(a) No railroad company or person, corporation, conductor of a train of railroad cars or other agent or servant of a railroad company shall obstruct, or permit or cause to be obstructed a public street, road or highway within the Municipality, by permitting a railroad car, locomotive or other obstruction to remain upon or across it for longer than five minutes, to the hinderance or inconvenience of travelers or a person passing along or upon the 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 the railroad car, locomotive or other obstruction to be removed for a 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) Upon the filing of an affidavit or complaint for violation of this section, summons shall be issued to the railroad company pursuant to Ohio R.C. 2935.10(B), which summons shall be served on the regular ticket or freight agent of the company in the county where the offense occurred.
(Ord. 1875. Passed 2-22-88.)
(d) Whoever violates this section shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00).
(Ord. 1886. Passed 6-13-88.)