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A. Facilities; Maintenance: All persons, associations or corporations, as set forth in Section 7-13-1 of this Chapter, shall, at their own expense, construct and maintain in good repair all water sects, drains, sewers, street crossings or receiving basins, water distribution facilities, and all fixtures connected therewith and the distribution of water in the City that may be affected by such railroads or railroad tracks. The construction, alterations and repairs shall be done under the direction of the City Engineer, subject to the approval of the Mayor.
(1979 Code § 12.36.030; amd. 1999 Code)
B. Cross Street Facilities: All railroad companies shall construct at their own expense such arches, viaducts and bridges for all the cross streets intersected by the embankments or excavations for railroad tracks as in the opinion of the Mayor may be required to make the passage over the railroad and embankment easy and convenient for all purposes for which streets are usually used. They shall also construct and properly maintain such drains and sewers as their embankments and excavations may make necessary. Said companies shall make their railroad paths conform to what is or what may hereafter be the regulation or grade of the street or place through which their railroads pass. It shall be unlawful to take up, remove, carry away or cause to permit to be taken up, removed, or carried away, any rock, gravel, earth or other material from any street or public place for making embankments, grades or for any other purpose except by permission of the Mayor and under the direction of the City Engineer.
(1979 Code § 12.36.040; amd. 1999 Code)
C. Speed And Traffic: It is unlawful for any person to run any passenger locomotive, passenger train or passenger cars operated by steam or diesel at a greater speed than thirty (30) miles per hour or to run any freight or diesel at a greater speed than fifteen (15) miles per hour within the corporate limits of the City, and the bells on locomotives, while in motion, shall in all cases, be rung continually in the inhabited portions of the City; and all trains are required to come to a full stop before crossing any line of railroad and at a distance of not less than fifty feet (50') therefrom.
(1979 Code § 12.36.060)
D. Crossing Gates: It shall be the duty of all railroad or depot companies operating within the limits of the City to construct, operate and maintain suitable and convenient gates at such street crossings in use by them as the Mayor may direct.
(1979 Code § 12.36.080; amd. 1999 Code)
A. Streets:
1. Remedy: If at any time after the construction of any railroad or tracks it appears to the Mayor that any part thereof constitutes an obstruction or impediment to the ordinary use of any street or place, or is run contrary to the regulations of the City, the railroad company or the officers thereof shall, at the request of the Mayor, forthwith provide a remedy for the same satisfactory to the Mayor. If they fail to find such remedy, they shall, within one month after such request, proceed to remove such railroad obstruction or impediment and to replace the street or place in as good condition as it was before the railroad or tracks were laid down. Should the company or its officers neglect or refuse to obey such request, the Mayor may, upon the expiration of the time limited in such notice, cause the obstruction or impediment to be removed and the street or place to be restored as set forth in this subsection at the expense of the railroad company.
(1979 Code § 12.36.050; amd. 1999 Code)
2. Time Limit: It is unlawful for any train, engine or cars to be allowed to stand in or upon any sidewalk, street or crossing, or to obstruct ordinary travel thereon, for a period longer than five (5) minutes. If the obstruction of any street, sidewalk or crossing exceeds five (5) minutes, the trains or cars shall be immediately opened at the crossing of every street over the railroad track or depot grounds for the full width thereof. It shall be unlawful for any railroad company, depot company or any of its officers, agents or employees to allow, permit or cause any obstruction prohibited in this subsection. It shall be unlawful to construct or place any railroad track or switch upon, over or across any of the streets or sidewalks or street crossings of the City without the consent of the Mayor.
(1979 Code § 12.36.070; amd. 1999 Code)
B. Railroad Tracks: It is unlawful for any person to wilfully obstruct any railroad track in the City.
(1979 Code § 12.36.100)
Nothing in the provisions of any ordinance or resolution granting the right of way or franchise for a railroad shall be construed to prohibit any other railroad company from crossing any railroad track already laid, and when any railroad shall intersect or cross any other railroad, the rails shall be cut or altered so as to permit the cars to pass over the same without obstruction.
(1979 Code § 12.36.090)