The city may make permanent improvements of its sidewalks and streets by levying upon the owners of property immediately abutting on the streets and sidewalks or parts of either so improved an assessment in proportion to the frontage only of the property on these streets or sidewalks or parts of either so improved, of not exceeding, in the aggregate, one-half of the cost of the improvements. No street or sidewalk assessment shall be laid upon the abutting property owners until those improvements have been ordered pursuant to this article and upon the written consent, signed and filed with the city clerk, of not less than twothirds in numbers of the owners of the property abutting upon the streets, sidewalks, or parts of either proposed to be improved, and not until the city has made provisions for the payment of not less than one-half of the cost of such improvement. In addition to any fee for a permit to move a house or other structure or portion thereof, the currently required escort service fee shall be paid prior to the time that any structure or portion thereof is moved. Every house mover shall, prior to moving any house or other building or portion thereof, post with the city building department the currently required bond in legal tender of the United States for the purpose of insuring that the former site of the structure is adequately cleaned and returned to its normal lot grade. If the lot is not cleaned and returned to its normal lot grade, in the sole opinion of the building inspector or his designated agent, within 14 days after the structure has been moved from its site, the city shall have the right to perform or cause to be performed any necessary cleaning or grading and to pay for the cleaning or grading with the bond posted by the house mover.
Any unspent funds remaining after cleaning and grading is ac.
A person desiring a permit to move a house or any other structure covered under this article shall rile an application with the building official on forms provided by the department. The date of the proposed house move, the route, the approximate number of persons participating, the time, as well as any additional information which the building official shall find reasonably necessary to a fair determination as to whether a permit should be issued. Any person aggrieved by a denial shall have a right of appeal to the city council, which appeal shall be taken within five days after notice of rejection and which appeal shall state, in writing, the grounds upon which the appeal is taken. The city council shall act upon the appeal within 15 days after receipt of the notice thereof, and shall be empowered to fix a time and place for public hearing thereon. It shall be the responsibility of an applicant for a permit to call at the omce of the building official or of the city clerk to determine whether or not the application has been rejected or granted, and any or further notices contemplated pursuant to this article shall be given either to the city clerk or to the applicant, at the address indicated in the application, as may be appropriate.