[CC 1999 §22-1; Ord. No. 93-1, 1-11-1993]
No locomotive engine, railroad passenger or freight car shall
be propelled or run upon or along any railroad track within this City
at a greater rate of speed than forty (40) miles per hour.
[CC 1999 §22-2; R.O. 1962 §29-2]
A.
If any
person shall climb upon, jump off, hold to or in any manner whatever
attach himself/herself to any locomotive engine or car while the same
shall be in motion or running into or through the City, he/she shall
be deemed guilty of an ordinance violation.
B.
This
Section shall not apply to any employee of the railroad company nor
to any passenger nor to any person who may be acting by permission
or under the rules of the company then operating the railroad.
[1]
State Law Reference — Climbing on cars, §564.350,
RSMo.
[CC 1999 §22-3; R.O. 1962 §29-3]
No railroad company, railroad engineer, train conductor or other
person shall cause or allow any locomotive engine, car or cars to
stop in or remain upon any street and railroad crossing within this
City for a longer period than five (5) minutes at any one time.
[1]
State Law References — Obstructing tracks, §§564.360,
564.370, RSMo.
[CC 1999 §22-4; R.O. 1962 §29-4]
Every railroad operating a line of railroad through this City
shall construct and maintain good and sufficient crossings where its
railroad crosses the street or public roads of the City, to be opened
for public use, which crossing shall be constructed of the material
and in the manner provided by State law.
[1]
State Law References — Crossings generally, §§389.610
et seq., RSMo.
[CC 1999 §22-5; R.O. 1978 §29-5]
Every railroad company which has railroad tracks which run through
the City or any portion thereof shall be required to erect, place
or construct such barricades or other warning devices as shall be
required by the City Council at the crossings of such tracks with
the streets, alleys or other public ways within the City upon notice
by registered mail, return receipt requested, from the City to any
such railroad company directing such railroad company to so erect,
place or construct such warning device. It shall be unlawful for such
railroad company to fail to so erect, place or construct such warning
device within sixty (60) days after receipt of such notice.
[CC 1999 §22-6; R.O. 1978 §29-6]
A.
Whenever
any person driving a vehicle approaches a railroad grade crossing
under any of the circumstances stated in this Section, the driver
of such vehicle shall stop within fifty (50) feet but not less than
fifteen (15) feet from the nearest rail of such railroad and shall
not proceed until he/she can do so safely. The foregoing requirements
shall apply when:
1.
A clearly
visible electric or mechanical signal device gives warning of the
immediate approach of a railroad train;
2.
A crossing
gate is lowered or when a human flagman gives or continues to give
a signal of the approach or passage of a railroad train;
3.
A railroad
train approaching within approximately fifteen hundred (1,500) feet
of the highway crossing emits a signal audible from such distance
and such railroad train, by reason of its speed or nearness to such
crossing, is an immediate hazard;
4.
An approaching
railroad train is plainly visible and is in hazardous proximity to
such crossing.
B.
No persons
shall drive any vehicle through, around or under any crossing gate
or barrier at a railroad grade crossing while such gate or barrier
is closed or is being opened or closed.
[CC 1999 §22-7; R.O. 1978 §29-7]
It shall be the duty of each railroad company whose lines of
tracks are constructed within the City to put in good repair and maintain
in good condition all streets or parts of streets, crossing and right-of-way
through or over which its line of tracks may run and to keep the same
free from obstructions of every kind, which such repair shall be made
and constructed under the direction and supervision of the City.
[CC 1999 §27-243; Ord. No. 91-8, 1-29-1991]
It shall be unlawful for the directing officer or the operator
of any railroad train to direct the operation of or to operate the
same in such a manner as to prevent the use of any street for purposes
of travel for a period of time longer than five (5) minutes; provided
that this Section shall not apply to a moving train or to one stopped
because of an emergency or for repairs necessary before it can proceed
safely.
