Section 6-201
§ 6-201 Definition. The term "the streets of the city" as used in this
chapter shall include streets, avenues, highways, boulevards,
concourses, driveways, bridges, tunnels, parks, parkways, waterways,
docks, bulkheads, wharves, piers and public grounds or waters within or
belonging to the city.
Section 6-202
§ 6-202 Stage and omnibus routes forbidden until franchise obtained.
It shall be unlawful for any omnibus route or routes for public use, or
any alteration or extension thereof, or any alteration or extension of
any existing stage or omnibus route to be operated in or upon any street
within the city until and unless a franchise or right therefor shall be
obtained from the board of estimate in like manner as, and subject to
the limitations and conditions relating to, franchises or rights
provided and imposed by the charter and the code.
Section 6-203
§ 6-203 Long Island railroad. a. No freight or passenger car detached
from an engine of the Long Island railroad company shall remain longer
than ten minutes in any street. Bituminous coal shall not be used on any
engine running upon such railroad. Whenever platforms are placed in the
streets for accommodation of passengers, such company shall at its own
expense keep the entire street between the platform and the curb in a
cleanly and passable condition and this provision shall be construed to
apply to each station and each platform wherever erected by such company
within the city.
b. Any railroad, or the manager or agent or employee thereof, who
shall violate any provision of this section, or who shall permit same to
be violated, shall be liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars.
Section 6-204
§ 6-204 Grade crossings; gates and attendants. a. The Bronx.
1. Every person operating or controlling any railroad in the borough
of the Bronx, upon which cars are drawn by locomotive engines, other
than those known as "dummies", shall erect and maintain suitable and
substantial gates or doors on either side of such railroad, at every
point in such borough at which its roads or tracks cross any public
street, at the grade thereof. Such gates or doors shall be kept well
painted and in good repair, and shall be attended at all times during
the approach and passage of cars or trains by sober, careful and
experienced persons, whose duty it shall be to keep the tracks clear of
all horses, cattle and vehicles, to warn all the persons against
crossing the tracks during the approach of any train, locomotive or car,
and to close the gates or doors at least one minute before the passage
of any locomotive, engine or car over such public street. No person
operating or controlling any railroad in the borough of the Bronx, shall
run or allow to be run any locomotive or locomotive tender without cars
across any public street in such borough, unless the gates or doors at
such crossing are closed or down.
2. Any railroad, or the manager or agent or employee thereof, who
shall violate any provision of this subdivision, or who shall permit the
same to be violated, shall be liable to a penalty of one hundred
dollars.
b. Brooklyn. 1. At each street crossing between Linwood street and
Flatbush avenue, in the borough of Brooklyn, persons shall be constantly
stationed, at all hours of the night and day when trains are in motion,
and all crosswalks between such street crossings shall be properly
guarded by strong, heavy gates at least twenty feet in width, at each
street crossing, which shall be closed before the passage of any engine
or train.
2. Any railroad, or the manager or agent or employee thereof, who
shall violate any provision of this subdivision, or who shall permit the
same to be violated, shall be liable to a penalty of one hundred
dollars.
c. Disregard of closed gates. 1. It shall be unlawful to attempt to
cross the tracks of any railroad at any street crossing, while the gates
for the protection of such crossings are closed or being closed.
2. Any railroad, or the manager or agent or employee thereof, who
shall violate any provision of this subdivision, or who shall permit the
same to be violated, shall be liable to a penalty of one hundred
dollars. Violation of the provisions of this subdivision by a person,
other than a railroad, or the manager or agent or employee thereof,
shall be punishable by a fine of not exceeding ten dollars or by
imprisonment not exceeding ten days, or by both.
Section 6-205
§ 6-205 Obstruction of streets; penalty. a. No train of cars, nor any
part thereof, including the locomotive and tender, shall remain or be
left across or upon any street or sidewalk, so as to obstruct or prevent
free travel thereon for a longer period than five minutes, during any
period or during any hour, unless the same shall be unavoidable.
b. Any railroad, or the manager or agent or employee thereof, who
shall violate any provision of this section, or who shall permit the
same to be violated, shall be liable to a penalty of one hundred
dollars.
Section 6-206
§ 6-206 Railroads from Long Island to East river to have unobstructed
right-of-way. a. Any railroad running from any part of Long Island to
the East river shall have unobstructed right to run to the East river
with their locomotives and cars, but shall furnish suitable guards or
signals at the street crossings, for the proper protection of the
public.
b. Any person who shall violate any provision of this section, upon
conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than
twenty-five dollars, or imprisonment for thirty days, or both.
Section 6-207
§ 6-207 Release of certain railroad obligations. The board of estimate
shall be without power to compromise or release any liability or
obligation to the city which may be compromised or released pursuant to
section one hundred seventy-three, railroad law, but such liabilities
and obligations shall be and remain inviolable.
Section 6-208
§ 6-208 Copies of franchise resolutions and contracts to be filed in
certain offices and to be public records. Within five days after the
final execution of any contract made pursuant to chapter fourteen of the
charter, a copy of such contract, together with the resolution
authorizing the same, duly attested by the secretary of the board of
estimate, shall be transmitted to each of the following: the
comptroller, the commissioner of finance, the corporation counsel, the
city clerk, the commissioner of transportation and the public service
commission, to be preserved by them in the archives of their departments
or offices. All such certified copies shall be deemed to be public
records.
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