[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Geneva 7-3-1968
as Ch. 65, Art. V, of the 1968 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
No person shall operate a railroad engine or train in the city across
any street or highway at a rate of speed in excess of 20 miles per hour unless
such crossing is protected by gates with persons to open and close the same
or by any type of automatic protection.
A.Â
No officer or employee of a corporation in charge of
a locomotive, train or car, shall willfully obstruct, or cause to be obstructed
any highway crossing in the city for a longer period than five consecutive
minutes.
B.Â
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section,
no such officer or employee shall be subject to any civil, criminal or other
penalty where they have no control over the situation causing the obstruction
or when the railroad train cannot be moved without endangering the safety
of the passengers, the public or freight.
No person acting as engineer, driving or operating a locomotive in the
city shall ring the bell or sound the whistle or cause the same to be rung
or sounded except as a signal of immediate impending danger.
