In this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) AREA means the American Railway Engineering Association.
(2) CITY means the city of Dallas.
(3) COMMITTEE means the citizen’s safety advisory committee.
(4) DEPARTMENT means the department of the city designated by the city manager to enforce and administer this chapter.
(5) DIRECTOR means the director of the department and any authorized representative of the director.
(6) FRA means the Federal Railroad Administration.
(7) HAZARDOUS MATERIAL means “hazardous material,” “hazardous substance,” or “hazardous waste” as defined in Section 171.8, Part 171, Subchapter C, Chapter 1, Subtitle B, Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations.
(8) LOCAL means residing or situated within the city.
(9) LOOSE MATERIAL means dirt, sand, gravel, or other material that is capable of blowing or spilling from a railroad car as a result of movement or exposure to air, wind currents or weather.
(10) MAIN RAILROAD LINE means the following railroad lines. Any other railroad line within the city is considered a switch or spur line.
(A) Main Lines of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad (“SF”).
(i) Line SF1 is directionally described as follows: From the south city limits near its intersection with Red Bird Lane northward to Ledbetter Drive to Loop 12 (Walton Walker Boulevard), then northeasterly to Cockrell Hill Road, Westmoreland Road, Hampton Road, Tyler Street, then easterly to Zang Boulevard, then northeasterly to Marsalis Avenue, Corinth Street and the Trinity River, to Lamar Street, to South Central Expressway to the east Dallas yards at Good-Latimer Expressway.
(ii) Line SF2 is directionally described as follows: From the east Dallas yards at Good- Latimer Expressway northeasterly to Haskell Avenue, Peak Street, Munger Boulevard, Beacon Street, West Shore Drive, then southeasterly to East Grand Avenue to the Southern Pacific Railroad Belt Line to White Rock Creek, then northeasterly to Highland Road, Lakeland Drive, Peavy Road, Barnes Bridge Road, to the Garland city limits near IH 635.
(iii) Line SF3 is directionally described as follows: Northwesterly from Line 2 north of Northwest Highway to the Garland city limits at IH 635, then northwestward from the Garland city limits at Jupiter Road to Kingsley Road, Plano Road, then northerly to Miller Road, Skillman Street, Walnut Street, to the north city limits at Buckingham Road, then westerly from the Plano city limits being approximately 2680 feet east of Preston Road near Coit Road to 1250 feet west of Preston Road to Dallas Parkway to the west city limits near Midway Road.
(B) Main Lines of the former Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (“RI”).
(i) Line RI1 is directionally described as follows: From near Corinth Street northwestward to Union Station, Continental Avenue, Oak Lawn Avenue, Industrial Boulevard to Motor Street, to Inwood Road, Mockingbird Lane, then westward to the city limits at the Trinity River.
(C) Main Lines of the Missouri-Kansas- Texas Railroad (“MKT”).
(i) Line MKT1 is directionally described as follows: From the south city limits near Wintergreen Road northward to Cleveland Road, IH 635, Simpson Stuart Road, Ledbetter Drive (Loop 12), Illinois Avenue, Overton Road, Sargent Road, Martin Luther King Boulevard, Corinth Street to Union Station.
(ii) Line MKT2 is directionally described as follows: From Union Station northward and northwestward to Continental Avenue, Oak Lawn Avenue, crossing Harry Hines Boulevard, to Lucas Drive, Amelia Street, Maple Avenue, Inwood Road, Mockingbird Lane, Shorecrest Drive, Webb Chapel Extension, Northwest Highway (Loop 12), Walnut Hill Lane, Royal Lane, Forest Lane, IH 635, to the north city limits, 0.5 miles north of IH 635.
(iii) Line MKT3 is directionally described as follows: From Line 2 near Harry Hines Boulevard and McKinnon Street northeasterly to Maple Avenue, Lemmon Avenue, Fitzhugh Avenue, Knox Street, Mockingbird Lane, Abrams Road, Northwest Highway (Loop 12), then northward to White Rock Creek, Kingsley Road, Miller Road, then northeasterly to Audelia Road, IH 635, Plano Road to the east city limits east of Plano Road.
(D) Main Lines of the Missouri Pacific Railroad (“MP”).
(i) Line MP1 is directionally described as follows: From the west city limits southwest of the intersection of IH 30 and Loop 12 easterly to Chalk Hill Road, Westmoreland Road, Hampton Road, Sylvan Avenue to the Trinity River to Union Station.
(ii) Line MP2 is directionally described as follows: From the Missouri Pacific Junction with the Southern Pacific Railroad Belt Line east of Hatcher Street easterly to Military Parkway, Jim Miller Road, Buckner Boulevard, Prairie Creek Road, to the east city limits near Sam Houston Road.
(E) Main Lines of the St. Louis-San Francisco Railroad (“FR”).
(i) Line FR1 is directionally described as follows: From the west city limits at the Trinity River Elm Fork northward to California Crossing, Northwest Highway (Spur 348), Royal Lane, IH 635, to the north city limits, 0.25 miles north of IH 635.
(F) Main Lines of the St. Louis Southwestern Railroad (“SL”).
(i) Line SL1 is directionally described as follows: From the west city limits at Dallas Parkway northeasterly to Preston Road, Campbell Road, Hillcrest Road, Coit Road to the east city limits, 0.75 miles east of Coit Road.
(G) Main Lines of the Southern Pacific Railroad (“SP”).
(i) Line SP1 is directionally described as follows: From the south city limits south of Kleberg Road northwestward to South Belt Line Road, Jordan Valley Road, IH 635, Haymarket Road, St. Augustine Road, US 175, Buckner Boulevard (Loop 12), Jim Miller Road, Lake June Road, then northerly to Bruton Road, then westward to Lawnview Avenue, to the Southern Pacific Railroad Belt Line (SP3) east of Hatcher Street.
(ii) Line SP2 is directionally described as follows: From the south city limits at IH 635 northward to McCommas Bluff Road, Simpson Stuart Road, Ledbetter Drive (Loop 12), Linfield Road, the Trinity River to the Southern Pacific Railroad Belt Line (SP3) at Municipal Street.
(iii) Line SP3 is directionally described as follows: Southern Pacific Railroad Belt Line from Union Station southward to Corinth Street to Martin Luther King Boulevard, IH 45, Lamar Street, then northward to Municipal Street, US 175, Macon Street, Second Avenue, Scyene Road (SH 352), the Missouri Pacific Junction, Military Parkway, IH 30, the Santa Fe Railroad, East Grand Avenue, Mockingbird Lane, the MKT Railroad, Northwest Highway (Loop 12), Abrams Road, Skillman Street, Park Lane, Walnut Hill Lane, Greenville Avenue, White Rock Creek, Forest Lane, IH 635, Restland Road, to the north city limits south of Spring Valley Road.
(11) PERSON means an individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation, or other legal entity.
(12) RAILROAD COMPANY means a person owning or operating trains on a railroad line within the city.
(13) SLOW ORDER means a written or verbal instruction to a railroad company from the FRA, the city or the railroad company itself requiring the railroad company to reduce the speed of its trains on the portion of track referred to in the order because of conditions adversely affecting the safe operation of railroad traffic on that track.
(14) SWITCH OR SPUR RAILROAD LINE means any railroad line within the city, not designated as a main railroad line.
(15) TRAIN means any of the following:
(A) Any number of railroad engines, cars, or service vehicles operated as a unit.
(B) Railroad engines operated singly.
(C) Self-powered railroad cars.
(16) SHIFTABLE LOAD MATERIAL means brick, lumber, pipes, or other material capable of shifting within or falling from a railroad car as a result of the movement of the railroad car or the failure of load securing devices. (Ord. Nos. 18100; 22026)