§ 86-1. Toilets on trains.  


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  • (a)

    All railroad and sleeping car companies running cars into the city shall keep their toilets securely locked and shall not permit them to be used by anyone while the cars are within the city limits; provided, however, that those toilets may be opened for use while the cars are standing in a station, if they are provided with proper watertight, flyproof receptacles of a design approved by the director, bureau of sanitary services which are properly kept in place. The toilets so used shall be served by the bureau of sanitary services at times and places specified by the director for the removal of excrement.

    (b)

    Responsibility for failure to comply with this section shall be upon the persons operating trains and the persons having control of the tracks, together with all the officers, employees and agents of persons operating railroads who have it within their power or authority to comply or to enforce compliance with this section, and any of these persons may be convicted and punished for violation of this section.

(Code 1977, §§ 14-10012, 14-10013)