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CANADIAN TRANSPORT COMMISSION Ag te COMMISSION CANADIENNE DES THA SHORTS
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é Anti-thistling,
May lst, 1978

Procedures to be followed when
approval of a by~law prohibiting
sounding of the whistle or ringing .
of the beli is sought by urban
municipalities.

1. In these procedures:
a) "Committee" means the Railway Transport Committee of the Canadian
Transport Commission; and

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b). Urban Municipality", as defined in the Railway Act, comprises:

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i) acity; ° .
41) a town; or : :
dit any other municipality that contains a thickly populated
area and that the Canadian Transport Commission, on the
application of such municipality, declares to be an urban
municipality within the ‘meaning of the subsection.

Content of Application

2. Any application by an urban municipality for approval of a by-law pursuant to
section 248 of the Railway Act must include:

he residents of the municipality have been advised ~
ion for approval of such a by-law).

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a) Evidence that t
of the applicat

b) Two copies of a recent map of the urben municipality.
4) showing clearly the limits of the urban
municipality;

4i) identifying each crossing with name of
stree. or road; and

c) Adescription, on a separate sheet of paper, of the physical
characteristics of each crossing such 4s:

4) name of street;
43.) name of railway;
subdivision of railway;
iv) mileage of railway; .
v) type of protection in effect:
vi) volume cf road traffic in a 24 hour period;
vii) specifying whether or not the crossing 13 |
used by school and transportation buses. .

3. Copy of the application ‘shall be submitted to the Railway Company involved.

Inspection by a Committee Officer

4. A Committee Officer shall conduct ‘a detailed inspection of all crosa3ings
with the Committee, :

based on the docunentation filed by the applicant
railway recomis and his personel observations.