81-8835 Traffic Motor VehiclesORDINANCE NUMBER 81-88
(Published in The Salina Journal ��I��ULt r�T 1981)
AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING THE SOUNDING OF A TRAIN WHISTLE, AIR HORN, OR
ANY SIMILAR NOISE -MAKING WARNING DEVICES AT THE RAILROAD CROSSINGS DIRECTLY EAST
OF FIFTH STREET ON IRON AVENUE AND ON ASH STREET IN THE CITY OF SALINA, KANSAS,
ENACTING SECTION 22-256 OF THE SALINA CODE.
WHEREAS, K.S.A. 66-2120 requires that a whistle of an operating train
be sounded where a railroad right-of-way crosses any public road or highway
"except in cities and villages", and
WHEREAS, the regulation of the sounding of train whistles, air horns,
or similar noise -making devices within the city limits of the City of Salina is
a matter to be prescribed by ordinance, and
WHEREAS, the sounding of train whistles or similar noise -making devices
is a matter of community interest requiring appropriate regulation at the
railroad crossings directly east of Fifth Street on Iron Avenue and on Ash
Street because of the close proximity of these crossings to an area where people
assemble in unusual volume for the purpose of rest and recreation, SO NOW,
THEREFORE,
Kansas:
BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Commissioners of the City of Salina,
Section 1. That Chapter 22 of the Salina Code is hereby amended by
adding the following section:
Section 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and
after its adoption and publication once in the official city newspaper.
Introduced: January 26, 1981
Passed: February 2, 1981
Dan S. Geis, Mayor
(SEAL)
ATTEST:
D. L. Harrison, City Clerk
"Section 22-256. Unlawful to sound train whistle at certain
intersection.
At the railroad crossings directly east of Fifth Street
on Iron Avenue and on Ash Street, which is protected by an
electronically operated warning device, every person who is
on, operating or assisting in the operation of a train locomotive
or engine who shall sound a train whistle, an air horn or similar
noise -making warning device within the distance of one adjacent
city block of the crossing, when the train is approaching the
crossing, shall be deemed guilty of a public offense EXCEPT
between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. said person may
sound two short sounds of such whistle, air horn or similar
noise -making device when entering into the crossing. Appropriate
signs shall be installed on Iron Avenue and on Ash Street to
inform motorists that warning signals will not be sounded by
train locomotives at these crossings."
Section 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and
after its adoption and publication once in the official city newspaper.
Introduced: January 26, 1981
Passed: February 2, 1981
Dan S. Geis, Mayor
(SEAL)
ATTEST:
D. L. Harrison, City Clerk