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The continued use of the public streets by railroad companies in the city without payment of a reasonable value of such use by the railroad companies to the city is declared to be contrary to the public interest, and the railroad companies are ordered to remove their tracks, installations, and facilities used in the conduct of their railroad business from the city streets within a period of 1,000 days from the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter or, in the alternative, the companies are required to pay to the city the reasonable value of the temporary occupation and use of the streets, which is declared to be the sum of $0.10 per foot, per year, for each year or part thereof that any railroad company or companies own, maintain, or operate a track on, across, under, or over any of the streets of the city. The city reserves the right to change the fee or to terminate or modify at any time the requirement for payment thereof and/or to order the companies to remove their property from the public streets. [Code 1980 at § 11.20.010].