The legislative body of any city may grant rights-of-way over the public streets or public grounds of the city to any utility company, on such conditions as seem proper, shall have a supervising control over the use of same, and shall regulate the speed of cars and signals and fare on street cars. The legislative body may compel any railroad company to erect and maintain gates at street crossings and prevent railroads from obstructing public ways of the city, and fix penalties for the violation of these provisions. Nothing in this section shall prevent any property owner whose property abuts on a street on which a railroad is granted a right-of-way from recovering from the railroad any damage done to his property by the occupation or use of the street by the railroad.
KRS 96.070
City may grant rights-of-way to utilities -- Conditions
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Louisville N. R. Co. v. City of Hazard (1947)
Most recently applied in City of Harrodsburg v. Southern Railway Co. (December 1969)
Effective: January 1, 2015 History: Amended 2014 Ky
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