When the City paves, repairs or repaves any street, highway or alley, it shall be the duty of any railroad company occupying any portion of such roadway, after notice served by the Director of Streets and Public Improvements pursuant to Council action, to pave, repair or repave the same for a distance of 4 1/2 feet each way from the center line of the roadway between the tracks of the railroad and the company's turnouts thereon. Such work shall be at the sole cost and expense of the railroad company and shall be done with the same kind of material used by the City in performing such work.
[Adopted as Art. 911 of the 1979 Codified Ordinances]
Upon the failure of any railroad company to do the work provided for in § 483-57 within 60 days from the date the notice is served, Council shall order and direct the paving, repairing or repaving to be done and shall charge the cost and expense thereof to such railroad company. Upon failure of such company to pay the cost and expense thereof, the same shall be recovered from it according to law.
All railroad companies about to construct and lay or reconstruct any railroad tracks with roadbed, ties and rails and other parts of a railroad system, or any part or portion thereof, thereon, shall, before any such construction or reconstruction is begun, submit the plans and details thereof, in the shape of plans and writings, to the City Engineer for his approval. No construction or reconstruction shall commence without the prior approval of the City Engineer, except for ordinary repairs. Construction or reconstruction work being done without the prior approval of the City Engineer, shall be stopped by the Director of Streets and Public Improvements.
No railroad company or any of its agents, conductors, engineers or other officers shall operate any locomotive, car or train upon or across the streets, roads or lanes at grade level on any tracks south of Sixth Street at a speed in excess of 10 miles per hour.
[Amended 6-6-1990 by Ord. No. 4-1990]
Any person violating any provision of this article shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding, be fined not more than $600 and costs and, in default of payment thereof, shall be imprisoned for not more than 90 days.