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Home My WebLink AboutORD 48-Y. � 0-2. Q P (d-- & 3 AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE DEFINING CERTAIN TERMS; DECLARING RAILROAD CROSSINGS AT CERTAIN STREET INTERSECTIONS AS DANGEROUS TO PEDESTRIANS AND VEHICULAR TRAFFIC; PROHIBITING THE OPERATION OF ANY RAILROAD TRAIN ACROSS SAID DANGEROUS CROSSINGS WITHOUT TRAIN -APPROACH SIGNALS AS DE- FINED HEREIN BEING MAINTAINED AND OPERATED; PRO- VIDING FOR THE FLAGGING BY TRAIN PERSONNEL OR RAILROAD EMPLOYEES OF OTHER CROSSINGS; PRESCRIBING A PENALTY OF NOT LESS THAN $5 NOR MORE THAN $200 FOR VIOLATIONS; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES INCONSISTENT OR CONTRARY THERETO. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS: Section 1. Definitions: By the term "railroad train" as used in this ordinance, is meant any locomotive engine, car, train or cars, or any other vehicle, by whatever means propelled, designed to move over fixed tracks or rails. By the term _"_dangerous__raiI road .crossing--='- is-mean-E.-the intersection of any railroad tracks upon and over which may be moved any railroad train, with, on, or through a public street under such circumstances that such crossing is dangerous to pedestrians or vehicular traffic using such public streets and that safety precautions are necessary to protect said pedestrians and vehicular traffic. By the term "vehicle" is meant every device in or by which any.person or property is, or may be, transported, or drawn upon a public street or thoroughfare, except devices moved only by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks. The term "person" shall include both the singular and the plural and shall mean and include any person, individual, firm, partnership, association, trust or corporation. Section 2. The following railroad crossings at public streets or thoroughfares within the city limits of The City of Beaumont, Texas, are declared to be dangerous railroad crossings: (a) The following crossings -of public streets and thoroughfares with tracks upon which railroad trains of the Kansas City Southern Railway Company System operate: Main Underhill Pearl Neches at Easy Orleans Park Neches Lawson Trinity Pennsylvania at Flowers Archie Lyle Wall Sabine Pass College Brian Holmes Railroad at Doucette Gilbert Madison Milam Van Buren Franklin Fulton at Irving Blanchette Villiva Lane Royal Jefferson Packing Co. at Craig Chemical Co. Road Irma Spindletop Road (b) The following crossings of public streets and thoroughfares with tracks upon which railroad trains of the Missouri Pacific Lines System operate: Dowlen Road Peyton Drive Belvedere St. Kennedy Drive Calder Avenue Twenty-third Street Eleventh St. Fourth -St-. Crockett St. Avenue C. (c) The following crossings of public streets and thoroughfares with tracks upon which railroad trains of the Gulf, .Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Company System operate: Lucas Woodlawn Voth Road Dogwood-Lalla French Drive Brickyard Road Dollinger Road North McFaddin Calder Broadway Liberty Laurel South Crockett Goliad San Jacinto Fourth College Corley Washington Blvd. Walden Road Avenue C Avenue A Orange Victoria Crockett Railroad Cedar Holmes Archie Jefferson (d) The following crossings of public streets.and thoroughfares with tracks upon which railroad trains of the Southern Pacific Lines System operate: IFAI STAITAIENT FOR CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING THE ENTERPRISE ' COMPANY BEAUMONT, TEXAS BEAUMONT ENTERPRISE. Mornim and Sunday ja s e T. Garrard, City Clerk Beaumonty Texas BEAUMONT JOURNAL Evening except Sunday Claswiffed Department: Ph. 4-1431 Date DESCRIPTrON No No. 71M6 Lines AMOUNT 1 ?Ira Legal Notice 3 I 2-1 .?9,)45 Ii.nes C".3 � .15 per line tI. PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT THE STATE OF TEXAS Paste Clipping Here COUNTY OF JEFFERSON Before me, the undersigned authority, personally appeared R. A. Bean who, being by me duly sworn, says that the foregoing and attached Legal Notice was published on the following dates: December 23, 24 & 25, A. D_, 19 53 in the BEAUMONT JOURNAL , a daily newspaper printed and published at Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas. R. A. Bean SUBSCRIBED and sworn to before me, this the 5� day Lt�s•r A. D., 19� of „ for Jefferson County, Texas AN'ORDINANCE ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE DEFINING CERTAIN TERMS; DECLARING CROSS - L ANS AND VEHICULAR TRAFFIC; PRU- i k HIBITING THE OPERATION " OF ANY I b RAILROAD TRAIN ACROSS SAID ' DAN- GEROUS CROSSINGS WITHOUT TRAIN - APPROACH SIGNALS AS, DEFINED r HEREIN BEING MAINTAINED `AND OP - y ERATED; PROVIDING FOR THE FLAG- GING BY TRAIN PERSONNEL OR RAIL- ROAD EMPLGYEFS OF OTHER CROSS- INGS; PRESCRIBING A'PENALTY OF NOT LESS THAN $5 NOR MORE THAN I' $200 FOR VIOLATIONS, A r SAVINGS CLAUSE: AN REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES -OR PARTS OF ORDI- NANCES INCONSISTENT OR CONTRARY THERETO. PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT THE STATE OF TEXAS Faste Clipping Here. COUNTY OF JEFFERSON Before me the undersigned authority,LEGAL NOTICE personally appeared _, ENTITLED AN- ORDINANCETAN ORDINANCE DEFINING R. 1. i'Coat2 who, being by me duly sworn, says that the foregoing and attached Legg 1 110tice was published on the following dates: December 23, 24 & pr; y A. D_, 19_3 in the BEAUMONT JOURNAL , a daily newspaper printed and published at Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas. Re A. ? 8an SUBSCRIBED and sworn to before me, this the day A. D., 19 { NOTARY71C In and for Jefferson County, Texas _ l/ "UNS AS DANGEROUS TO.PEDESTRI- ANS AND VEHICULAR TRAFFIC; PRO- HIBITING THE OPERATION OF ANY RAILROAD TRAIN ACROSS SAID DAN- EEROUS CROSSINGS WITHOUT TRAIN - (APPROACH ' SIGNALS AS DEFINED HEREIN BEING MAINTAINED AND OP- ATED; PROVIDING FOR THE FLAG- GING BY TRAIN PERSONNEL OR RAIL- ROAD E\-IPLOYEr.S OF OTHER CROSS- INGS: PRESCRIBING A PENALTY OF NOT LESS THAN 55 NOR \40R,E THAN $300 FOR •V,IOLATIGNS: PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE: AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF -ORDI- NANCES INCONSISTENT OR CONTRARY THERETO.