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§47-14-103C.
§47-14-103C.
A. The Commissioner of Public Safety shall upon proper application
issue a special permit to any person allowing the movement on state
and federal highways of a structure in the form of a house or
building, including but not limited to industrialized housing as
defined in Section 14-103A of this title, not exceeding thirty-two
(32) feet in width at the base, and thirty-four (34) feet in width at
the top and twenty-one (21) feet in height. Such permit shall specify
the highways to be used, and a maximum traveling distance of fifty
(50) miles on such highways shall be permitted when consistent with
public convenience and safety, as determined by the Commissioner of
Public Safety. In addition to the prohibitions on movement as
prescribed in Section 14-101 et seq. of this title, such structures
shall not be moved on Saturday or Sunday.
B. The Commissioner of Public Safety is hereby authorized to make
exceptions to the requirements herein when, in the Commissioner's
discretion such exceptions would be warranted. The Commissioner may
issue, upon proper application, a special permit allowing the movement
of a combination of a motor vehicle, industrialized housing or other
industrialized structure, frame or frames thereof not exceeding
twenty-six (26) feet in width at the bottom and thirty (30) feet in
width at the top on state or federal highways. The permit shall
specify the highways to be used and shall be permitted when consistent
with public convenience and safety, as determined by the Commissioner
of Public Safety. If any such combinations have a width in excess of
sixteen (16) feet, the towing vehicle shall be a tandem-axle vehicle
of no less than two hundred twenty (220) horsepower.
C. If the structure is eighteen (18) feet or less in width at the base
or the top, the maximum traveling distance shall not apply and such
permit shall specify the highways to be used and said movement shall
be permitted when consistent with public convenience and safety, as
determined by the Commissioner of Public Safety.
D. For the purposes of this section, "industrialized housing" means
any structure, or component thereof, designed primarily for
residential occupancy which is wholly or in substantial part made,
fabricated, formed, or assembled in manufacturing facilities for
installation, or assembly and installation, on the building site.
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