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Sec. 19-280. Arm gates or flagmen required at crossings; exceptions.
(a)   All railroad companies with tracks crossing any street in the city shall maintain vertical arm gates of such pattern and kind as may be satisfactory to the city council at such crossings or keep flagmen stationed at such crossings, in order to give timely warning to the public of the approach or passing of any engine, car or train, and shall take all other precautions that may be necessary to protect the public from danger at such crossings.
(b)   In lieu of the arm gates or flagmen required by subsection (a) of this section, the Southern Railway Company is hereby authorized to install and operate flashing light crossing signals, including bells, at the crossing at Biltmore and at the Haywood Street and Lyman Street crossings.
(Code 1965, § 23-4)