It shall be unlawful for the owner or owners of any house, building or structure to wreck or tear down, or cause to be wrecked or torn down any house, building or structure in any manner whatsoever, or for any person, firm or corporation to assist in the wrecking, dismantling, or tearing down of any house, building or other structure without first obtaining a permit for such work from the city office. The permit fee shall be $10.00.
(Code 2005, 7-900s; Code 2020)
Applications for permits to wreck, tear down, or dismantle any structure shall be filed with the city clerk and shall set out the description of the structure and its location and detail plans of the proposed work.
(Code 2005, 7-900s; Code 2020)
No permit to wreck, dismantle, or tear down any house, building or structure shall be issued or granted until the owner or owners shall have filed with the city clerk a bond in the amount of the estimated demolition costs. The bond shall be signed by not less than two sureties to be approved by the city attorney or until, in the alternative, the owner or owners shall have paid to the city clerk a cash deposit in an amount equal to the estimated demolition costs. The bond or cash deposit shall be for the protection of the city, the public, and adjacent lot owners and shall be to secure the payment of all damages of any kind or nature arising from the operations of wrecking, dismantling, or tearing down of the house, building or other structure and to secure the strict compliance of the owner or owners and the person, form or corporations assisting in such operations with the provisions of this article regulating wrecking, dismantling or tearing down of such house, building or other structure. A public liability insurance policy, issued by an insurance company authorized to do business in the State of Kansas, and conforming to this section may be permitted in lieu of a bond.
(Code 2005, 7-900s; Code 2020)
Every person or persons, who shall wreck, dismantle, or tear down any house, building, or other structure, shall within 90 days from the start of the work of wrecking, dismantling, or tearing down, unless a shorter time is specified by the permit, clear or cause to be cleared from the lot, lots, or tract left vacant by such removal, all trash, debris, junk, and discarded building materials not to be used immediately in the rebuilding and shall remove all foundations or parts of foundations at least one foot below ground level unless another house, building, or other structure is to be erected immediately upon the foundations, as specified in the application for the permit; and shall fill in all open wells, and cisterns and all cellars, basements, or other excavations remaining on such lot, lots, tract, unless the same are to be used immediately in conjunction with other structures to be erected.
(Code 2005, 7-900s; Code 2020)
It shall be unlawful for the owner or any person, firm or corporation assisting in the work of wrecking, dismantling, or tearing down any house, building, or other structure, to leave any structure, or portion of structure, building materials, or any excavation in such a condition as to constitute a menace to the public health or safety or to constitute a fire hazard or which may be or may become a nuisance.
(Code 2005, 7-900s; Code 2020)
Upon the failure or neglect of the owner or owners of such house, building, or other structure or of any person, firm or corporation assisting in the work of wrecking, dismantling, or tearing down of such house, building or other structure to fully comply with the provisions of section 4-504, and the bond furnished under the provisions of this article shall secure the payment of the expense thereof or if a cash deposit has been made, such expense shall be deducted from such cash deposit.
(Code 2005, 7-900s; Code 2020)