Boonville Obedience to signal indicating approach of train ordinance (§ 12-2.55)
Chapter 12: Motor Vehicles and Traffic · Article I. In General
In short: At a railroad crossing with a signal, lowered gate, flagman or visible approaching train, drivers must stop between 15 and 50 feet from the nearest rail, and may not drive around or under a gate.
Our plain-English summary, not the official text or legal advice. The ordinance below is what counts.
(a) Whenever any person driving a vehicle approaches a railroad grade crossing under any of the circumstances stated in this section, the driver of such vehicle shall stop within 50 feet but not less than 15 feet from the nearest rail of such railroad, and shall not proceed until he can do so safely. The foregoing requirements shall apply when:
(1) A clearly visible electric or mechanical signal device gives warning of the immediate approach of a railroad train;
(2) A crossing gate is lowered or when a human flagman gives or continues to give a signal of the approach or passage of a railroad train; (3) An approaching railroad train is plainly visible and is in hazardous proximity to such crossing.
(b) No person shall drive any vehicle through, around or under any crossing gate or barrier at a railroad crossing while such gate or barrier is closed or is being opened or closed.
Official source: City of Boonville official Code of Ordinances (online): look up Sec. 12-2.55
Text from Supplement 8 (December 2025), through Ordinance 4678 of December 16, 2024.
Last checked October 30, 2026. The city's official copy controls; this page is a reading copy, not legal advice.