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Home My WebLink AboutO-00330h-o 33� AH bf !1 AUC2 TO P1 OV2 i TOR AND tOULAT2 TH2 t S2 Ate Pf bTtoTtdtf Off' TH2 RaLROAD CROSS/NOS AT T IxTtRaCTIOVS bi S V' itTH#, XL2VEN,TH, Ah"B TW2LPTH STR22iS WITH TH2 TACKS OF T Ht PLORIDA AST COAST RAILWAY c Ail? t TH2 CITY or BE IT ORDAINEb B( T AE CITY COUNCIL Or THE C I Y OP i>► 1LiuX F`Y,ORIDA• Section 1. That the Florid-:.. Bost Coast Railway Company, its successors and assi-ns, be, and it is hereby, required to construct, maintain and use for the protection of the public, safety gates at the crossing of the tracks of said Railway Company running ;forth and South through the City of Miami at the intersection of said railroad tracks with Eleventh Street in said City, such safety gates to be of a similar deoir-n and mechanish to thoce nov in use at the inter- sections of such tracks with Twelfth and Seventh Streets in said City; all of said Cr yes to ee s0 i:1ain`„a1nuu at t vyca aacu by said Raileray Company I,i as to proviu.e reasonable and proper warning and protection to persons riding in or drivirr; auto- mobiles or other vehicles, or on foot, of -.he approach of trains, cars and locomotives to and over said crossings at Seventh, Eleventh and Twelfth Streets; which safety fates shall be equipped with sone suitable mans for the sounding of a bell or gongljust before and during the time that the gates are being lowered, sufficiently loud for persons approaching; any of said crossings to have warning that the gates are about to be lowered. Said safety Writes at the crossing at Eleventh Street shall be constructed and 1N1 put in by said Rai1w r.' Company as soon as the City of 'Uliani shall have constructed and paved the said cressinC at Eleventh Street, as provided by Ordinance :To,2*". , passned 1J7 the City Council 10 the City of Liami on the pin UHOWt4, TWY AN tl SCO1# .ATToot4RY e1-LaW M;A.sei_ PLQft DA W z h-b Ate OATAgAgO2 Tb ?1 OV! i POR AND R2OULATII Tan tat AND PRbT2cT ION OP THE RAILROAD CROSSI C,S AT THR INTtAsSC 'IONS of Sett NTH, 2Ln'V2NTH, Tw2L2TR STR2ETS WITH TRIs TRACKS S of THn =AIDA AT COAST RAILWAY Coll)Atry Ig THE CITY Or MIAI t. IT ORDA/NED BY THE my COtiNcIL Or THE CITY or i, XAMt FLORIDA. Section 1. That the Florid:. East Coast Railway Company, its successors and assiw•ns, be, and it is hereby, required to construct, maintain and use for the protection of the public, safety gates at the crossing of the tracks of said Railway Company running North and South through the City of .:i ni at the intersection of said railroad tracks with Eleventh Street in said City, such safety gates to be of a similar deli n and mechanish to t :oce now in use at the inter- sections of such tracks with Twelfth and Seventh Streets in said City; all of said gates to ce so malntalnuu tutu ukmaatieU by said Rail 'ay Company 00, an to provicae reasonable and proper w...rning ;and protection to persons riding; in or driving; auto- mobiles or other vehicles, or on foot, of the approach of trains, cars and locomotives to andover said crossings at Seventh, Eleventh and Twelfth Streets; which safety gates shall be equipped with some suitable mans for the sounding; of a bell or gong, just before and during the time that the Gates are being lowered, sufficiently loud for persons approaching; any of said crossings to have warning that the gates are about to be lowered. S .id safety gates at the crossing at Eleventh Street shall be constructed and 0 put in by said Rai1wa7 Company as soon as the City oft ami shall have constructed and paved the said crossinr at Eleventh Street, as provided by Ordinance o, paoaed ',y the City Council. 10, the City of Liaui on the moms t3KOWN. TWYA;AN t► $C071 411-L4W M$ M,1 FLORIDA S-. c .—r . -e•sa. s SAS . rc' ds.to oi' the pn.sas.ee et this ordin .:ice, Or Within a reasonable time thereafter; whereupon all the preVisi.ns of this ordin ,nee o.s to the operation and use of said crossing on the dart of said Rail -!my CoMtany and the public; shall becOme fully operative and effective. section 2, IT IS PURTAM O1 AX1 Xb that ail persona approaching any of such crossings, either in vehic .ee or on foot, shall heed the bell or ;one; sounded before the lowering of the gates, and come to s. stop before passing inside such (atee, and not attempt to pass under, through or around the same until such gates have teen again lifted. Section 3. bl IT FURTHrR oRDAI1• D that any and all persons approaching any one of said crossings in automobiles or other vesicles ss :a.11 do so at a rate of speed not exceeding six miles per hour, and shall each have such automobile or other vehicle under control, and shall look and listen for the sounding of such bell or tong or the lowering of such rates, and, upon the sounding of such tong or bell, or the commencement of such gates to descend, shall rrinc said automobile or other vehicle to a stop before reaching: the point There such gate or gates would be when lowered, there remaining until said gates have again been lifted, and without attempting to pass inside, through or under said gates after the sounding of such warning or the commencing of said gates to descend, and without running against. into 'rJthrough aucL !;aces z.ft :r the;; hove been lowered. Section 4. For the proper enforcement of this Ordinr:.nce, the Mayor of avid City L'..r_y appoint and erear in as special policemen the watchmen employed to operate said gates, retaininc the rigkrt to revo%e sneli r.ppointriert if Pn ► ratol=an uhoulcd prove to be ur,fait ful el/unsuited to *Cie eYerciee of etch police t utbori ty, and police powers r.rc hereby conferred upon rnd TAU such watchmen so appointed a id ,sworn i , VeY said pi:aWea TWxM..N s SIFOrf. Av;olovl.Ys•AT4.. W. Miami. F.ontoA Ilayor for the sole purpose o:. enforcing the provisions of this Ordinance, and they shall be a,uthoritbd to arrest any and all persons violatint such brdinante or any provision thereof while on duty as szeh w tchmtn. Section 5. Anw and all persons, firms or corporations, V eiating any of the above and foregoing provisions Of this ordinance shall te punnished by v. fine of not less than $25.00 nor more than $200.00, or by imprisonment ment for not more than ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Pire . Reading, Second Reading, Third Reading, Adopted and passed this Approved this Attest: i/?) • Cit; Cier+t. 1920, 1920, 1920. day of e't .. ' , A. D. 1920 //7 v-zenvi4,54 President di'y -Council. 4R¢WW TWVMAN 4 4cOi7• Ali<0RNEYS-AT-t,AW. MIA► I, F.QRIpA 1