(a) Sections 213.1 through 213.241, excluding Section 213.9(a), of Part 213, Chapter II, Subtitle B, Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, providing Federal Railroad Administration track safety standards, are incorporated into this chapter.
(b) A reference in this chapter to an FRA standard refers to a track safety standard in the federal regulations listed in Subsection (a) of this section.
(c) The director shall keep a copy of the federal regulations in the director’s permanent files. The federal regulations shall be available for public inspection.
(d) If a provision in the federal regulations listed in Subsection (a) of this section conflicts with a provision in this chapter, the federal regulation provision prevails. (Ord. 18100)
(a) Chapter 9 of the 1980 AREA Manual for Railway Engineering is incorporated into this chapter. A reference in this chapter to an AREA standard refers to a standard in the manual.
(b) The director shall keep a copy of the manual in the director’s permanent files. The manual shall be available for public inspection.
(c) If a provision in the manual conflicts with a provision in this chapter, the chapter provision prevails. (Ord. 18100)
(a) Standards. A railroad company shall maintain its city grade street crossings, signs, signals, automatic gates, and floodlighting in accordance with AREA standards.
(b) Minimum crossing standards. A railroad company shall insure that its railroad tracks crossing city streets meet at least FRA class 1 standards. (Ord. 18100)
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