All railroad companies maintaining tracks in, along or across any of the streets of the city shall at all times keep such tracks and a space immediately outside of each rail and next thereto 24 inches wide in good condition and shall maintain their rails level with the surface of the street and in such condition with reference thereto as to render the crossing of the rails by pedestrians and vehicles easy, convenient and safe.
(Code 1965, § 23-3)
State law reference(s)—Defective crossings, G.S. 62-224.