(A) No railroad company shall obstruct, or permit or cause to be obstructed, a public street, road or highway, by permitting a railroad car, locomotive or other obstruction to remain upon or across it for longer than five minutes, to the hindrance or inconvenience of travelers or a person passing along or upon such street, road or highway. No railroad company shall fail, at the end of each five-minute period of obstruction of a public street, road or highway, to cause such railroad car, locomotive or other obstruction to be removed for sufficient time, not less than three minutes, to allow the passage of persons and vehicles waiting to cross.
(B) This section does not apply to obstruction of a public street, road or highway by a continuously moving-through train or caused by circumstances wholly beyond the control of the railroad company, but does apply to other obstructions, including, without limitation, those caused by stopped trains and trains engaged in switching, loading or unloading operations.
(C) The maximum speed a railroad train may travel through the city is 20 mph.
(Prior Code, § 7.04.54)