Village of Blasdell, NY Chapter 183 RAILROADS

[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Blasdell 3-23-1964 as Ch. 27 of the 1964 Code of the Village of Blasdell. Amendments noted where applicable.]

GENERAL REFERENCES

Vehicles and traffic — See Ch. 239.

§ 183-1 Blocking of crossings.

No person or persons in the employ of any railway company operating within the limits of the Village of Blasdell shall, jointly or severally, leave any engine or car standing unattended upon any crossing within the limits of any public street of said village nor permit any cars, engines or trains to stand upon any of the street crossings of any railway within the Village of Blasdell in such a manner as to obstruct any such crossing for a greater period than five minutes continuously at any one time without clearing and opening any such crossing so as to permit pedestrians and vehicles to pass and repass.

Editor's Note: Original § 27-2, Penalty, which immediately followed this section was repealed at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I.

§ 183-2 Blowing of whistles.

It shall not be lawful for any person in the employ of any railroad company within the limits of the Village of Blasdell to permit the whistle of the locomotive under his control to be blown, except for necessary signal purposes.

§ 183-3 Penalties for offenses.

Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I.

Any person violating the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be punishable by a fine of not more than $250 or by imprisonment for not more than 15 days, or by both such fine or imprisonment.