Each person, firm, or corporation operating, having operated or permitting to be operated any railroad train over, on, or across any railroad crossing within the city, in addition to the precautions required of railroads or common carriers by the general and specific laws of the state, shall construct and maintain a crossing signal at the crossing, which signal shall operate automatically and shall be so placed and situated as to be readily visible to persons approaching the crossing, which signal shall display red flashing lights at all times when a train in motion shall be within one-thousand (1,000) feet of the crossing and in addition to flashing light, a bell, or gong shall be so placed and caused to ring or sound with a volume of sufficient penetrative quality as that it will be readily heard by normal persons within one-hundred (100) feet of the crossing and the bell or gong shall ring or sound continuously when any train in motion is within one-thousand (1,000) feet of the crossing.
(‘30 Code, Ch. IX, Subj. 40.3) (Am. Ord. 2017-1734, passed 4-27-17) Penalty, see § 74.99