(A) Safe crossings. It shall be the duty of every railroad company doing business in or traveling through the municipality to keep in a suitable and safe condition the crossing and right-of-way in the municipality. If any such crossing shall at any time fall into disrepair and become unsafe or inconvenient for public travel, the governing body may, by resolution, call upon said company to make whatever repairs that it may deem necessary to correct the dangerous condition. Notice of said resolution shall be served upon the local agent of said company. In the event that the railroad shall fail or neglect to repair and correct said condition as aforesaid within 30 days, neglect for each 24 hours thereafter shall be deemed and is hereby made a separate and distinct offense against the provisions herein.
(Prior Code, § 10-801)
(B) Lighting. It shall be the duty of all railroad companies owning, operating and maintaining a railroad through the municipality to sufficiently light all crossings and to install as many signal systems as the governing body shall deem necessary at the expense of said company.
(Prior Code, § 10-802)
(C) Obstructing traffic. It shall be unlawful for any railroad company, its employees, agents or servants operating a railroad through the municipality to obstruct traffic on any public street, except in the event of an emergency, for a longer period, at one time, of more than five minutes.
(Prior Code, § 10-803)
(D) Warning. It shall be the duty of every railroad company, its agents or servants to ring a bell continually or to sound a whistle while crossing the streets within the corporate limits. When any such train shall be standing between streets, it shall be unlawful for any such company or its servants in charge to start or permit such train or engine to be started without first ringing a bell or sounding a whistle for at least 15 seconds before starting.
(Prior Code, § 10-804)
(E) Drainage. It shall be the duty of any railroad company owning, maintaining or operating a railroad within or through the corporate limits of the municipality to construct and keep in repair all ditches, drains and culverts along and under its railroad tracks at all places within the municipal corporate limits where the same may be necessary for the escape of water and the proper draining of the territory on either side of the railroad right-of-way. If the railroad company should fail or neglect to construct or repair the drain, ditch or culvert and to put the same in a proper condition for the escape of water, the governing body shall, by resolution, order the railroad to provide for the proper drainage of water on the right-of-way. A copy of the resolution shall be served to the local agent for the railroad, and failure or neglect by the railroad to correct the drainage within 14 days shall constitute a separate and distinct misdemeanor for each 24-hour period thereafter.
(Prior Code, § 10-805)
(F) Obstructing view at crossings prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any railroad company to obstruct or obscure the traveling public’s view by storing or parking any railroad car on a railroad track within 40 feet of the crossing of any such railroad track and a public road within the corporate limits of the municipality; provided, however, in no instance shall any person who is authorized to control the movement of such railroad car or cars within such distance be prevented from reasonably conducting his or her business.
(Prior Code, § 10-806)
Penalty, see § 10.99
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see Neb. RS 17-561 and 74-1323