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' ORDINANCE NO. 3/
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 32 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF WATERLOO,
IOWA, RAILROADS, BY REPEALING SECTION 32-4 AND ENACTING IN LIEU THEREOF NEW
SECTION 32-4, OBSTRUCTION OF CROSSINGS: MAXIMUM TIME LIMIT.
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Waterloo, Iowa:
Section 1.
That Section 32-4, Obstruction of Crossings; Maximum Time Limit, of the Code of
Ordinances, City of Waterloo, Iowa, is hereby repealed in its entirety.
Section 2.
That new Section 32-4, Obstruction of Crossings; Maximum Time Limit, is hereby enacted
in lieu thereof as follows:
"Sec. 32-4. OBSTRUCTION OF CROSSINGS; MAXIMUM TIME LIMIT.
(a) A railroad corporation or its employees shall not operate any train in such a
manner as to prevent vehicular use of the following named streets for a period
of time in excess of five (5) minutes: Franklin, Mulberry, Lafayette, Sycamore,
Commercial and Jefferson Streets running north and south; and West Fifth Street,
West Fourth Street, West Park Avenue, West First Street and West Mullan Avenue,
running east and west, Sas:txaad West Eighteenth Street, Bas$ and West Eleventh
Street, running east and west, except that said five (5) minute limitation shall
not apply:
1. When necessary to comply with signals affecting the safety of the
movement of trains.
2. When necessary to avoid striking any object or person on the track.
3. When the train is disabled.
4. When necessary to comply with governmental safety regulations.
(b) A railroad corporation or its employees shall not operate any train in such a
manner as to prevent vehicular use of any highway, street or alley, except as
set forth in Subsection (a) above, for a period of time in excess of ten (10)
minutes except:
1. When necessary to comply with signals affecting the safety of the
movement of trains.
2. When necessary to avoid striking any object or person on the track.
3. When the train is disabled.
4. When necessary to comply with governmental safety regulations.
(c) Any officer or employee of a railroad corporation violating any of the provisions
of this Section shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished
accordingly. An employee shall not be guilty of such violation if his action
was necessary to comply with the direct order or instructions of the railroad
corporation or its supervisors. Such guilt shall then be with the railroad
corporation."
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council this X2 day of �;�rZj�e , 1977,
and approved by the Mayor this day of 1977.
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Leo P. Rooff,kMayor
ATTEST:
Katherine Gibbs, City Clerk
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STATE OF IOWA, I Robert J_ McCoy
SS Publisher of the T
Black Hawk County, IUA't�r�00 �,Ol1C1CC
a daily newspaper printed in the English
language and published in Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa do solemnly swear that
the annexed copy of..�£ A�e?�Qe-NO=--�9_I1------------------------------------------------------------
o SL"N -g,3, notice was published in the English language only x?tajvcbe*
AN OR MENDING
CNAPT . 340E TNECODE OF
ORDINANCES, CITY OF once a----------------------for----------------consecutive______________________
WAT-ERLOO, IO-WA,
S�pBY R6PEAlING
+IAND ENACTING commencing on the_________ ______day of __________________________ ______
IR S-b IR6t TtIEREOF NEW
sEcrtoN 34e onrRucrroN December 16 1977_
of cROxstNGs: MAXIMUM in the issues of----------- ------------------:__-- ------------------------
TIME LIMiT.-
BE IT ORDAINED by the City-' ___-__-_____of said newspaper, and
SeNifo 1. _____________________________________________
Cowlclf M fl"GM.a Waterloo,Iowa:
That Section 344, Obstruction of that the annexed rate of advertising is the regular legal rate of
Cteesittgs; fOTime Limp,of
(tae cone Maximum ordinances. city of said newspaper, and that the following is a correct bill for pub-
�WbteAoL IQ",Is hereby repealed In
"sSMlao 2Y. lishing said notice.
That new Secw 324, Obstruction..
a Crms{ngs; Maximum Time Limit, Printer's Bill $__ 22, 08
Is hereby etncted In lieu thereof as
fellows:
•'Sec. NGS OBSTRUCTION OF
CROSSINGS; MAXIMUM TIME --------------------------------------------- ____________________________________________
LIMIT.
(a) A railroad corporation or Its
o"ip'ay000"'°"not operate my train Subscribed and sworn to before me this_____16th da
'ih subs a manear as to prevent -------- y
vehicular use of the following names
sbeels for a-.period of it""in excess
of five (S) minutes: Franklin, of ______ a ber ___A. D., 19-7-7--
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Mulberry, Lafayette, Sycamore.
Commercial and Jefferson Streets
running nes", Olid sou",; and West ________________________________________________ ___________._____________________________
Fifth Street,West Four",Street,West Notary Public
Pork Avenue,West First Street and
Woo Mullan Avenue,running cost and
Brost, West Eighteenth Street, and
Wast.Eleventh Street, running east Received of------------------------------------------------------------------
and crest, except trot SWAMP (S)
axnute limitation shell 9appy: --- DO11dIs
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signals bfkcti me safety
elt"°awwwram� w in full for ublication of the above notice.
4. When necaa r h, avoid " p
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the tW s
3.YYI"n Ise train is disabled. _________________________________--_______________________________________________________
L When necessary 10 comply Publishers
.with governmental safety
list A-reprosA corporation or Its
employees shit not operate ally train
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vehicular use.of any highway,Street
or alley, except as set forth in
Subsstfb"la/above.for a period of
aN�maq:fin lXCees M.tea Ito) minutes
1. ylpen noeswa.to comply
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