O-76-281 - 6/22/1976ORDINANCE NO. 281
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE OPERATION,
MAINTENANCE, AND USE, AND ANY AND ALL ACTIVITIES RELATED TO OR
CONCERNED WITH THE OPERATION, MAINTENANCE, AND USE OF RAILWAY
TRAINS; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION OF THIS
ORDINANCE; PROVIDING FOR SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR THE
EFFECT OF THIS ORDINANCE ON OTHER ORDINANCES OR RESOLUTIONS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROUND ROCK, TEXAS:
Section 1:
The purpose of this ordinance shall be to secure safety and to
protect the health and welfare of the citizens of Round Rock, Texas,
by providing regulations governing the operation, maintenance, and use,
and any and all activities related to and concerned with said operation,
maintenance, and use of railway trains within the city limits of Round
Rock, Texas.
Section 2:
Any officer, agent, servant, or receiver of any railway corporation
who willfully obstructs for more than five (5) minutes at any one time
any street, railway crossing or public highway by permitting their train
to stand on or across such crossing shall be fined not less than Five
and No/100 Dollars ($5.00) nor more than One Hundred and No/100 Dollars
($100.00).
Section 3:
This ordinance specifically applies to any and all railway crossings
where said railway crosses any street or public highway or thoroughfare
within the city limits of the City of Round Rock, Texas.
Section 4:
Each separate five (5) minute period above and after the initial
period of five (5) minutes will constitute a separate violation of this
ordinance and shall be deemed a separate offense.
Section 5:
It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council of
the City of Round Rock, Texas, that the sub -sections, paragraphs,
sentences, clauses, and phrases of this ordinance are severable, and if
any of them shall be declared unconstitutional or invalid by the valid
judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such
unconstitutionality or invalidity shall not affect any of the remaining
sub -sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses or phrases or this ordinance
since the same would have been enacted by the City Council of the City
of Round Rock, Texas, without the incorporation into this ordinance of
any unconstitutional or invalid sub -sections, paragraphs, sentences,
clauses or phrases.
Section 6:
All ordinances or resolutions in conflict herewith are expressly
repealed.
READ, PASSED, AND ADOPTED this oa day of r , 1976.
RAY�L/tTTOK, ayor
City of Round Rock, Texas
ATTEST:
ELIZATN LOOBY, City S