(a) No railroad company, or any employee, agent or servant thereof, that owns, maintains or operates a railroad within or through the City, shall fail to construct and keep in repair, at its own expense, ditches, drains and culverts along and under its railroad tracks at all places within the City where the same may be necessary for the escape of water and the proper draining of the territory on either side of the railroad tracks.
(b) When any such drains, ditches or culverts are necessary for the escape of water and the proper drainage of the territory on either side of any railroad track, the Mayor and Council may, by resolution, call upon the proper railroad company to construct or repair the drain, ditch or culvert and to place the same in proper condition for the escape of water for the proper drainage of the territory on either side of the railroad track. A copy of every such resolution shall be served upon the local agent of the railroad company whose duty it is to construct or keep in repair any drain, ditch or culvert.
(c) No person shall fail or refuse to comply with any such resolution within fourteen days after the service thereof.
(1958 Code § 21.1)