12.100.030: CITY RIGHTS RESERVED:

The rights of regulating the kind of power to be used in the city in propelling cars on and along railroads, and the speed of the same, together with the price of the license or tax to be paid therefor, shall not, by virtue of any grant or contract, be construed to mean that such right passes to the grantee; but such rights, together with all other powers vested in the mayor or city council for the regulating, controlling or removing of railroads within the city are expressly retained and reserved. (Prior code § 35-2-8)

12.100.040: SPEED LIMITS; ESTABLISHED:

It is unlawful for any person to run any locomotive, engine, train or cars operated on rails at a speed greater than twenty five (25) miles per hour in the city, south of 600 North Street, except in the following areas:

   A.   Between North Temple Street and 300 South Street from 400 West Street to 1100 West Street, in which it is unlawful for any person to run any locomotive, engine, train or cars operated on rails at a speed greater than thirty five (35) miles per hour;

   B.   Between North Temple Street and 700 South Street from 1100 West Street to the western limits of Salt Lake City, in which it is unlawful for any person to run any locomotive, engine, train or cars operated on rails at a speed greater than fifty (50) miles per hour. (Prior code § 35-2-2)

12.100.050: SPEED LIMITS; RESTRICTIONS:

It is unlawful for any person to run any locomotive, engine, train or cars operated on rails at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the circumstances and time existing. (Prior code § 35-2-1)

12.100.060: BELL TO BE RUNG 1 :

It is unlawful for any person or persons employed on a locomotive to fail to ring the bell continuously on such locomotive while in motion in the inhabited portions of the city. (Prior code § 35-2-3)

 

Notes

1	1. See also section 14.44.090 of this code.

12.100.070: TRAINS CROSSING OTHER RAILROAD TRACKS:

All locomotives, cars and trains are required to come to a full stop before crossing any other line of railroad, and at a distance of not less than forty feet (40') therefrom; and when two (2) trains arrive at the same crossing simultaneously, the train on the first constructed track shall have precedence in crossing. (Prior code § 35-2-4)

12.100.080: VEHICLES PASSING RAILROAD TRAINS:

The driver of a vehicle shall not overtake and pass upon the left any railroad train proceeding in the same direction, whether actually in motion or temporarily at rest. This provision shall not apply on one-way streets where the tracks are so located as to prevent compliance with the rule or where a police officer may direct otherwise. (Prior code title 46, art. 16 § 260)

12.100.090: DRIVING VEHICLES OVER RAILROAD TRACKS:

   A.   No driver of any vehicle proceeding upon any track in front of a railroad train upon a street shall fail to remove such vehicle from the track as soon as practicable after signal from the operator of such train.

   B.   When a railroad train has started to cross an intersection, no driver of a vehicle shall drive upon or across the tracks or in the path of such train within the intersection in front of such train. (Prior code title 46, art. 16 § 262)