Special move permits.
Denver Revised Municipal Code § 54-725
in effectSec. 54-725. - Special move permits.
The city traffic engineer in cooperation with the city engineer may issue and allow a permit for the movement of vehicles, loads or vehicles and loads combined which exceed seventeen (17) feet in width, sixteen (16) feet in height, one hundred-thirty (130) in length and two hundred thousand (200,000) pounds as measured and assembled on the street ready to be moved, only upon the conditions applicable to oversize moves as described in section 54-724 and satisfying the additional requirements of the city traffic engineer which can include the following conditions:
(1) The permittee (the owner or an agent, which may be the moving contractor but must be authorized in writing) obtain the service, in writing, of a licensed contractor and or engineer approved by the city traffic engineer to accompany the move along its entire route;
(2) The approved contractor and/or engineer shall, prior to a permit being issued for the move, survey the route of the oversize move and make a written report to the city traffic engineer for approval, setting forth a move plan. Said plan shall address the following to the appropriate level of investigation:
(a) Requirements for protection of pavement, curb, gutters and sidewalks;
(b) Requirements for protection of structures, including structure reinforcement and protection for any other structural appurtenances, landscaping, and street signs;
(c) Requirements for traffic signals, and other control devices, setting forth how the devices and signals are to be handled or modified to allow the move;
(d) Requirements for the protection of private property, utility infrastructure in the right of way and for removal of parked cars which may be normally parked on the street and interfere with the move;
(e) Requirements for the prompt replacement and returning to normal service all items modified or removed for the move;
(f) Requirements for the temporary storage of vehicles, and loads off the city ROW should the move contractor or the city traffic engineer estimate that the move may not be completed in a permitted period.
(3) The city traffic engineer may reject or request more information following the submission of the move plan. Additionally, the city traffic engineer may approve the permit contingent upon none, any or all of the following:
(a) Implementation of the requirements described in the original moving plan.
(b) Further conditions that the city traffic engineer cooperating with the city engineer may require.
(c) Submission of a bond and or insurance for the protection of the city, and city facilities along the route in an amount required by the city traffic engineer.
(d) Written approval of affected utility companies, railroads, the regional transportation district and the state department of transportation.
(e) Concurrence of other appropriate departments of the city as designated by the city traffic engineer.
(f) A public information program if required by the city traffic engineer.
(g) Payment of a deposit to cover the cost of city staff support for the move.
(4) The contractor and the permittee indemnify and save the city harmless against all claims for damages and injury arising out of the oversize move;
(5) Traffic signal components and signs may be removed only for a period of time long enough to allow the vehicle and load to be moved through the location involved and these traffic signals and signs be reinstalled immediately and placed back into original operation and no traffic signals and signs be left in any condition other than what they were prior to removal, including no additional splicing of any overhead or underground electrical cables;
(6) All traffic signals be back in normal operating condition and all signs properly installed and oriented prior to 6:00 a.m. of the day of the move.
(Code 1950, § 525.1-6(4); Ord. No. 477-00, § 1, 6-19-00)
Source: City and County of Denver, Revised Municipal Code and Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/co/denver/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITIIREMUCO_CH54TRRE_ARTXIIIWELEHEVELO_DIV2OVMO_S54-725SPMOPEFetched: 10/27/2026