§ 2-2. Obstruction of gutters.

(a) DoT to examine and enforce.

It is the duty of the Department of Transportation to:

(1) examine the construction or maintenance of the railways; and

(2) enforce strictly all the provisions of ordinances relating to the obstruction of the gutters caused by the laying of railway tracks.

(b) Abatement order; City action.

In all cases of obstruction and impediments of any kind arising from the improper construction or maintenance of railway tracks, in which no other remedy is now provided by ordinance, the Department of Transportation shall give notice to the owners of the railway tracks that, unless the obstruction or impediment is removed or altered so as to remedy the evil complained of within a reasonable time, the Department of Transportation shall proceed to have the railway reconstructed at the cost of the owners.