364.11 - STREET CONSTRUCTION BY RAILWAYS.

        364.11  STREET CONSTRUCTION BY RAILWAYS.         All railway companies shall construct and repair all street      improvements between the rails of their tracks, and one foot outside,      at their own expense, unless by ordinance the railway is required to      improve other portions of the street, and in that case the railway      shall construct and repair the improvement of that part of the street      specified by the ordinance, and the improvement or repair must be of      the material and character ordered by the city, and must be done at      the time the remainder of the improvement is constructed or repaired.         When an improvement is made, the company shall lay rail as      required by the council, and shall then keep up to grade that part of      the improvement they are required to construct or maintain.         If a railway fails or refuses to comply with the order of the      council to construct or repair an improvement, the work may be done      by the city and the expense shall then be assessed upon the property      of the railway company, for collection in the same manner as a      property tax.  A tax assessed under this section shall also be a debt      due from the railway, and may be collected in an action at law in the      same manner as other debts.  
         Section History: Early Form
         [R60, § 1068; C73, § 478; C97, § 834, 840; C13, § 791-i; SS15, §      840-r; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 6052--6055; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62,      66, 71, 73, § 391.79--391.82; C75, 77, 79, 81, § 364.11]         Referred to in § 364.13A, 445.1