[Adopted 12-13-1984 by Ord. No. 36]
A.
No railway company or railroad company division superintendent,
or assistant division superintendent or agent or yardmaster having
charge or supervision of any railway car, engine or tender, or any
railway or railroad company in the Village, shall suffer or permit
any railway or railroad car, engine or tender to stand or remain in
or be in passage or in motion across or otherwise block any public
way, place, street so as to obstruct the free passage of traffic,
pedestrian or vehicular, along such public way, place, street or avenue
and across such railway or railroad track in the Village for more
than 10 minutes at any one time; however, this time limitation of
10 minutes shall be inapplicable and inoperative in the event of any
cause or happening of any event which shall be outside of and beyond
the control of any such division superintendent, agent or yardmaster,
assistant division superintendent, agent or yardmaster, such as derailment,
a mechanical or power failure, or an unforeseen and avoidable breakdown
of any of the mechanical equipment participating in the train movement.
B.
No railway company or railroad company division superintendent
or assistant division superintendent or engineer or conductor, or
agent or yardmaster having charge or supervision of any railway car
or engine shall suffer or permit any railroad car or engine to stand
on or be in motion across any state or federal highway within the
Village of Superior, Wisconsin, as to obstruct the free movement of
traffic for any time while said railway company, railroad, car or
engine is engaged in the process of switching of cars or making up
a train or breaking a train into two or more components.
