Riverside Municipal Code Ch. 10.68 Trains

No person shall drive any vehicle through, around, or under any crossing gate or barrier at a railroad grade crossing while such gate or barrier is closed or is being opened or closed.

(Ord. 2940 § 17.1, 1961)

No person shall cause or permit any railway train or railway cars or similar vehicle on rails to stop or stand or to be operated in such a manner as to block any grade crossings or prevent the use of any street for the purposes of travel for a period of time longer than ten minutes.

A grade crossing is defined as a place where a railroad intersects another railroad or a roadway on the same level.

This section shall not apply to railway trains, cars or similar vehicles on rails while blocking or obstructing a grade crossing for any of the following reasons:

A. If an emergency requires the operator of the train to stop at or near the scene of an emergency;

B. If the operator of the train is performing federally-mandated air-brake tests;

C. If the train is being operated at federally-mandated speed limits and/or physically moving at some point during the ten-minute obstruction threshold limit;

D. If the operator of the train is waiting for the positioning of a flagman at certain crossings during the train's operations:

E. If the operator of the train is performing any other federally-mandated testing which results in the blocking of the crossing.

(Ord. 6544 § 1, 2000; Ord. 2940 § 17.2, 1961)