Any officer, agent, servant or receiver of any railway company
who willfully obstructs for more than five (5) minutes at any one
time any street, railway crossing or public highway by permitting
his train to stand on or across such crossing shall be fined in accordance
with the general penalty provision set forth in Section 1.109 of this
code.
(1974 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 27, Sec. 27-2)
It shall be the duty of each railroad company whose line of
tracks are constructed within the city to put in good repair and maintain
in good condition all streets or parts of streets 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.
(1974 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 27, Sec. 27-3)
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 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 the railroad train;
(2)
A crossing
gate is lowered or when a human flagman gives or continues to give
a signal of the approach 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.
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No person 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.
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(1974 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 27, Sec. 27-4)
