(a) No railroad company shall permit any of its trains to obstruct any vehicular traffic on public streets or highways for longer than five minutes at any one time.
(b) No railroad company shall permit successive train movements to obstruct any vehicular traffic on any public street or highway until all vehicular traffic previously delayed by such train movement has been cleared or a period of five minutes has elapsed between train movements.
(c) Each offense under this section shall be a separate violation. However, blockings caused by accident or mechanical failure shall not be offenses under this section, provided that the engineer or person in charge of the train advises the city office, at the time of such blocking, of the reason for the blocking, and, in addition thereto, submits to the city, within ten days thereafter, through his or her superior, a written report of the reasons for the blocking. Failure to comply with both of these reporting requirements shall cause the blocking to constitute an offense under this section.
(Ord. 105, passed 3-9-1977)