01-20-2009, 05:42 AM
Stillhope, Structure moving permits are nothing new, been around for way over a half century (as they were not new when I was a kid...)
I know that in Illinois & Wisconsin, when you move a house you have needed roadway permits (usually the overhead utility companies have to sign off on the route, sometimes even having to have crews along the route to move wires out of the way... and the route is usually published in the paper for a time before the move, as the house moving equipment normally blocks off streets during the move..)
I am surprised that you have never seen a house move... they are done almost everywhere... sometimes to preserve an old structure that is in a spot that has other potential, sometimes to move a family home out of the way of road construction... there are many that are bought to be moved, so that the land they are on can be used, without demolishing a useable structure, as was the case of the Hilo home in HPP...
I know that in Illinois & Wisconsin, when you move a house you have needed roadway permits (usually the overhead utility companies have to sign off on the route, sometimes even having to have crews along the route to move wires out of the way... and the route is usually published in the paper for a time before the move, as the house moving equipment normally blocks off streets during the move..)
I am surprised that you have never seen a house move... they are done almost everywhere... sometimes to preserve an old structure that is in a spot that has other potential, sometimes to move a family home out of the way of road construction... there are many that are bought to be moved, so that the land they are on can be used, without demolishing a useable structure, as was the case of the Hilo home in HPP...