(A) It shall be unlawful, within the city, for any engineer, conductor or person in charge of any engine or train of cars, to obstruct any passage of any street in the city by moving or switching of any train on a crossing for a longer period than ten minutes, except where such engine, or train of cars cannot be moved by reason of circumstances arising from the blocking of crossing or crossings as a result of mechanical failure of railroad equipment or blocking of the crossing as a result of an emergency; provided that an immediate and diligent effort shall be made by the railroad to clear any blocked crossing or crossings with all due haste.
(B) It shall be unlawful, within the city, for a railroad corporation to permit successive train movements to obstruct vehicular traffic at a railroad highway grade crossing until all vehicular traffic previously delayed by such train movement has been cleared or a period of five minutes has elapsed between train movements.
('74 Code, 23-12) (Ord. S-71-89, passed 4-25-89) Penalty, see § 98.99