[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Rockwood
as Ch. 674 of the 1989 Codified Ordinances. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
Every railroad company, in the operation of trains or cars in
the city, shall have a member of the train crew in advance of any
such train or car while approaching any street crossing, at least
200 feet from the first car nearest to any such crossing, at times
when trains are being backed over any public crossing in the city.
No railroad corporation or company operating a railroad in the
state shall permit its engines, cars or trains to obstruct any public
street or highway in the City for longer than five minutes at any
one time. No such railway company shall permit or allow any of its
cars or trains to obstruct any public street or highway within the
City for any period of time, unless a locomotive is attached to such
cars or trains in instant readiness to remove such obstruction in
case of fire or other hazard in the city.
[Added 4-7-1999 by Ord. No. 369]
No railroad corporation or company operating a railroad through
the City of Rockwood shall permit its railroad crossing signals to
continuously malfunction after reasonable written notification of
such malfunction has been given to the railroad company. No such railroad
shall permit its crossing signals to malfunction by the continued
closing of railway gates and/or the flashing of signals when there
is no approaching train, thereby obstructing the public streets and
highway within the City and creating a traffic hazard.
