[Adopted 8-8-1957 by Ord.
No. 761 (Ch. 44, Art. I, of the 1966 Code)]
From and after the effective date of this article it shall be
unlawful for any engineer, any member of any railroad train crew or
any other agent of any railroad company to blow, cause or permit to
be blown any whistle on any railroad locomotive within the corporate
limits of the Borough of Clearfield; provided, however, that the prohibition
of this article shall not apply whenever it shall appear necessary
to any person on any railroad locomotive or train to blow a whistle
in order to give warning to any persons either on the railroad tracks
or in such close proximity thereto as to be endangered by failure
to blow a whistle, or to give such warning in case of blinding snow,
driving rain and/or dense fog.
Any engineer, any member of any train crew or any other agent
of any railroad company who shall violate the provisions of this article
shall be guilty of a summary offense and, upon conviction before the
Mayor or any Magisterial District Judge of said Borough, shall be
subject to the payment of a fine of not less than $10 or more than
$25 and costs for each separate offense and, in default of payment
of the same, shall be imprisoned in the Borough lockup or the Clearfield
County Jail for a term not exceeding 10 days for each offense.
Any railroad company which shall allow the provisions of this
article to be violated shall be subject to a penalty of not less than
$10 nor more than $25 for each violation, to be recovered with costs
the same as fines and penalties of a like amount are now recoverable
by law.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent herewith
be and the same hereby are repealed.
This article shall become effective immediately upon final passage
hereof and due advertisement according to law.
