553.11 CROSSINGS; MALFUNCTIONING SAFETY EQUIPMENT.
   (a)    A railroad company which has installed gates, bells, flashing lights or other such warning signals or protective devices at any road-railway crossing within the City shall be responsible for keeping such equipment properly maintained, in good repair and properly functioning.
   (b)    A railroad company installing such equipment shall respond to calls of malfunctioning of defective equipment within a reasonable amount of time upon being duly notified of same by appropriate City personnel. The railroad company shall then repair such malfunction or defect and shall safeguard the crossing until such time as normal operation of the equipment can be restored.
   (c)    Failure of a railroad company to make such repairs within a reasonable amount of time, which shall in no case exceed a period of two hours, constitutes a minor misdemeanor punishable in accordance with Section 501.99.
(Ord. 10183/90. Passed 11-14-90.)