Ordinance 1085 - Amend Sec 17-4, Trains Prohibited from Blocking RR CrossingORDINANCE NO. 1085
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 17-4 KALISPELL CITY CODE BY PROHIBITING
RAILROAD TRAINS FROM BLOCKING RAILROAD CROSSINGS FOR MORE THAN FIVE
MINUTES AT ALL CROSSINGS WITHIN THE CITY OF KALISPELL AND DECLARING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KALISPELL AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION I. That Ordinance No. 837 (Section 17-4 Kalispell
City Code) is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 17-4. Railroad trains not to block streets.
It shall be unlawful for any railway -company,
train dispatchers, conductor, engineer, superin-
tendent, firemen, switchmen, trainmen, trainmaster,
or other person having in his charge or under his
control any railway locomotive, car or train of
cars to suffer or permit any railway locomotive,
car or train of cars to stand or be on the streets
within the limits of the city, known as Meridian
Road, Fifth Avenue West North, Fourth Avenue West
North, Second Avenue West North, First Avenue West
North, Main Street, Third Avenue East North an
Fourth Avenue East North, of a longer period than
five minutes a day at any one time and it is
hereby made the duty of the persons mentioned in
this section to so regulate the movements of the
locomotives, cars and trains in his charge or under
his control, that no team, conveyance or pedestrian
shall be required to wait at either of such crossings
for a longer period than five minutes at any one
time.
SECTION II. This Ordinance shall become effective from and
after thirty (30) days of its passage by the Council and
approval by the Mayor.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND APPROVED BY THE MAYOR THIS 4th
DAY OF AUGUST, 1986.
J n "Ed" Kennedy Jr. Mayor
ATTEST:
City C erk-Treasurer
I, Don Halver, City Clerk
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City
Clerk of the City of Kalispell, Montana