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SALT LAKE CITY ORDINANCE
No. 47 of 2003
(900 South Railroad Line Whistle Restrictions)
AN ORDINANCE ENACTING SECTION 14.44.095, SALT LAKE CITY CODE, RELATING TO RESTRICTIONS OF RAILROAD HORNS AND WHISTLES ON THE 900 SOUTH RAIL LINE.
Be it ordained by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah:
SECTION 1. That Section 14.44.095, Salt Lake City Code, relating to Restrictions of Railroad Horns and Whistles on the 900 South rail line, is hereby enacted to read as follows:
14.44.095 900 SOUTH STREET RAILROAD HORN QUIET ZONE:
Nothwithstanding the provisions of Section 14.44.090, with respect to the rail line that parallels 900 South Street at approximately 950 South, and effective for all streets from Redwood Road to 700 West Street, inclusive, no operator of a railroad locomotive or any other railroad vehicle shall cause or permit any locomotive-mounted audible warning device to be sounded any further than 900 feet distant from any street/track crossing, measuring such distance from the front of an approaching locomotive or other railroad vehicle to the middle of the pavement of an upcoming street, except when, in the judgment of the operator of the locomotive or vehicle, it is necessary or prudent to sound such device to prevent damage to property or injury to persons.
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall take effect thirty days after the date of its first publication.
Passed by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah this 1st day of July, 2003.
Ordinance No. 47 of 2003.
Published: July 17, 2003.