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Boonville Certain buses and trucks to stop at railroad crossings ordinance (§ 12-30)

Chapter 12: Motor Vehicles and Traffic · Article II. Rules of the Road

In short: Passenger-for-hire vehicles, school buses and vehicles hauling explosives, gases or bulk flammable or corrosive liquids must stop 10 to 50 feet from a railroad crossing and proceed only when clear.

Our plain-English summary, not the official text or legal advice. The ordinance below is what counts.

Every motor vehicle transporting passengers, for hire, every school bus, and every motor vehicle transporting high explosives, or poisonous or compressed inflammable gases, and every motor vehicle used for the transportation of inflammable or corrosive liquids in bulk, whether loaded or empty, shall, upon approaching any railroad grade crossing, be brought to a full stop within 50 feet, but not less than ten feet, from the nearest rail of such railroad grade crossing, and shall not proceed until due caution has been taken to ascertain that the course is clear; provided, that such full stop shall not be required at a streetcar crossing within a business or residence district, nor at a railroad grade crossing protected by a watchman or traffic officer on duty or by a trafficcontrol "stop and go" signal, nor railroad flashing signal, giving positive indication to approaching vehicles to proceed.

Official source: City of Boonville official Code of Ordinances (online): look up Sec. 12-30

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.