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ORDINANCE NO 0�0 , 1928 ,
BEING AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE REQUIRI10= GONSTRUJCTION OY CONCRETE
OR OTHER HARD SURFACED MATERIAL. AT ALL RAILROAD CROSSINGS ON STREETS
PAVED WITH CONCRETE WITHIN THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
Section 1 That all railway companies or corporations
now operating or that may hereafter operate their railways on any
street within the limits of the City of Fort Collins across streets
which are paved or which may hereafter be paved with concrete shall
cause its track or tracks to be laid to the established grade at
such street intersections and shall pave said track or tracks
between the rails and for a distance of two feet on either side
of the rails with concrete to the same width as the paving on said
street adjoining said intersection, such pavement to be on a level
with the top of the railway tracks Provided, however , that the
City Council may permit the installation of other hard surfaced
material in place of concrete paving, if in its judgment it deems
the same sufficient and, satisfactory, and also provided that any
plank crossings now installed at railway crossings on streets
paved with concrete may, at the discretion of the City Council,
remain in place until such time as the said City Council shall in
writing order the same removed and concrete or other suitable
crossings installed therein
Section 2 Any such railway company or corporation
violating any of the provisions of the foregoing sections shall
forfeit and pay to the City for each offense a sum of Fifty
($50 oo) Dollars , and shall be subject to a like penalty for
each day such violation eontinues after notice from the City
Council, and the City Attorney of this city shall immediately
prosecute the offending company or corporation to judgment and
execution in any court of competent jur isdicti on
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Section 3 In the opinion of the City Council an
emergency exists for the preservation of the public health, peace
and safety, and this ordinance shall take effect upon its passage
and publication under ani by virtue of the authority contained in
Sections 6 and 7 of Article IV of the City Charter
Introduced, read at, length and adopted by the unanimous
vote of all members of the City Council at a regular meeting held
this �day
of 05"e/D /e)" 6 e , A D 1928
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`_�omm ss oner o s%0 y an ieio or
ATTEST
y Clerk
STATE OF COLORADO j
SS
COUNTY OF LARIMER j
I, A J ROSENOVI, City Clerk of the City of Fort Collins ,
do hereby certify and declare that the foregoing ordinance consisting
of three (3) sections was duly proposed and read at lWgth at a
re lar meeting of the City Council held on the � 9 dayof
e to e , A D 1928, and was duly ad5p-ted and ordered
published in the Fort Collins Express-Courier, a daily newspaper and
the official newspaper of the City of Fort Collins, by the unanimous
vote of all members of the City Council, as an emergency ordinance
in accordance with the provisions of Sections 6 and 7 of Article IV
of the City Charter gf the City of Fort Collins, and thereafter and
on to-wit the .P_ N day of dc fo /, ei- , A D 1928, said
Ordinance No ,3 o was duly publ is lied i i the Fort Collins Express-
Courier, a dai newspaper published in: the City of Fort Collins ,
Colorado
IN WITNESS 71HEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of said City this .2 �d day of pc c)b e ! ,
A D 1928
i y Clerk
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