollars nor greater than One
Hundred (004.00) Dollars.
SECTION 7 --
This ordinance shall be construed in connection
with the building ordinance of the City of Huntsville.
adopted July 21, 1926, and all other ordinances in
conflict with the provisions hereof are hereby repealed
SECTION 8 --
There being a public emerEencr requiring
that tnis ordinance shall be passed finally on the date
it i7 introduced, the same shall take effect and be in
force from and after its passage.
Referred to the Committee on Streets and
Bridges, tnis 2 day of May, 1927.
ATTEST:
MAYU G` I 1- Or
CITY SECRETARY.
HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS.
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the Committee on Streets and Bridges,
to w::om the fore`;oing ordinance was referred, do
hereby report back the same with our approval, and
recommend that the same be adopted.
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Passed and approves: in open Council this
day of May, 1927. d i
ATTEST:
CITY SECRI Tk.RY.
TAI OR , C iii' Y' G1? iu T S V I1LE , TEXAS.
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