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Utah Code § 10-7-29

Railway companies must pave, repave, and keep in repair certain street areas and tracks in cities and towns, and their tracks must remain safe and unobstructed.

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Railway companies to repave streets.

Railway companies must pave, repave, and keep in repair certain street areas and tracks in cities and towns, and their tracks must remain safe and unobstructed.

Section 10-7-29

Subsection 10-7-29(2)

If two or more companies have separate tracks in the same street or alley, each company must bear its share of the surface occupied by the parallel tracks.

Section 10-7-29(2)

Subsection 10-7-29(4)

Railway companies must keep the street they are required to pave or repave in good repair, and street railway companies must install rails in the city’s approved manner when streets are paved or repaved.

Section 10-7-29(4)

Subsection 10-7-29(5)

Railway companies must keep tracks on city or town streets or avenues in repair and safe for the traveling public, and they are liable for damages caused by neglect or by obstructing streets.

Section 10-7-29(5)

Subsection 10-7-29(7)

The word "railway companies" as used in this section shall be taken to mean and include any persons, companies, corporations or associations owning or operating any street or other railway in any city or town.

Section 10-7-29(7)

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§ 10-7-29Railway companies to repave streets.Provision

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Railway companies must pave, repave, and keep in repair certain street areas and tracks in cities and towns, and their tracks must remain safe and unobstructed.

Railway companies to repave streets. All railway companies shall be required to pave or repave at their own cost all the space between their different rails and tracks and also a space two feet wide outside of the outer rails of the outside tracks in any city or town, including all sidetracks, crossings and turnouts used by such companies. Where two or more companies occupy the same street or alley with separate tracks each company shall be responsible for its proportion of the surface of the street or alley occupied by all the parallel tracks as herein required. Such paving or repaving by such railway companies shall be done at the same time and shall be of the same material and character as the paving or repaving of the streets or alleys upon which the track or tracks are located, unless other material is specially ordered by the municipality. Such railway companies shall be required to keep that portion of the street which they are herein required to pave or repave in good and proper repair, using for that purpose the same material as the street upon which the track or tracks are laid at the point of repair or such other material as the governing body of the city may require and order; and as streets are hereafter paved or repaved street railway companies shall be required to lay in the best approved manner a rail to be approved by the governing body of the city. The tracks of all railway companies when located upon the streets or avenues of a city or town shall be kept in repair and safe in all respects for the use of the traveling public, and such companies shall be liable for all damages resulting by reason of neglect to keep such tracks in repair, or for obstructing the streets. For injuries to persons or property arising from the failure of any such company to keep its tracks in proper repair and free from obstructions such company shall be liable and the city or town shall be exempt from liability. The word "railway companies" as used in this section shall be taken to mean and include any persons, companies, corporations or associations owning or operating any street or other railway in any city or town.
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§ 10-7-29(1)Subsection 10-7-29(1)Provision

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Railway companies must pave or repave certain track areas in cities or towns at their own cost.

All railway companies shall be required to pave or repave at their own cost all the space between their different rails and tracks and also a space two feet wide outside of the outer rails of the outside tracks in any city or town, including all sidetracks, crossings and turnouts used by such companies.
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§ 10-7-29(2)Subsection 10-7-29(2)Provision

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If two or more companies have separate tracks in the same street or alley, each company must bear its share of the surface occupied by the parallel tracks.

Where two or more companies occupy the same street or alley with separate tracks each company shall be responsible for its proportion of the surface of the street or alley occupied by all the parallel tracks as herein required.
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§ 10-7-29(3)Subsection 10-7-29(3)Provision

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Railway companies must pave or repave at the same time, using the same material and character as the street or alley paving, unless the municipality specially orders other material.

Such paving or repaving by such railway companies shall be done at the same time and shall be of the same material and character as the paving or repaving of the streets or alleys upon which the track or tracks are located, unless other material is specially ordered by the municipality.
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§ 10-7-29(4)Subsection 10-7-29(4)Provision

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Railway companies must keep the street they are required to pave or repave in good repair, and street railway companies must install rails in the city’s approved manner when streets are paved or repaved.

Such railway companies shall be required to keep that portion of the street which they are herein required to pave or repave in good and proper repair, using for that purpose the same material as the street upon which the track or tracks are laid at the point of repair or such other material as the governing body of the city may require and order; and as streets are hereafter paved or repaved street railway companies shall be required to lay in the best approved manner a rail to be approved by the governing body of the city.
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§ 10-7-29(5)Subsection 10-7-29(5)Provision

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Railway companies must keep tracks on city or town streets or avenues in repair and safe for the traveling public, and they are liable for damages caused by neglect or by obstructing streets.

The tracks of all railway companies when located upon the streets or avenues of a city or town shall be kept in repair and safe in all respects for the use of the traveling public, and such companies shall be liable for all damages resulting by reason of neglect to keep such tracks in repair, or for obstructing the streets.
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§ 10-7-29(6)Subsection 10-7-29(6)Provision

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A company is liable for injuries caused by failing to keep its tracks in proper repair and free from obstructions, while the city or town is exempt from liability.

For injuries to persons or property arising from the failure of any such company to keep its tracks in proper repair and free from obstructions such company shall be liable and the city or town shall be exempt from liability.
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§ 10-7-29(7)Subsection 10-7-29(7)Provision

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The word "railway companies" as used in this section shall be taken to mean and include any persons, companies, corporations or associations owning or operating any street or other railway in any city or town.

The word "railway companies" as used in this section shall be taken to mean and include any persons, companies, corporations or associations owning or operating any street or other railway in any city or town.
Section 10-7-29(7)Verify source

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