HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 30-ZAN ORDINANCE
ENTITLED 'AN ORDINANCE''A1' ENDING -SECTION._ -6•, -,OF THAT:.
CERTAIN,,:ORDINANCE: "ENT.ITLID., AN :,ORDINANCE DEFII�ISNG
CERTAIN TERNtS . DECLARING. 'RAILROAD CROSSIP`GS AT
CERTAIN'STREET ,INTERSECThONS'AS-`DANGEROUS. TO PEDES-.
TRIANS, AND' VEHICULAR: TRAFFIC PROHIBIT.IN.G ;THE OPER_'_
ATION °OF..ANY RAILROAD TRAIN. -ACROSS SAID :DANGEROUS
CROSSINGS-WITHQUT- TRAIN• :APPROACI3,,.SI.GNALS -AS-'DEFINED --
HEREIN,' BEING MAINTAINEDOPERATED; "'PROVIDING :FOR
THE FhAGGING BY : TRAIN '-PERSONNEL. `OR' RAIL WAD :EMPLOYEES
•OF OTHER_ CROSSINGS; PRESCRIBING'_A PENALTY OF -NOT"'
LESS ..THAN- ' $ 5' NOR MORE :,- THAN' $ 2 00- -'FOR ,VIOLATIONS; PRO-
::.: VTDING: A SAVINGS. CLAUSE:; :AND.. REPEALING ALL `ORDINANCES
OR PARTS.. OF ' ORDINANCESINC ONS ISTENT OR C OMTRARY' THERE
L TO WHICH WAS` PASSID BY THE :CITY COUNCIL --ON :-DECEMBER : .
22, "1953. „
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CSTY.' OF; BEAUMONT, TEXAS: :
Than,Secti6' ,i ':of -an ordinance e'ntitl'ed:'
"AU ORDINANCE :DEFINING , CERTAIN :T:E dvIS .'DECLARING .RAIL -
:ROAD .CROS
SINGSCERTAIN':STREET INTERSECTIONS AS -
DANGEROUS 'TO PEDESTRIANS AND, VEHICULAR TRAFFIC'; PRO=
H•IBITING . THE OPERATION OF' ANY. RAILROAD tRAIIJ ACROSS
-SAID.'. DANGEROUS CROSSINGS .WITHOUT..TRAIN-APPROACH':STG
NALS .AS DEFINED--,HEREIN:,B_EING: MATNTAINED`,•AND. OPERATED.;
PROVIDING -_.FOR -%THE FLAGGING 'BY TRAIN .PERSONNEL 1 OR'RAIL'
ROAD aff)LOY.EES ;OF OTHER': CROSSINGS PRESCRIBING A. PEN -
I._ AL -TY_- OF:- NOT: -LESS,.'- THAN fi'5" NOR' `MORE`- THAN $2'00 -FOR ` VIOh,A`� -`-
TIONS::.PROVIDING A- SAVINGS CLAUSE; ..AND -REPEALING ALL
'ORDINANCES OR PFiRTS -OF . ORDINANCES .INCONSISTENT OR CON-
TRARY: TH_EEETO:."
passe. by; the. City Council on'.'D.ecember; 22;' 1953 be, and' th'e -same_.
is hereby,_ amended •so ' that said 'Sec -tion " 6 of said ordinance° shall -
read hereafter as .follows c'
"If train-ppas .provided. for in this
.ordinance, 'are. not. in existence. at. any: of. the ;more-
mentioned".dangerous crossings at. the, effect.ve.,dat:e. of
this 'ordinance., the railway. company. .:operating rail-
:` road: i'ra ns . over'.said crossings :shall -:have-.until June:
30 1.955, within which to ns said' train=approach ._
signals at .said ,crossings.;. -:pro'vi'ded, .However, it° shah
be..uniawful, at.' such dangerous .,railroad° crossings where
said. train=approach signals do not exist at the ef'fectiye
date of this, ordinance, for: any person to operate, or
- -- --F -peMz-a': to�be�=operated any . ra-iaroad: t -r -a -n. a- sadcr-os�-.
ings,` without providing. for :a ,flagmen at;°said crossing -
to'give notice, -of -the,.a:p'-roach of:,:any railroad train;
said flagman - shall" -be stationed," in- the center. of said
street, or thoroughfare 'at 'its in.t,ersect on'- ti�ith .the .
: railroad- track prior- 'to= the'_time the raiiioad train -enters
the intersection of 'said::atreet= -or thoroughfare. I' the
daylight', hours.:'said flagman shall have a red flag 'or
.signal'devi'ce with the.word "STOP" and at night said
flagman,'. shall carry .a 1ighted signal 'so ast6'warnpedes
urians aiid .vehicles approaching 'said crossing.
PASSED by the Clty Council th"is _day. of .December; _1954
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