(A) When any street or highway in the city is to be built and improved to an established grade, then any person owning, constructing, maintaining or operating any street railway over, across or along any street or highway in the city shall conform all railway tracks, including switches, turnouts, spur tracks and crossovers to the established grade.
(B) Whenever a contract shall be let for the building and improvement of any street or highway in the city to an established grade and any street railway track established grade, then the city shall notify, in writing, the person owning or maintaining the tracks that the work necessary to conform the tracks to an established grade shall be commenced within 15 days after the service of the notice and completed as soon as reasonably possible.
(C) Whenever a contract has been let for the building and improvement of any street or highway in the city to an established grade, and any street car tracks running over, across or along the street do not conform to the established grade, the City Engineer, upon request, shall furnish a grade and, also, the lines of the street occupied by the tracks to the person maintaining the tracks.
(D) All railroads operating in the city and having or using a railroad crossing in the city are hereby required to maintain the street crossing grade so as not to impede traffic or adversely affect traffic.
(Ord. 4486, passed 12-11-1978)
(Prior Code, § 111.26) Penalty, see § 100.99
Statutory reference:
Authority of Board of Public Works and Safety as to railroad crossing grade separations, see I.C. 8-6-2.1-1 et seq.