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ORDINANCE NO. 1004
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
AZUSA AMENDING SECTION 3200.48 OF, AND ADDING
SECTION 3200.48a TO, THE AZUSA MUNICIPAL CODE,
RELATING TO THE BLOCKING OF VEHICULAR TRAFFIC
BY RAILWAY TRAINS.
The City Council of the City of Azusa does ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 3200.48 of the Azusa Municipal Code is
amended to read:
"SECTION 3200.48. RAILWAY TRAINS NOT TO BLOCK STREET.
It shall be unlawful for any person to cause or permit
any railway train or railway cars or similar vehicles on rails to
operate or to be operated in such a manner as to prevent the use
of any street for the purposes of travel for a period of time
longer than five (5) minutes except that this provision shall
not apply to railway trains, cars, or similar vehicles on rails
while blocking or obstructing a crossing because of an accident
which requires the operator of the train, car, or similar
vehicle on rails to stop at or near the scene of the accident."
SECTION 2. Section 3200.48a is hereby added to said code
to read:
"SECTION 3200.48a. RAILWAY CROSSING SIGNALS NOT TO DISRUPT
VEHICULAR TRAFFIC FLOW.
It shall be unlawful for any person to cause or permit
any signal or other traffic control device located at the
intersection of a street and a rail line to stop the flow of
vehicular traffic upon the street unless there is a railway
train approaching the intersection and it is unsafe for
vehicular traffic to proceed across the rail line. "
SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption
of this ordinance and shall cause a copy of same to be published in
accordance with law.
Mayor
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES SS.
CITY OF AZUSA
I, DEAN F. KLARR, City Clerk of the City of Azusa do hereby
certify that the above Ordinance No.1004 was duly and regularly
introduced and placed upon its first reading at a regular meeting of
the City Council on the 2nd day of November , 1970, and that,
thereafter said ordinance was duly adopted and passed at a regular
meeting of the City Council on the 16th day of November , 1970,
by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Councilmen: Rubio, Decker, Snyder, Clark, Solem
NOES: Councilmen: None
ABSENT:Councilmen: None
Ci y lerk
I DO FURTHER CERTIFY that I caused said ordinance to be
published prior to the expiration of fifteen days from the passage
thereof in the Azusa Herald and Pomotropic, a newspaper of general
circulation, printed, published and circulated in the City of Azusa,
on the 25th day of November , 1970, and that the same was published
in accordance with law.
City'Cllr
Publish Azusa Herald & Pomotropic, November 25, 1970.
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