Obtaining A House Moving Permit

House Moving Application Process

To move any building or structure or any portion thereof, over, upon, along or across any street or public way, the following necessary information is required:

Name of applicant, address, phone number, location moving house from, location moving house to, route to be taken, sections of building, type of building and class.

The route must be approved by the City Parking and Traffic Engineer before proceeding with the application. When the application has been approved by all utility companies and city departments involved, a $5.00 application fee is to be paid for each permit and $16.00 for each section to be moved.

There may be a cash deposit made, at times, up to $5,000.00 which is refundable if there is no damage to public facilities.

Processing of the application may take up to ten (10) days before the permit is granted.

If the City Departments have given their approval, the utilities have not contacted the City with any objections to the move, and the applicant has paid any necessary deposits, then the applicant will hand-carry his application for the final two approvals at least 24 hours prior to moving. The applicant will take the application to the:

Police Department, Operations Office, located behind City Hall
Fire Department, Fire Prevention Bureau, located at 1444 7th Street

After their approval, the permit may be issued.