(A) No railroad train or series of trains or other vehicle upon fixed tracks shall be operated, nor be permitted to be operated, so that any grade crossing within the city, provided for the passage of motor vehicles across the tracks, is blocked so that the free passage of motor vehicles on the crossing is interfered with for a continuous period in excess of ten minutes, and following the interference or blocking of a grade crossing for a period in excess of eight minutes any blocking of or interference with vehicular traffic on the crossing within less than five minutes thereafter shall be deemed to be one continuous blocking of or interference with vehicular traffic thereon.
(B) No railroad train or series of trains or other vehicle upon fixed tracks, which has tracks available which provide a shorter route around or in the city and by which grade crossings provided for vehicular traffic in the city could be avoided, shall be operated, nor be permitted to be operated, so that any grade crossing within the city provided for the passage of motor vehicles across the tracks is blocked so that the free passage of motor vehicles on the crossing is interfered with for a continuous period in excess of five minutes, and following the blocking or interference of a grade crossing for a period in excess of four minutes any blocking of or interference with vehicular traffic on the crossing within less than five minutes thereafter shall be deemed to be one continuous blocking or interference with vehicular traffic thereon.
(C) The penalties as provided in § 1-10 may, upon conviction in the District Court, be assessed against each and every member of the train crew or crew or group of employees operating, in charge of or working on a train or series of trains or vehicles on fixed tracks in violation of this section, or may, in the alternative, be fixed or assessed against the corporation owning or maintaining the fixed tracks.
(D) Excepted from the provisions of this section is the grade crossing at Reed Street for a time as is necessary for the engines of trains to be refueled.
(1977 Code, § 21-13) (Ord. 70-1, passed 2-9-1970; Ord. 72-16, passed 11-13-1972)
Statutory reference:
Railroad crossings, see KRS 189.550 et seq.