9-124-050 Driver collecting fares.

   It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle propelled otherwise than by animal power and used for transportation of passengers for hire, or for any person controlling or operating any such vehicle to cause, suffer or permit any driver to collect fare, make change, issue any ticket or transfer, make any entry of record, count transfers, tickets or money, while the said vehicle is in motion upon the surface of any public way in the city.

(Prior code § 188-8)

9-124-060 Lights at railroad crossings.

   Every person owning or operating any elevated or street railroad, whose track crosses or intersects at, above or below the grade of any of the public ways within the city, shall provide at his own expense, proper and sufficient lights, and shall care for the same at all such crossings or intersections. Such lights shall be of such kind as may be approved by the commissioner of transportation.

   Each day during which any crossing or intersection situated as aforesaid shall be permitted to remain without such lights after the first conviction shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.

(Prior code § 188-9; Amend Coun. J. 11-8-12, p. 38872, § 170)

9-124-070 Painting railroad pillars.

   Every person owning or operating any steam or elevated railroad whose track is elevated within the city shall paint a stripe of uniform color and design, in such a way as to make it conspicuous from its base to its top, on every post, pillar or support located at a point or turn in the street where vehicular traffic may be endangered by collision therewith. At night there shall be displayed a light of sufficient illuminating power to be visible in the direction from which vehicles approach at a distance of 200 feet on an arm or bracket extending from such post, pillar or support, or suspended from the superstructure of the railroad, all of which shall be done in such manner as shall be approved by the commissioner of transportation.

   In the event that any such person owning or operating any steam or elevated railroad shall fail or neglect to paint and illuminate such posts, pillars or supports as herein required, then the city council at its election, may cause the work to be done at the expense of such person, and such person shall pay the city the whole cost and expense thereof.

   Each day during which any post, pillar or support shall be permitted to remain unpainted and without light contrary to the requirements of this section after the first conviction shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.

(Prior code § 188-10; Amend Coun. J. 11-8-12, p. 38872, § 171)

9-124-080 Drains on railroad structures.

   Every person, owning any elevated structure within the city, upon, along or over which trains or cars are propelled by steam, electricity or any motive power whatsoever, shall provide and maintain at his own expense, at all of his station buildings and platforms located over any of the public ways or other public places of the city, and over all intersections of elevated structures with public ways, suitable and practicable devices and equipment so arranged as to intercept and promptly carry off stormwater and drippings from melting snow or from any other cause.

(Prior code § 188-11)

9-124-090 Penalty.

   Except where some other penalty is specifically provided, any person who shall violate any provision of that part of this chapter dealing with general requirements, shall be subject to a fine of not less than $5.00 nor more than $100.00 for each offense.

(Prior code § 188-12)

ARTICLE II. STREET RAILROADS (9-124-100 et seq.)

9-124-100 Scope of regulations.

   Nothing contained in this part of this chapter dealing with street railroads or any order of the city council passed in pursuance thereof shall affect or prejudice in any way the rights of the city or its legal representatives, or the State's Attorney of Cook County, in any pending or future litigation concerning the respective rights of the city or the owners or lessees of any street railroad in any of the streets of the city under any statute or ordinance heretofore enacted or passed, nor shall any section of this part of this chapter dealing with street railroads be construed or understood as extending or enlarging in any way any rights which the owners or lessees of any such street railroad may now possess in the public ways of the city.

(Prior code § 188-13)

9-124-110 Laying track.

   No person shall lay any street railroad track in or upon any of the public ways or other public places within the city, without first procuring a permit therefor, in writing, from the commissioner of transportation.

   Such permit shall be issued by the commissioner of transportation in accordance with the terms of the respective ordinances under which such track may be authorized to be laid, and in accordance with the provisions of this Code applicable thereto, and shall specify in full the terms and conditions under which the same shall be constructed. The department of transportation shall inspect and supervise the said construction sufficiently to ascertain whether such terms and conditions are in fact complied with. All work thereunder shall be superintended by the department of transportation.

   For every such permit there shall be paid to the city the cost of issuing the same and the expense of superintendence of such construction under such permit. The cost of such issuance and superintendence shall be computed and fixed by said commissioner.

(Prior code § 188-14; Amend Coun. J. 11-8-12, p. 38872, § 172)

9-124-120 Gauge of track.

   The gauge of all street railroads in the city now laid or hereafter to be laid is hereby fixed at four feet, eight and one-half inches, except on curves, where the gauge may be increased to not exceeding four feet and nine inches.

(Prior code § 188-15)