Crossing lights.
Gulfport Code of Ordinances § 6-422
in effectSec. 6-422. - Crossing lights.
(a) Lights required. All railroads entering the city are required at each grade crossing or intersection of their main lines with the streets of the city to erect and maintain sufficient lights to illuminate such crossing and the street on either side thereof for a distance of fifty (50) feet beyond each of the outermost rails to an extent of not less than five-tenths horizontal footcandles.
(b) Lights, when operated. All lights required by this article shall be lighted on the same schedule as other streetlights of the city are lighted or shall be equipped with and controlled by photoelectric controls so regulated as to automatically turn on such lights at any time illumination falls to or below two (2) vertical foot candles at the crossing.
(c) Crossing violations. Failure to erect and maintain lights as required by subsection (a) or to light the same as required by subsection (b), shall be a misdemeanor, and each day that such violation continues without a reasonable effort to correct the same shall be a separate offense.
(d) Train violations. Any person who operates a train through an intersection required to be equipped but which is not equipped in the manner required by subsection (a), and at a time when it is required to be lighted under the provisions of subsection (b), shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Code 1963, § 21-21)
Source: City of Gulfport, Mississippi, Code of Ordinances (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ms/gulfport/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_CH6MOVETR_ARTXVIIRA_S6-422CRLIFetched: 11/1/2026