§ 734.104. Obstructing crossings—Five minutes' duration.

(a)

No railroad locomotive, car, train or other vehicle shall be operated so as to close or obstruct a street or crossing in the City for a longer time than five minutes in a period of 15 minutes, except in cases of emergency. This provision shall not apply to trains in continuous motion but shall apply to trains or cars engaged in switching or engaged in loading or unloading. Violation of this Section by the owner or person in charge of a railroad train or car shall constitute a class C offense.

(b)

An emergency includes, but is not limited to, the following: a railroad accident or collision; a locomotive or rail-car mechanical failure; a track-switching or signal-system failure; or a blocking of the tracks themselves that is not due to or caused by any railroad company operations, or that is otherwise beyond the railroad company's control. An emergency does not include events such as delays in scheduling, delays in arrival, delays in delivery, or any other delay that is not the product of an unforeseen mechanical-breakdown in the rail cars' operation or passage between termini.

(Code 1965, § 30-16; Ord. 70-650-526; Ord. 71-397-181; Ord. 73-954-610, § 1; Ord. 83-591-400, § 1; Ord. 91-1291-583, § 1)

Note— Former § 608.104.