§ 12-80-17. Overhead street or arc lights.

A.

Wherever designated by the city engineer, railroad companies whose tracks cross or intersect certain streets in the city shall provide and maintain overhead street or arc lights and keep the same burning nightly for the purpose of lighting the railroad tracks and rights-of-way where the same cross such streets. Whenever any railroad company shall fail to provide such overhead light at any designated street, the city shall have the right to install and maintain such lights for the safety and welfare of the public, and charge the cost of installation and maintenance thereof to the railroad company required by this section to install and maintain such lights.

B.

The city engineer shall prepare and keep on file in his or her office for public inspection a list of those railroad crossings where such overhead lights are designated for the public safety, and whenever any railroad company or any person shall feel aggrieved at the inclusion or exclusion of any crossing in the list of those requiring overhead lights, such railroad company or person shall have the right to file a petition with the city engineer stating the reason for objecting to the inclusion or exclusion of such crossing in such list. Such petition shall be acted on promptly by the city engineer, and the petitioner shall have the right, within five days after the city engineer has acted on such petition, to appeal to the mayor.

C.

The list of railroad crossings requiring overhead lights may be modified, from time to time, as changes in conditions occur and as the public safety requires.

(Code 1967, § 34-10; Code 1985, § 31-29; Ord. No. 1426, § 6, 9-5-1972; Ord. No. 3588, § 4, 9-2-1986)