8576 RR Track RemovalORDINANCE NUMBER 8576
(Published in The Salina Journal 09-I 1977)
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE REMOVAL OF ABANDONED RAILROAD TRACKS
FROM THE CITY STREET RIGHT-OF-WAY; HOWEVER RETAINING THE RIGHTS OF THE CHICAGO,
ROCK ISLAND AND PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY,
MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, AND THE ATCHISON, TOPEKA AND SANTA FE RAILROAD
COMPANY, IN REGARD TO THE FUTURE USE OF SUCH CROSSINGS.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Governing Body of the City of Salina, Kansas:
Section 1. That the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company,
Union Pacific Railroad Company, Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, and/or the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company, their successors and assigns
shall remove all trackage from the city street right-of-ways not essential to
their present operation.
Section 2. That the railroad company removing such trackage shall
retain the right to relay trackage and re -open such crossings at any future time
they deem such trackage essential to their operation.
Section 3• That when such trackage is removed from the paved portion
of a city street, the City, at its own expense, shall repair, pave and maintain
that portion of the street vacated by the railroad trackage.
Section 4. In the event that any of the above named railroad companies
re -open a street crossing under Section 2 of this ordinance; it shall also be
bound to all conditions set forth in Ordinance Number 601 of the City of Salina.
Section 5. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and
after its publication in The Salina Journal, the official newspaper of the City
of Salina.
Introduced: July 11, 1977
Passed: July 18, 1977
Keith G. Duckers, Mayor
(SEAL)
Attest:
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D. L. Harrison, City Clerk